New & Used: Book Talk

In this episode, Tim talks with Marta Balcewicz about her impressive first novel Big Shadow. Also, check out her superb playlisted posted below. Janet tries to do justice to Catherine Lacey's richly layered, compelling new book The Biography of X.Tony explains the late Mark Fisher's Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures by letting us know what he liked and what he didn't like. https://bookhugpress.ca/big-shadow-the-pla...

In Episode 14, Tim and Janet take a well earned break leaving Tony, the regular guest from Australia, in charge. Tony reviews Jacqueline Crooks’ Fire Rush, a wonderful new novel set partly in London. Then Tony visits the generally untouristed London neighbourhood of Somers Town to discover its rich literary history. For the ‘used’ section of the show, he talks about three books about London that go well beyond the standard travel guide model. Notice the trend? Yes, this is an episode all abou...

In Episode 13, Tony talks with Stephen Marche about his new book On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer. Tim tells us all about the genius of poet's EVA H.D. and her new release The Natural Hustle. Janet talks about The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas and how it changed her reading ways. Stephen Marche - The Call of the Loonhttps://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-call-of-the-loon/Biblioasis...

In Episode 12 of New & Used: Book Talk, Tim and author Liz Harmer talk about the meaning of ecstasy while discussing her new book Strange Loops. Janet’s pick for a new book is Jessica John’s Bad Cree and looks at the importance of working together as a family and the creepiness of being followed by crows. Tony’s pick for used is Iain Sinclair’s Lud Heat: A Book of Dead Hamlets and tell us all about psychogeography, laylines, and almost running into him in London!Strange Loops review...

It's our year end episode! This episode, Tim, Tony, & Janet discuss some of their favourite books of the year. Some diversions include The Ice Capades, what's with Canadians and body horror, and what happens when rock stars aren't rock stars anymore. Music & horror books seem to be a big theme this year.

Episode 10. We have hit double digits!!!In this episode we are joined by Erica McKeen published by Invisible Publishing who discusses her new book Tear that just made the top Globe & Mail top 100 books of 2022!Tim has decided that his book The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson published by Coffee House Press might be too smart for him. It also creeped him out a little too.Tony sings! But it was necessary in discussing the literary thriller The Forgiven by Lawrence Osbor...

In Episode 9 Tim talks to writer Michael Hingston about his new book Try Not To Be Strange: The Curious History of The Kingdom of Redonda. Janet raves about how much she loves Night of The Living Rez a collection of short stories by Morgan Talty. Michael Hingston explains why Nicholson Baker's U & I is such an important book to him.In case you want to listen to the Morgan Talty interview mentioned in the episode here are is link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

In episode 8 of New & Used: Book Talk, Tim, Tony, and Janet talk to Damian Rogers about her beautiful and devasting memoir An Alphabet for Joanna. Damian also fills us in on her project If It’s Alive, Feed It (writing through the TAROT deck one card at a time) and how tarot has shaped her life and how this project has shaped her past year. Tony discusses Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan that has been shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and examines how big a little novel ca...

In this episode we have brought back Tony Thompson. The new books discussed this episoder are Elena Knows by Claudia Peneiro and translated by Frances Riddle and Pure Life by Eugene Martin. When picked we had no idea how much the two books had in common! The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary is the old classic for this month.Side topics include: what books should go on your best of list, why not to play contact sports, and how we look at books now as opposed to then. Elena Know -From the ‘Hit...

In this episode, Tim discusses the new release, Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden. Janet is looking forward to The Wall by Marlen Haushofer being revived as it is being rereleased by New Directions. There is also a special guest! Tony Thompson, author of The Doors: every album every song, comes on to remind us what an excellent book Suttree by Cormac McCarthey was.New logo by Sadie HenryMusic is Young One Eye by Paul Emery and the Dickens