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Don Butler is back, as the author of the 2024 novel, Norman's Conquest

Dave Margoshes is a Saskatoon-area writer whose work has appeared widely in Canadian literary magazines and anthologies, including six times in the Best Canadian Stories volumes. He was a finalist for the Journey Prize in 2009. He's published fifteen books of poetry and fiction, including Bix's Trumpet and Other Stories, which won two prizes at the 2007 Saskatchewan Book Awards, including Book of the Year

Farzana Doctor is a writer, activist, and psychotherapist. Her ancestry is Indian, and she was born in Zambia while her family was based there for five years, before immigrating to Canada in 1971

Rod is the award-winning author of four works of literary fiction: RUFF (September 2024), GRIN REAPING (long listed for the 2023 Leacock Medal for Humour, 2022 Bronze Winner for Humour from Foreword Review INDIES, a Finalist for the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Humor/Comedy, and long listed for the ReLit Group Awards for Best Short Fiction of 2023); KINMOUNT (long listed for the 2021 Leacock Medal for Humour and Winner of the 2021 Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction from the Independent Publishers Book Awards); A Matter of Will (Finalist for the 2018 Northern Lit Award for Fiction).

A university professor and mystery novelist, originally from the US East Coast, Margot writes two crime fiction series: the Joel Williams series, and now, the Patricia Stanley series.

Dennis meets with Marlis Wesseler about The Beech Forest---Lisa Braun struggles to understand both her own life and the tragic historic events that haunt her in this engaging new novel written in Marlis Wesseler’s characteristically understated, confiding prose.

Connie Gault is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer. She is best known for her novel A Beauty, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Dennis meets with Caroline Woodward about her book "Have You Ever Heard a Whale Exhale?"

We meet again with Sam Wiebe to discuss his book, Ocean Drive.

He writes the Please Advise! column and other effluvia as required. He is a former CBC host and author of the 2011 book Who Killed Mom? from Greystone Books. He has won two National Magazine Awards and three Western Magazine Awards, and received the Community Mic Award at the 2023 Websters for his work with The Tyee.