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Episode 63: Chris Chambers, Sharon Miki Chan, Andrew Daley, and Emily Pohl-Weary, Live at the 45th Taddle Creek Happening
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Chris Chambers, Sharon Miki Chan, Andrew Daley, and Emily Pohl-Weary read at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 45, with special guest Lindsay Zier-Vogel, live-ish at the Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, August 26, 2020.By Taddle Creek
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Episode 62: Kerri Huffman and Chris Chambers, Live at the 15th Taddle Creek Happening
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Kerri Huffman and Chris Chambers read at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 15, live at Supermarket, December 8, 2005.By Kerri Huffman
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Episode 61: Victoria Hetherington, J. R. McConvey, Sarah Gilbert, and Richard Kelly Kemick, Live at the 44th Taddle Creek Happening
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Victoria Hetherington, J. R. McConvey, Sarah Gilbert, and Richard Kelly Kemick read at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 44, live at Famous Last Words, January 15, 2020.By Taddle Creek
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Episode 60: “Bouncing Ball,” Stuart Ross’s Annual Poem for the New Year
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Stuart Ross rings in 2020 with his annual New Year’s poem.By Stuart Ross
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Episode 59: “Subtitles,” Stuart Ross’s Annual Poem for the New Year
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Stuart Ross rings in 2019 with his annual New Year’s poem.By Stuart Ross
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Episode 58: Terry Murray, in Conversation with Bee Quammie, Live at the 41st Taddle Creek Happening
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Terry Murray discusses her memoir about the integration of a local elementary school in her childhood Chicago neighbourhood, in the nineteen-sixties, with Bee Quammie at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 41, live at the LitBang! Pop-Up Shop, June 27, 2018.By Terry Murray
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Episode 57: Jessica Westhead, Live at the 41st Taddle Creek Happening
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Jessica Westhead reads an excerpt from her short story collection And Also Sharks at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 41, live at the LitBang! Pop-Up Shop, June 27, 2018.By Jessica Westhead
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Episode 56: Michael Redhill, Live at the 41st Taddle Creek Happening
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Michael Redhill reads a selection of poems at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 41, live at the LitBang! Pop-Up Shop, June 27, 2018.By Michael Redhill
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Episode 55: “Various Records,” Stuart Ross’s Annual Poem for the New Year
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Stuart Ross rings in 2018 with his annual New Year’s poem.By Stuart Ross
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Episode 54: Conan Tobias in Conversation with Katherine Collins, at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival
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Conan Tobias talks to Katherine Collins, creator of the comic book Neil the Horse, about her career and recent resurgence. Recorded live at the Toronto Reference Library during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, May 13, 2017.By Conan Tobias
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Episode 53: “Zigzag,” Stuart Ross’s annual poem for the New Year
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Stuart Ross rings in 2017 with his annual New Year’s poem.By Stuart Ross
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Episode 52: The Post-Christmas Show, with Derek McCormack
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Derek McCormack drops by talk about Pieface, Jeanette Winterson, and Bats in the Belfry.By Derek McCormack
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Episode 51: The Halloween Show, with Derek McCormack
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The author Derek McCormack makes his now-annual Halloween podcast appearance to wish Conan Tobias a Happy Halloween and to discuss the Holiday Arts Mail-Order School.By Derek McCormack
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Chris Chambers helps The Taddle Creek Podcast celebrate fifty episodes with a reading of his poem “Ventilator,” originally published in Taddle Creek No. 27.By Chris Chambers
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Episode 49: The John Degen Talks About Podcasts Podcast
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John Degen phones in to tell Conan Tobias everything he’s doing wrong.By John Degen
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Episode 48: “Taking Creative Licence,” by Shawn Syms
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Shawn Syms reads an excerpt from his short story “Taking Creative Licence.”By Shawn Syms
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Episode 47: Hal Niedzviecki Summer Update
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Conan Tobias gets a progress update from Hal Niedzviecki on the serialization of his novel The Archaeologists.By Hal Niedzviecki
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Episode 46: “Think of a Name for the Bird in the Glossy Photo,” by Elana Wolff
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Elana Wolff reads her poem “Think of a Name for the Bird in the Glossy Photo.”By Elana Wolff
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Episode 45: Getting to Know Cover Star Natalia Hernandez
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Conan Tobias chats with Natalia Hernandez, the real-life cover star of Taddle Creek No. 37.By Conan Tobias
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Episode 44: Conan Tobias Discusses Lou Skuce
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Taddle Creek contributing editor Alfred Holden interviews Conan Tobias on his feature story “Canada’s Greatest Cartoonist,” a look at the life of the cartoonist Lou Skuce.By Conan Tobias
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Episode 43: “Things Not to Do,” by Jessica Westhead, Live at the 37th Taddle Creek Happening
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Jessica Westhead reads her story “Things Not to Do” at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 37, live at the Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, June 3, 2016.By Jessica Westhead
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Episode 42: Michael e. Casteels, Live at the 37th Taddle Creek Happening
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Michael e. Casteels reads a selection of poems at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 37, live at the Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, June 3, 2016.By Michael e. Casteels
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Episode 41: “I Moved Out When I Caught Him With the Dog,” by Jess Taylor, Live at the 37th Taddle Creek Happening
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Jess Taylor reads a new short story, “I Moved Out When I Caught Him With the Dog,” at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 37, live at the Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, June 3, 2016.By Jess Taylor
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Episode 40: John Degen Fills a Gap in Taddle Creek’s Programming
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John Degen phones in to talk about this and that, in lieu of a proper guest.By Conan Tobias
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Episode 39: “Dorothy and the First Tornado,” by Julie Cameron Gray
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Julie Cameron Gray is back with another poem, “Dorothy and the First Tornado,” which originally appeared in Taddle Creek No. 34.By Julie Cameron Gray
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Episode 38: Alexandra Leggat on the launch of Two Wolves Press
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Alexandra Leggat calls in for a quick interview on the launch of her new press, Two Wolves.By Conan Tobias
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Episode 37: “Thoughts of a Drunken Tourist at the Bushmills Whiskey Distillery,” By Julie Cameron Gray
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Julie Cameron Gray reads her poem “Thoughts of a Drunken Tourist at the Bushmills Whiskey Distillery,” which originally appeared in Taddle Creek No. 31.By Julie Cameron Gray
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Alfred Holden discusses the urban thinker Jane Jacobs, on the hundredth anniversary of her birth. (Correction: Alfred was mistaken on-air. Jacobs resided at 58 Spadina, not 56. Taddle Creek regrets the error.)By Alfred Holden
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Episode 35: Gary Barwin Reads From Yiddish for Pirates
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Gary Barwin, the Penguin Random House Canada New Face of Fiction for 2016, shares an audio trailer for his new novel, Yiddish for Pirates.By Gary Barwin
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Katia Grubisic reads her poem “Sundays.”By Katia Grubisic
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Sandy Pool reads her poem “The Offering.” Recorded in the men’s room of a Montreal Mexican restaurant, 2015.By Sandy Pool
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Episode 32: Breakfast with Adrienne Weiss
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Adrienne Weiss drops by the Taddle Creek studios to eat pancakes and read her poem “A Member of the Wait Staff Delivers a Glass of Ice to Oprah,” which originally appeared in Taddle Creek No. 14.By Adrienne Weiss
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Episode 31: “Backyard Insurrection,” by Jennifer LoveGrove
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Jennifer LoveGrove reads her poem “Backyard Insurrection,’ from the upcoming Taddle Creek No. 37,By Jennifer LoveGrove
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Episode 30: Hal Niedzviecki Asserts His Magisterial Authoritarial Authoritay and Picks a Winner
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In which Hal Niedzviecki takes exception to the episode title of his previous podcast appearance.By Conan Tobias
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Episode 29: “The Rain of a Thousand Days,” by Emily Schultz
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Emily Schultz reads her poem “The Rain of a Thousand Days,” recorded in 2015 in her car on a Brooklyn side street. Egg creams for everyone at Peter Pan afterward.By Emily Schultz
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Taddle Creek’s editor-in-chief Conan Tobias gets Hal Niedzviecki on the phone to discuss the author’s time-consuming request.By Conan Tobias
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Episode 27: “Empathize or Die,” by Jessica Westhead
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Jessica Westhead reads an excerpt from her short story “Empathize or Die,” debuting in the upcoming Taddle Creek No. 37.By Jessica Westhead
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Episode 26: The Crooked Heart of Mercy, by Billie Livingston (Part 2)
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Billie Livingston reads another chapter from her novel The Crooked heart of Mercy.By Billie Livingston
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Episode 25: The Crooked Heart of Mercy, by Billie Livingston (Part 1)
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Billie Livingston reads a chapter from her novel The Crooked Heart of Mercy.By Billie Livingston
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Episode 24: “Under a Billboard at Bathurst and Eglinton,” by JonArno Lawson
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JonArno Lawson reads his poem “Under a Billboard at Bathurst and Eglinton,” which originally appeared in Taddle Creek No. 35 (Summer, 2015).By JonArno Lawson
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Episode 23: “Ontarioabandonedplaces.com,” by Stevie Howell
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Stevie Howell reads her poem “Ontarioabandonedplaces.com,” which originally appeared in Taddle Creek No. 35 (Summer, 2015).By Stevie Howell
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Jennifer LoveGrove reads her poem “Tables.”By Jennifer LoveGrove
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Episode 21: “The Pollinators,” by Sofi Papamarko
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The author Sofi Papamarko reads her short story “The Pollinators.”By Sofi Papamarko
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Episode 20: Patrick Rawley Discusses the Original Captain Marvel, Live at the 36th Taddle Creek Happening
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Patrick Rawley discusses the original Captain Marvel at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 36, live at the Ossington, December 3, 2015.By Patrick Rawley
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The author Becky Blake reads her short story “Make-Believe.”By Becky Blake
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Episode 18: “Alterations,” Stuart Ross’s annual poem for the New Year
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Stuart Ross rings in 2016 with his annual New Year’s poem.By Stuart Ross
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Episode 17: The Christmas Show, with Derek McCormack
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The author Derek McCormack stops by the Taddle Creek studios to wish Conan Tobias a Merry Christmas and read from his book Christmas Days.By Derek McCormack
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Episode 16: “For Ted, Who’s Never Coming Back Anymore,” by Grace O’Connell
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Grace O’Connell reads her short story “For Ted, Who’s Never Coming Back Anymore.”By Grace O’Connell
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Episode 15: Gary Barwin, Live at the 36th Taddle Creek Happening
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Gary Barwin reads a selection of poems at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 36, live at the Ossington, December 3, 2015.By Gary Barwin
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Episode 14: Suzanne Alyssa Andrew, Live at the Circle of Stones Launch
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Suzanne Alyssa Andrew reads a chapter from her debut novel, Circle of Stones, live at the Monarch Tavern, April 15, 2015.By Suzanne Alyssa Andrew
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