Get Lit

OLD SHOW ALERT: first posting of my 2017 interview with Emma Richler!

OLD SHOW ALERT! This episode features some Hamilton lit news and an interview with poet Julie Cameron Gray, whose latest collection is the fabulous Lady Crawford, out with Palimpsest Press. Hope you dig it.

Old episode alert!

This week's episode of Get Lit features an interview with Scott Dagostino, (former) manager at Glad Day Bookstore in Toronto. Glad Day is the world's oldest LGBT bookstore. Scott's a thoughtful and well-spoken fellow, and I really enjoyed this interview.

And here we are.

There's not much I can write here that I don't say somewhere on this sprawling live episode of GET LIT. A few things I might have left out include:

• the fabulous Jessica Rose, GritLit Artistic Director, is the introductory voice and kind soul who agreed to let me do a final episode live
• the excellent George Elchuk, CFMU staffer and member of Rexford Drive, did a great job mixing and mastering the live session to be more pleasant on your ears
• the award presenter is Silhouette newspaper editor, pal and musician Andrew Mrozowski
• I'm unclear who all the audience member questions were from so I'll identify none of them (sorry…but if you know, you'll definitely know)
• this took a few takes, because I welled up

So listen in! We have wonderful guests including guest host Gary Barwin (I mean, I'm hosting too…it's hard to explain) and the Triple A team, as I was annoyingly calling them – Amy Jones, Amanda Leduc, and Anuja Varghese. It's a fun conversation. I'm proud to leave GET LIT on a note like this. Thanks for all the kind words, all the conversations, and all the ears.

GET LIT will continue to post the podcasts missing from platforms (about E10 - E150) so though the show is over, there's still content to come.

Until the next project…thanks for listening!

-Jamie

Here it is, our final "regular" show.

This week we talk to GG award-winner Anuja Varghese. A Kiss of Crimson Ash might seem like a hard pivot after Chrysalis, and it is, but it isnt'? We talk about these things. Listen in if you can.

Next week, E500 will air. I'll probably have some sappy stuff to say at that time.

Hey folks! Over the years I've had the pleasure of doing a lot work with author Brent Van Staalduinen, visiting his creative writing class and assisting in book launches. Happy to have him as my second-to-last regular guest! We talk about his latest, and imho best, The Peace Thieves.

We're getting so close to the end! I have spent plenty of time discussing ideas for whatever new show will appear in 2027. So far, nothing! There will be something…but in the meantime…

Today's guest is Selin Kahramanoglu, here to talk about her debut, Lokum. Enjoy!

Thrilled to welcome graphic novelist Joe Ollmann back to the show. We talk about his latest collection, The Woodchipper. Enjoy!

Hey folks! Back to talk with Leslie Shimotakahara once again! This will be her fourth appearance on the show (her first was way back on E24), and I'm thrilled to have her as one of my final guests. We talk about her latest, The Breakwater.

Hey folks! Today's guest is David Ly, who I got to know a little in autumn '22 when he joined John Wall Barger, Kim Conklin and I at my launch party for River, Diverted. He read from his collection Dream of Me As Water. Today he's here to talk about his new novel, Not All Dragons. Dig it!