My weekly literary podcast regimen… In a circuitous and convoluted way, I owe at least some of my writing career to podcasting. How? Well, in […] March 20, 2011
Unveiling TBLP as a Canada Reads Finalist CBC has just posted the video clip from the November 24th “big reveal” of the five 2011 Canada Reads finalists […] December 20, 2010
My CBC Book Club Podcast episode A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from one of the literary producers at CBC Radio about coming […] October 1, 2010
The great Ian Ferguson “blurbs” The High Road Ian Ferguson is wonderful writer and a very funny guy. I read his Leacock-winning book, Village of the Small Houses, […] March 5, 2010
Writers I revere: Paul Quarrington I first read King Leary, Paul Quarrington‘s 1987 Leacock winning novel, shortly after it was published, and then proceeded to […] May 23, 2009
TBLP back on the iTunes charts Who’d have thunk it! Nearly two years after the final episode of The Best Laid Plans podcast was posted, it’s […] May 3, 2009
TBLP cracks CBC Book Club’s top 10 funny books Wow! What an honour. There are some wonderful books on this list. Barney’s Version is among my favourites. I know […] April 30, 2009
CBC Book Club contest asks a question… I’ve been a die-hard CBC Radio listener since childhood when my mother would tune in from dawn to dusk in […] April 25, 2009
TBLP on CBC Radio Book Club Over at the CBC Book Club webpage, Canadians have been invited to submit favourite funny books. Towards the end of […] April 20, 2009