Adele Barclay reads from her book If I Were In A Cage I'd Reach Out For You. PHD's, Mashed Poetics, and traveling across Canada are just some of the things discussed with our guest.

Award winning poet, Christine Lowther, reads some poems and talks about their residency at the Joy Kogawa House.

James Felton talks about what's happening poetically in New Westminster and Richard Therrien shares some poems from his new book Sleeping In Tall Grass .

Sean Cranbury talks with Pam and RC about past and future years of Real Writers Vancouver, and shares some of his favourite poems.

East Van Poetry Salon raconteurs, Chris Gilpin and Julie Peters announce their 10 Best Poems of 2016.

Indigenous poet, actor, artist, alchemist, rapper, Ronnie Dean Harris joins us on the phone from Langley in the midst of a snow storm.

Poet and editor, Dave Eso stops by to talk about the anthology "Where the Nights are Twice as Long." The new anthology of letters and poems from Canada's pantheon of poets, from 1883 to present.

Betsy Warland is our guest and discusses their new book, Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Indentity and Ideas, with discussion of Virginia Wolfe's Orlando.

Fauzia Rafique reads from her new book and shares a couple poems from it as well..

Kevin and Pam host poet, teacher and event organizer, Aidan Chafe as he reads from his new chapbook.

Miranda Pearson has a new book and joins Pam Bentley and RC Weslowski to read from it.

Karenza joins Pam Bentley and RC Weslowski to share some poems and an old story from her past.

Rob Taylor joins Pamela Bentley and Kevin Spenst to discuss his new book.

Candie Tanaka joins us to talk about Mashed Poetics and the Dominion Reading Series and share some poems.

Baba Brinkman joins us to talk about his new Rap Guide show about Climate Change.

Kay joins us just before their trip to Flagstaff, Arizona, for the Individual World Poetry Slam.

Poetry in the Park Poet, Mohamad Kebbewar talks about his home town in Syria, Aleppo.

Out West promoting his new book, our guest today Henry Beissel.

More Vancouver Fringe Fun with our guest Leslie Stark.

Steve Larkin in from the U.K. joins us to talk about his Vancouver Fringe Festival Show "Fat Sex" and perform some poems from the show.

Poet and Playwright Crystal Smith shares some poems and talked about her play, "Saving Mother,"part of the Van Fringe 2016: Generation HOT performance series created during a six-month mentorship program for youth/emerging artists 17-24 exploring necessary stories in this time of climate change.She draws connections between colonialism, violenc ...…

Pam is back from her travels and we talk about poetry from the U.S. South as well as Gord Downie's work.

Wrapping up her Western Canadian tour with a couple shows in Vancouver and a guest spot on our program we welcome Ashley Elizabeth Best

Emory Oakley is our guest today to talk about grief and much more

Fresh from their travels to Orlando and Toronto and winning book awards everywhere our guest today is Leah Horlick

Chelsea Comeau joins us to talk about poetry and taking poetry workshops with Patrick Lane.

2 time Vancouver Poetry Slam Team Member, 2015 Van Slam IWPS rep, Coral More is our guest today.

Kevin Spenst and Pam Bentley interview Brynn Simmers.

Poet and poetry organizer, Jami Macarty talks about grief and incorporating it into her work.

Author, Business Owner, Yoga Instructor and Poet, Julie Peters is our guest today.

Vancouver Youth Poetry Slam Grand Slam Champion, Santiago Urena joins us to share poetry and talk about musical influences.

Pam is back from her trip to the UK so we highlight some poetry she heard on her travels.

No guest in studio this week as we highlight some spoken word tracks including Darek Dawda's "I Want" and something from Andrea Thompson as well as Gord Downie.

Joining us for the first time to talk about their new book is our guest Richard Kelly Kemick.

Kevin Spenst joins Pam as our new co host and they interview Kim Goldberg.

Still hanging around following the Verses Festival of Words our guest today is Erin Dingle from Calgary.

In town for the Verses Festival of Words our guest is Hanif Willis-Abdurraquib.

We have 2016 BC Book Prize Winner, Raoul Fernandes as our guest.

Alexandra Oliver reads from her new book Let the Empire Down and talks with Pam and PC about parenting; defying empires of: ideas, geography and class; and the Domovoi, Russian house spirit.

Pam and RC interview Tasha Receno, the 2015 Vancouver Slam Grand Champion,2016 on her return for the Woman of the World Poetry Slam in Brooklyn, New York.

Pam and RC interview new poet Jeff Steudel, 2016 BC Book Dorothy Livesay nominee and author of Foreign Park.

Cecily Nicholson reads from, and talks about her award winning book, From the Poplars. The book details the long history of Poplar Island located in the middle of Fraser River near New Westminster, B.C. She was the winner of the 2015 BC Book, Dorothy Livesay Award for Poetry.

Timothy Shay reads from his new book, The Dirty Knees of Prayer, and talks with Pam and RC about myths; fairy tales; foundation stories; transit as metaphor; dark elegies; grief; random intercession and luck; and writing in the third person.

Jennifer Zilm reads form her new book, Waiting Room, and is interviewed by Pam and RC on the Darkness of Vancouver; bus routes (#7); dentists, footnotes; and Surrey Girl jokes.

Elee Kraalji Gardner is interviewed by Pam and RC and reads from her new book Serpentine Loop, Published by Anvil Press. They discuss growing up in Boston; figure skating; falling through the ice; New Music; same gender skating pairs and the Ice Skaters of new York.

Pam interviews Carolyn Smart, the 2016 Fred Cogswell Award 2nd place winner and Kingston Ontario poet. She reads from her new book of poetry Careen on the infamous Bonnie and Clyde

Interviews and readings with Daniel Zomparelli and Dina del Bucchia of Poetry is Dead Magazine, and Can't Lit Poscast, on Wax Poetic CFRO 100.5,

Wax Poetic New Years 2016 Tickle Trunk Miscellaneous, CFRO FM 100.5

Wax Poetic Interview and Reading with Ottawa Poet and Playwright, Daniel Mark Patterson,Jan. 20 1016, Vancouver Co-op Radio, CFRO FM 100.5.

East Van Poetry Salon organizers Julie Peters and Chris Gilpin join co-hosts RC Weslowski and Pamela Bentley to discuss their selection process and play some of their choices for the 10 Best Poems of 2015.