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UPDATE: May 13, 2011 – CKLN is off the air. Their license has been revoked.
CKLN 88.1 FM— “In Other Words”
[Listen live, on Rogers Cable 947 or 88.1FM on Toronto’s FM Dial]
I am pleased and honoured to announce that I am a new rotating host on CKLN 88.1 FM’s radio program on writing, “In Other Words.”
The host schedule is as follows:
Tuesdays at 2 pm
Week 1 – Charlie Huisken
Week 2 – Mary Lou Zeitoun
Week 3 – Stephanie Dickison
Week 4 – Jennifer LoveGrove
Week 5 – Diana Kiesners
Read more about “In Other Words” and follow the blog.
My show, Portraits on Paper, is all about biography, memoir and real life stories. I think that capturing truths and memories onto paper and into spoken word is one of the most powerful forms of writing. Books of this nature continue to sell because we are fascinated by stories that we can learn from, that we can relate to and that we can experience as if they are our own.
I am often asked about the different between memoir and biography. I’ll let Gore Vidal get this one. He said, “A memoir is how one remembers one’s own life, while an autobiography is history, requiring research, dates, facts double-checked.”
By focusing on memoirs and biographies, we get to speak about the writing, but also get to delve into the stories of politicians, advocates, environmentalists, singer-songwriters, poets, filmmakers, screenwriters, spoken word artists, visual artists, people from the underground, people otherwise unseen and unheard, changemakers, thrillseekers, protestors, people who have lost or found something and people who have done something worth writing about.
Each show I will bring you guests from different fields and professions, all in the memoir realm. As well, I will tell you about new and old biographies and memoirs that might be of interest and any literary events that are happening around town.
Upcoming guests include Mordecai Richler’s biographer,a documentarian and other exciting authors and memoirists.
MY 2010 SHOW SCHEDULE (click on names to listen to the interview):
Tues, Jan 19 – Author Kristen Den Hartog | Tues, Feb 16 – Stephanie Dickison Discusses Food Memoirs | Tues, Mar 16 – Author Catherine Gildiner | Tues, Apr 20 – Author Mary K. Armstrong | Tues, May 18 – Author Sarah Hampson | Tues, June 15 – Author Rona Maynard | Tuesday, July 20 – Books Abroad Founder Ben Walsh | Tuesday, August 17 – Singer/Songwriter Colleen Brown | Tuesday, September 21 – Documentary Filmmaker Teresa Montanino| Tuesday, October 19 – Valerie Fortney | Tuesday, November 16 – Charles Foran| Tuesday, December 21 – Alexandra Leggat.
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