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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 35: A Discussion of the Works of...
Many years ago, I went on a quest to find the works of Nancy Baker since I had heard such wonderful things about her work. I was able to track down some used copies and read them… and they were...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 37: Fairy Tales in Canada
Canada is often viewed as too young of a country to have fairy tales, but in this episode, we explore the Newfoundland Fairy Tale tradition as well as some recent re-writings of fairy tale narratives...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 38: 1940s Comic Book Character Brok...
For This episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, we voyage back in time to explore a superhero from the golden age of Canadian comics. Brok Windsor was a comic created by Jon Stables and brought...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 39: An Interview with Jerome...
On this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I interview author and editor Jerome Stueart about the most recent book in the long-lived Tesseracts series Tesseracts Eighteen: Wrestling with...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 40: An Interview with SF couples...
This episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio allows for a whirlwind tour of questions with 4 authors! Today, I interview SF couples David Nickle and Madeline Ashby and couple Kelly Robson and Alyx...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 41: Feminist SF
Speculative Fiction is about viewing the world in different ways and imagining new interactions between people. Perhaps this is why so many authors have been attracted to SF as a place for reexamining...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 42: Artificial Intelligence
This episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio explores the idea of Artificial Intelligence. This is a venture into the world of speculation about robots, computers, machines, androids and all of...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 43: WolfCop
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I am joined in the studio by horror movie scholar Amy Jane Vosper and we discuss the Canadian film WolfCop (written and directed by Lowell Dean)....
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 44: A Discussion of the Work of...
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, the work of Matthew Johnson is explored. This episode examines Matthew Johnson’s collection Irregular Verbs and Other Stories (ChiZine...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 45: A Discussion of the Work of...
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I explore the work of Caribbean Canadian author Nalo Hopkinson. I explore themes of dual vision, cultural interactions, aging, connections with...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 46: A Discussion of Jillian...
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I explore Jillian Tamaki’s graphic novel SuperMutant Magic Academy, a novel that plays with the theme of “You are different, so you should go away...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 48: A Discussion of the Work of Max...
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I interrogate the work of Max Turner, an author who explores the notion of the psychiatric institution through the perspective of a vampire. Turner...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 52: Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles...
Edgar Allan Poe has inspired people with his darkly delightful prose and poetry, drawing the reader into a world of the macabre and mysterious. On this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 53: A Discussion About the Work of...
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I discuss the work of Canadian comic book author and artist Jeff Lemire. Jeff Lemire has written for DC comics, working on titles such as Animal...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 54: An Interview with Ray Fawkes
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I interview comic book artist and author Ray Fawkes. Fawkes worked on comics such as “The Spectral Engine”, “Mnemovore”, “One Soul”, and...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 55: Canadian Arthurian-themed Music
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I explore Canadian musicians who have been inspired by the myth of King Arthur and incorporate his stories into their music. I examine the way that...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 56: A Discussion with James Kerr...
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, my friend and colleague James Kerr and I discuss the complicated potentials of science fiction. We look at the ways that science fiction relates to...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 57: An Interview with Joanne Findon
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I interview Joanne Findon – author, professor, medievalist, and specialist in children’s literature. We discuss the complicated category of...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 58: An Interview with Evelyn Deshane
As part of Write on the Street Peterborough, I had the opportunity to interview author Evelyn Deshane for this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio. We discuss trans literature, horror,...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 59: An Interview with Edward Willett
This year Edward Willett was the Guest of Honour for Can Con and I was invited to interview him about his work. In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I talk to Willett about writing...
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