The times they are a-changin' ... for writers and bookstores

Tune in at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30^th when “In Other Words” explores the effects of a changing marketplace on writers and bookstores.

The Toronto Women’s Book Store has been serving the community for more than 35 years and is one of Toronto's longest-lived independent bookstores. Devoted to nurturing diverse communities, it has prevailed through economic hardship and even fire but now finds itself struggling to continue. Diana Kiesners interviews Alex MacFadyen, co-manager of the Toronto Women’s Book Store, about the storied past of a Toronto institution, and the challenges facing independent bookstores in the current economic climate.

Freelance writers too are caught in a perfect storm of Internet publishing, decreased revenues for periodicals, and less rewarding contracts. In our second interview, writer, poet and editor Diane Elizabeth Hill talks about current issues in the world of freelance writing and the impact these can have on a writer's work and livelihood.

Interview with Author Mary K. Armstrong on Tuesday, April 20

I am thrilled to announce that my next guest will by author Mary K. Armstrong. Mary, a trauma therapist, reveals her own story of childhood sexual abuse.

Keep the tissues close by, folks.

The interview will air on my show about memoirs, "Portraits on Paper" on Tuesday, April 20th at 2 pm, and Mary's book will be available on April 21st.

Many thanks,

Stephanie Dickison

Interview with Fern Lindzon

Hopefully I'll be able to get a selection of the interview up on the blog, since it was extremely well received. I also want to give people the opportunity of thinking of new kinds of writing: and a discussion of lyric writing was something that appealed to both literary writers and musicians, providing a crossover of artists. Check Fern's music/lyrics out at http://www.myspace.com/fernlindzon

See you again next month (the second week, when my guest will be Vancouver novelist, Dennis Bolen, author of Kaspoit! (Anvil Press, 2009).

Interview with Fern Lindzon

Myna Wallin is chatting with Fern Lindzon: pianist, singer, composer, arranger and lyricist, about the challenges of lyric writing and how that discipline differs/is similar to that of writing poetry. Musical samples. Perhaps a free CD giveaway of her CD "Moments Like These."

Tune in to CKLN 88.1 FM on your "dial" or www.ckln.fm on your computer, at 2 p.m. today, Tuesday,

March 9th, 2010. We'' be on air until 3 p.m. Expect lots of discussion as well as music today!

Bio:

Fern Lindzon’s debut jazz recording, Moments Like These; duets with Don Thompson, George Koller & Reg Schwager, reveals her skill as a pianist, vocalist, composer, lyricist and arranger. The CD garnered excellent reviews in Whole Note, Montreal Mirror, Coda, Now Magazine, LA Jazz Scene, Vancouver Sun, a feature article in The Globe and Mail, numerous endorsements on radio by JAZZ FM, CBC, campus radio, and online sites including jazzreview.com.

Fern’s current quartet includes multiple Juno Award winning Mike Murley on saxophones, George Koller on bass and Nick Fraser on drums. It was recorded by the CBC radio’s Canada Live for broadcast in May 2009. This quartet will be recording Fern’s second jazz CD in April 2010.

Myna Wallin is an author whose next book, Confessions of a Reluctant Cougar, comes out spirng 2010, with Tightrope Books. She recently received an Honourary Mention in the 2010 Winston Collins/ Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem.

Interview with Catherine Gildiner on Tuesday, March 16

My next show, Tuesday, March 16, at 2 pm, I will be airing my interview with Catherine Gildiner.

Author of best-selling book Too Close to the Falls and its recent sequel, After the Falls, she gives me an exclusive about her forthcoming book (yes, also a memoir) and tells us all about those entertaining folks in Lewiston, New York.

Be sure to tune in!

Many thanks,

Stephanie Dickison