This week, we're talking about Turtles All the Way Down, John Green's newest YA novel!

John Green's hosting a literature series on Crash Course! Check out the latest episode on 1984!

We also go on some Harry Potter tangents! Did you pre-order any of the HP novels? Tweet us about it @hardcoverradio

A bit of a sad announcement: Hardcover is going on a long-term hiatus. You can follow us on FB or Twitter to stay up to date with local events, good reads, and future projects. Thank you all so much for your support these past two years!

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This week we're talking with Kayla Greenwell about poetry, reading, and mental health.

Kayla Greenwell is an English graduate student at Purdue. When she isn't reading and writing academic texts until her fingers fall off, she is reading manga and playing overwatch. She currently lives outside of Chicago and her work has been published in second volume of This is Poetry: The Midwest Poets.

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Today's episode is about The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. We touch on motifs, themes, and our overall impressions.

Spoilers inbound!

What do you think? Did you like Ocean? Tweet us about it @hardcoverradio!

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After a long hiatus, we're back with an interview - but more like a series of short stories - with André Narbonne!

You can find André Narbonne's books Twelve Miles to Midnight through Amazon and You Were Here through Flat Singles Press.

How about you? When was your "moment" as part of a creative community? Tweet us @hardcoverradio

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As Canada Day and the Fourth of July are just on the horizon, we thought we'd talk about fireworks, CanLit, and an exciting announcement by a well-known American author!

Fireworks are happening tonight (July 26th, 2017) on the Windsor/ Detroit waterfronts at 9:55 pm!

If you're looking for a Canadian/ American read, check out The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King.

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green will be coming out October 10th!

Harmonica segment: let us know who your favourite Canadian author is! Tweet us @hardcoverradio!

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Video games! There's a reason we play them, and a lot of it has to do with story...

This episode focuses mostly on Overwatch and RiME (but we talk about other games too!)

Our friend, Steve Saylor - who's been a guest on Hardcover - is legally blind, and this is his experience with VR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBMVZJLwgQo

Today's harmonica segment: what's your favourite video game and why? (Or what's your favourite game for each console?) Tweet us about it @hardcoverradio!

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Is there such thing as too many books? We're talking about how to decide which books to give away and ways to pass them on.

One thing you can do is host a White Elephant gift exchange!

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We're happy to have Janine Marley back with us to talk about theatre and her ongoing directing projects!

Coming up this weekend, Paper-Knife Theatre presents Runaway!

Don't miss The Edge Productions show, The Boys in the Band!

Janine has also done work with Groundling Theatre Company in Toronto! You can read Janine's reviews on the Stratford Festival Review page or on her theatre blog A View from the Box.

You can follow Janine on Twitter @thetheatregirl

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We're thrilled to be interviewing Vancouver poet Johnny MacRae!

You can find Johnny on Facebook, Twitter, or on his website!

Check out his spoken word featured in Mouth Music on bandcamp!

This week's harmonica segment: send us your best spoonerism poem @hardcoverradio!

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This week, we're honoured to have Slam Master Ashley VanWyck on the show! Never been to a slam before? We'll be talking about what the Windsor Poetry Slam is like, as well as featuring one of Ashley's poems!

Follow the Windsor Poetry Slam on Facebook, their website, or on Instagram!

Windsor Poetry Slam is the 4th Tuesday of every month at Phog Lounge.

Harmonica Segment: write us a haiku! You can tweet that to us @hardcoverradio!

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