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Hal Niedzviecki talks to Shelagh Rogers on CBC’s The Next Chapter about his novel The Archaeologists

Hal talks to Shelagh about his novel and associated serialization project.

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/hal-niedzviecki-on-his-serial-novel-sheila-watt-cloutier-on-her-right-to-be-cold-1.3964279/hal-niedzviecki-on-finding-new-ways-to-connect-with-his-readers-1.3964288

Montreal Launch of Kaie Kellough’s novel Accordéon

Kaie will read from his novel exploring Québécois culture through race, nationalism, immigration, class, sexuality, and their intersections in the streets of Montreal. Featuring an opening set of music from Rêves Sonores, a duo project with Nick Schofield (electronics) and Stefan Christoff (piano) and featuring Ari Swan (violin). Friday January 27th, 8:30pm at Casa Del Popolo. https://www.facebook.com/events/259940314422007/

Read Janet Rogers on Reconciliation at How I Wrote It on CBC.ca

http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/01/janet-rogers-how-i-wrote-it.html

The Archaeologists serialization project

We’ve partnered with 5 great literary magazines to try out a new experiment publishing. From now until October, we’re releasing a chapter each week of Hal Niedzviecki’s forthcoming novel, The Archaeologists, on the websites of Broken Pencil, Geist, SubTerrain, Taddle Creek, and The New Quarterly.

To find out more about the project, visit www.archaeologistsbook.com.

Writer-In-Residence Jeanne Randolph:  Local psychoanalyst, writer provides mentorship opportunities

ARP author, psychoanalyst, and culture critic extraordinaire Jeanne Randolph talks to The Manitoban about what drives her writing. “Well, I am an odd duck. When I was in grade two, down in the swarms of Texas, I decided that I was going to be a writer. I did not even know what that meant.”

Read the full article here.

Lee Maracle on The Current

Lee Maracle, Tracey Lindberg and Drew Hayden Taylor discuss Indigenous literature. You can listen here.

Christine Fellows on The Next Chapter

CBC Radio’s Shelagh Rogers interviews ARP author Christine Fellows about her poetry collection Burning Daylight for The Next Chapter. Christine’s interview starts at 25:00. You can listen here.

Interview with Angela Hibbs

Angela Hibbs opens up about her love of Francis Bacon, Destiny’s Child, Erik Satie, Haruki Murakami, and why she won’t read biographies in an interview with The Town Crier. Read it here.

Two ARP Books Shortlisted for ReLit Awards

Congratulations to ARP authors Andrew F. Sullivan and Leanne Simpson, who were both shortlisted for the 2014 ReLit Awards.