Talkingbooksandstuff's podcast

After becoming a mom she wanted to feed her children well, as all mothers do. She began learning about the impact of processed food and started cooking differently.

Dennis and Rob dive in to his new book, Brave Face - about hockey's earliest maskless warriors.

Dennis meets again with Joel to talk his new book Drums and Demons - The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon

Going Steady was created by Jacinta and Taylor – mother-daughter divorce lawyers, who work together! They were sick of breaking people up and thought that they must have learned something from their years of working with families in conflict that could help people stay together.

Samantha is an author, actor and award-winning filmmaker living in Toronto, Canada. She is a certified Dr. Shefali Conscious Parenting Coach and received her MFA in film production from The University of Southern California. When not creating, Samantha can be found spending time with her husband, son and mini Poodle.

In her book Help Me Be Me, she wants parents to be able to let go of their fantasies of who and what their child should be and simply observe and listen. It isn’t always easy to do but this is when the magic of self-discovery happens.

Dennis interviews Hana Shafi about her latest book, People You Know, Places You’ve Been, a collection of peoms and illustrations.

Dustin Galer is an award-winning writer, biographer, and historian.​

He is known for his exceptional contributions to the world of disability history and labour. He earned his doctorate in History from the University of Toronto and has solidified his reputation as a prominent figure in the field.

Dennis and he discuss his book, Beryl.

Lori writes fiction about love, loss, longing, music, history, and the lives of women. Her first novel was loosely based on the formative experience in her teen years of playing in Calgary band The Virgins, in the context of the male-dominated world of 1980’s punk music. She is fascinated by outsiders, misfits, the strange, and the forgotten.

Rona Maynard had lost her spark. Then she agreed to let a dog into her life—and found a whole new way to meet the world.

Meg Braem’s plays have won the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama at the Alberta Literary Awards and the Alberta Playwriting Competition, and Blood: A Scientific Romance was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama. Her work has been presented at the Citadel Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Lunchbox Theatre, the Belfry Theatre, Sage Theatre, Sparrow & Finch Theatre, Theatre Transit, Atomic Vaudeville, and Intrepid Theatre.