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  • S5 E6 Jay Johnston

    Season 5, Episode 5

    The word "legendary" is applied loosely to too many bands.

    But "The Lincolns" of Truro have earned it.

    From their start in the early 1960s through reunions from the late 70s onward, their explosive brand of R&B and soul moved Maritimers onto the dancefloor and set a new standard for live shows.

    AJB (Jay) Johnston's "Kings of Friday Night" reveals the musicians' stories - both personal and from road trips on the Maritime circuit - with warmth and the appreciation of a fan reflecting on the lasting effect the band has had on a generation.

    23 min
  • S5 E4 John Langley

    Season 5, Episode 4


    Untold stories of inspirational inventions.

    Great inventions are usually associated with a single person. But the inspiration and know-how of key collaborators are often lost to history. Author John Langley's biography of Casey Baldwin, entitled Casey - The Remarkable, Untold Story of Frederick Walker "Casey" Baldwin: Gentleman, Genius, and Alexander Graham Bell's Protégéa, Langley captures the extraordinary life of Casey, a close associate of Alexander Graham Bell and the first Canadian to fly a  plane, in a story that deserves to be known by all Canadians.

    26 min
  • S5 E3 George Elliott Clarke

    Season 5, Episode 3.

    Engaging and reflective.

    GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE'S writing is always a reflection of his personality: charged with energy and imagination that can't help but engage you. In Portia White: A Portrait in Words, his subject's international successes and near-crushing personal reversals fuel poems that illuminate the life of the great Nova Scotia-born contralto.

    17 min
  • S5 E2 Gerald Hallowell

    Season 5, Episode 2.

    How Loyal Are You?

    World War 1 put many Lunenburgers in a bind. If you were a fisherman or farmer, you needed to produce food for home and abroad. But since you were able-bodied, why weren't you enlisting to fight? And even if your ancestors arrived more than 150 years ago, could your Germanic name suggest you were an enemy sympathizer?

    Gerald Hallowell's book As British As The King, gives us a fascinating look at the way national and international issues played out in every household in a single Canadian county.

    13 min
  • S5 E5 Melanie Mosher

    Season 5, Episode 5

    A Beginners Guide to Goodbye

    The sudden death of a child of tender years changes everything in a family. The shock and grief strike parents in ways that are hard to fathom and it is impossible to compare their experiences because each family feels hurt differently.

    Melanie Mosher has written a book of fiction for young readers entitled “A Beginners Guide to Goodbye” about the journey of a ten-year-old named Laney following the accidental death of her little sister.

    9 min
  • S5 E1 Christine Ibbotson

    Season 5, Episode 1.

    Forced isolation and financial opportunities. 


    Financial Advisor Christine Ibbotson has written an e-book to provide answers.

    Fear.  Anxiety. Boredom. Exhaustion. The feelings provoked by the coronavirus pandemic cover a broad spectrum for Canadians of all ages, households,  and socio-economic situations. But the forced isolation due to COVID-19  has also presented everyone from Millennials to retirees with an opportunity to reflect on things we perhaps tended to ignore...back when the world was what we now wistfully refer to as “normal”. These things include our personal financial security, both immediately  ("Can I pay the rent next month?") and in the longer-term ("How will I  ever be able to afford retirement?").

    15 min
  • S4 E10 John Boileau

    Season 4, Episode 10

    Made or born? Celebrating the Heroism of Atlantic Canadian Youth

    Author John Boileau discusses why he chose to explore and expose the extraordinary and everyday heroism, ingenuity and courage of young people across Atlantic Canada through a few notable role models in his most recent book, Amazing Atlantic Canadian Kids: Awesome Stories of Bravery & Adventure.

    19 min
  • S4 E9 Lisa Harrington

    Season 4, Episode 9

    A Coming of Age Story.

    Author Lisa Harrington shares how she manages to capture the world view of teenagers while also tackling the tender subjects of grief and family secrets in her latest publication The Big Dig.

    18 min
  • S4 E8 Natalie Corbett Sampson

    Season 4, Episode 8

    Her Right to Play

    Inspired by a true story, author Natalie Corbett Sampson explores the factors that brought ten-year-old Tina Marie Forbes fight to play hockey all the way to the Human Rights Commission in 1977.

    16 min
  • S4 E7 Angela Mombourquette

    Season 4, Episode 7

    "Even the best writers need editors".

    From freelance writing to producing the youth consumer show “Street Cents”, author and editor Angela Mombourquette talks to us about her book 25 Years of 22 Minutes: An Unauthorized Oral History of This Hour Has 22 Minutes and how she became the non-fiction editor at Nimbus Publishing.

    16 min

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