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Raincoast Literary Podcast Series
Interviews, readings, news and commentary from authors
on writing books, reading books and publishing books.
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September 19, 2007
Raincoast Books -- Podcast Edition 9 -- Clancy with the Puck by Chris Mizzoni
Clancy with the Puck by Chris Mizzoni
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He’s as skillful as Wayne Gretzky, as charismatic as Pierre Trudeau... and as arrogant as Don Cherry. A truly Canadian twist on the classic American baseball story “Casey at the Bat”, Clancy with the Puck is a hilarious tale of hockey hubris.
Clancy with the Puck was initially created as a cartoon by Chris Mizzoni, an animator at Studio B Productions. The picture book comes with a DVD featuring the animated short, narrated by the legendary Bob Cole, whose Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play is heard by millions of hockey fans every week.
In this interview with Robert Ouimet, Chris Mizzoni speaks about how the idea for Clancy was born, the process of turning an animation into a picture book, working with Bob Cole on the project and, of course, hockey. This podcast also includes snippets of Bob Cole’s narration featured on the animation.
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Clancy with the Puck by Chris Mizzoni (Raincoast, 978-1-55192-804-3).
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November 6, 2006
Raincoast Books -- Podcast Edition 8 -- Walking After Midnight by Katy Hutchison
Walking After Midnight by Katy Hutchison
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On New Year’s Eve in 1997, Bob McIntosh was murdered while trying to break up a teenagers’ party at a friend’s house.
His wife, Katy, was left a widow with four-year-old twins. In the midst of her grief, and with remarkable courage and grace, Katy began an
amazing journey of forgiveness. She recognized the need to educate teens about the risks arising from the combination of youth,
alcohol and lack of supervision.
In this interview with Robert Ouimet, she speaks about her experience and her speaking appearances to schools and other groups about social responsibility,
restorative justice and the transformative power of forgiveness.
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Walking After Midnight by Katy Hutchison
(Raincoast, 1-55192-941-4).
Buy it now at
Amazon.ca
chapters.indigo.ca
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July 18, 2006
Raincoast Books -- Podcast Edition 7 -- The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain
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It’s Not All Nasty Bits.
This is the final installment of Raincoast’ 3-part podcast series with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, the best selling author of Kitchen Confidential
and host of the TV show No Reservations.
On June 12, 2006, Anthony Bourdain spent a day in Vancouver doing media interviews and bookstore appearances to talk about his new
book The Nasty Bits.
He wore a lapel microphone during the entire day, allowing Raincoast Books and At Large Media to record Bourdain’s casual
conversation with fans, private moments in the car, and regular interview style questions. It’s Bourdain as you’ve never
heard him before.
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In Part Three -- Not All Nasty Bits Anthony Bourdain talks about:
- What chefs have in common
- Whether he misses day to day restaurant work
- and what he’s afraid of.
Bourdain also discusses:
- Work ethic
- The Omelette of Truth
- Human nature
- Advice for the fast foodie
- Pub food
- Tattoos
- How he started writing
- and what he’s working on next.
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The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
(Bloomsbury USA, 1-58234-451-5).
Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books.
Buy it now at
Amazon.ca
Chapters.Indigo.ca
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Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks: View photos from the book signing.
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July 11, 2006
Raincoast Books -- Podcast Edition 6 -- The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain
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Books and beer for Breakfast at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks.
This is part 2 of a series of 3 exclusive podcasts with Anthony Bourdain, the best selling author of Kitchen Confidential
and host of the TV show No Reservations.
On June 12, 2006, Anthony Bourdain spent a day in Vancouver doing media interviews and bookstore appearances to talk about his new
book The Nasty Bits.
He wore a lapel microphone during the entire day, allowing Raincoast Books and At Large Media to record Bourdain’s casual
conversation with fans, private moments in the car, and regular interview style questions. It’s Bourdain as you’ve never
heard him before.
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Part Two: The Book Signing
8 a.m. at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks in Vancouver
- Anthony is greeted with a breakfast of champions.
- Barbara-Jo talks about why she had to have Anthony visit her store.
- Anthony meets the fans.
- Anthony gives advice on “must sample” street food vendors in New York City.
- He talks about who comes to book signings and why.
- Bourdain just doesn’t seem like your usual kind of cookbook author ...
- He reveals the best hidden cooks in New York.
- And Bourdain talks about turning 50 and why life is like pinball.
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Part 3 in this series will be released next week on July 18.
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The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
(Bloomsbury USA, 1-58234-451-5).
Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books.
Buy it now at
Amazon.ca
Chapters.Indigo.ca
Find an Independent Bookseller
Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks: View photos from the book signing.
LISTEN NOW (18.4 MB, MP3 Runs: 12:46)
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July 4, 2006
Raincoast Books -- Podcast Edition 5 -- The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain
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The good, the bad and the ugly is served up Bourdain-style.
This is part 1 of a series of 3 exclusive podcasts with Anthony Bourdain, the best selling author of Kitchen Confidential
and host of the TV show No Reservations.
On June 12, 2006, Anthony Bourdain spent a day in Vancouver doing media interviews and bookstore appearances to talk about his new
book The Nasty Bits.
He wore a lapel microphone during the entire day, allowing Raincoast Books and At Large Media to record Bourdain’s casual
conversation with fans, private moments in the car, and regular interview style questions. It’s Bourdain as you’ve never
heard him before.
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Part One: Bourdain’s World
- Anthony Bourdain’s most surprising questions.
- How to train for a career in the entertainment business
- Listener mail
- grossest Canadian Food
- getting sick from food
- how Anthony stays trim
- How to succeed in just about anything you do
- Advice to would-be culinary school students
LISTEN NOW (16.9 MB, MP3 Runs: 14:57)
Part 2 in this series will be released next week on July 11, Part 3 on July 18.
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The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
(Bloomsbury USA, 1-58234-451-5).
Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books.
Buy it now at
Amazon.ca
Chapters.Indigo.ca
Find an Independent Bookseller
Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks: View photos from the book signing.
LISTEN NOW (16.9 MB, MP3 Runs: 14:57)
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April 13, 2006
Raincoast Books -- Podcast Edition 4 -- Picking Up the Pieces: Moving Forward After Surviving Cancer by Sherri Magee, PhD, and Kathy Scalzo, MSOD
  Picking Up the Pieces: Moving Forward After Surviving Cancer by Sherri Magee, PhD, and Kathy Sclazo, MSOD.
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11 million people in North America are living with cancer today. Over a million new cases are diagnosed every year.
Of those new cases, 55-60% will survive.
Those survivors are looking at a last day of treatment and saying “Now what?”
William Bridges, author of The Way of Transition: Embracing Life’s Most Difficult Moments, best sums up the post-diagnosis of
cancer by saying “it isn’t surprising that cancer changes you. But few survivors are ready to let go of who they were, or to deal with the ambiguities of
the ‘nowhere’ they find themselves in.”
Bridges is referring to The Void described by Sherri Magee and Kathy Scalzo in Picking Up the Pieces: the lost land between patient and survivor. You’re not really sick anymore, but you don’t trust your health, either.
Picking Up the Pieces is a valuable aid for anyone who is dealing with the process that goes by the misleadingly simple name of “recovery.”
For more on Picking Up the Pieces visit
www.raincoast.com/pickingupthepieces
The site includes a media and press room section with sample interview questions and author commentary.
Buy it now at
Amazon.ca
Chapters.indigo.ca
an Independent Bookseller
Picking Up the Pieces by Sherri Magee, PhD, and Kathy Scalzo, MSOD, 1-55192-901-5
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This podcast is for personal use only.
A broadcast quality version of this file is available for promotional purposes including rebroadcast. Please contact info@raincoast.com
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March 21, 2006
Raincoast Books -- Podcast Edition 3 -- Indigenous Beasts by Nathan Sellyn
 Indigenous Beasts: a collection of short stories by Nathan Sellyn.
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“My characters reveal that Canadians can be just as despicable as our American counterparts; I want to provide a ‘warts and all’ perspective,
or as my grandfather said, ‘plenty of drugs, sex, strippers and violence.’ ” — Nathan Sellyn
Indigenous Beasts is a collection of short stories from this young new writer.
He’s an extraordinary storyteller, and these stories are raw and seething, intense with despair and depravity. They are bloody and beautiful and full of wisdom,
and their pathetic heroes struggle towards some unattainable and off-kilter moral standard.
Buy it now at
Amazon.ca
Chapters.Indigo.ca
an Independent Bookseller
Indigenous Beasts by Nathan Sellyn, 1-55192-927-9
For more on the book, please visit www.raincoast.com/indigenousbeasts
where you can also get a PDF sampler of Nathan’s stories.
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This podcast is for personal use only.
A broadcast quality version of this file is available for promotional purposes including rebroadcast. Please contact info@raincoast.com
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March 15, 2006
Raincoast Books - Podcast Edition 2 - Indigenous Beasts by Nathan Sellyn
Indigenous Beasts: a collection of short stories by Nathan Sellyn.
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This podcast is an introduction to Nathan.
About the book:
Indigenous Beasts is a chilling collection of stories from Nathan Sellyn —
an extraordinary storyteller and a bold, young writer whose work is energetic, shocking and disturbing. These stories glimpse into the lives of young men who are intriguing,
seductive and sometimes despicable, and are lost in their efforts to make sense of their relationships, both with women — girlfriends, mothers, strippers — and men — fathers,
co-workers, dealers. These stories are raw and seething, intense with despair and depravity. They are bloody and beautiful and full of wisdom, and their pathetic heroes
struggle towards some unattainable and off-kilter moral standard.
Buy it now at
Amazon.ca
Chapters.Indigo.ca
an Independent Bookseller
Indigenous Beasts by Nathan Sellyn, 1-55192-927-9
For more on the book, please visit www.raincoast.com/indigenousbeasts
where you can also get a PDF sampler of Nathan’s stories.
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This podcast is for personal use only.
A broadcast quality version of this file is available for promotional purposes including rebroadcast. Please contact info@raincoast.com
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November 16, 2006
Raincoast Books — Podcast Edition 1 — The Highest Tide
 The Highest Tide: a novel by Jim Lynch.
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This is the first in a series of regular podcasts from Raincoast Books.
This podcast features Jim Lynch, author of The Highest Tide, published by Bloomsbury USA.
It was recorded on location at Granville Island in October 2005 when Jim was appearing at the Vancouver Writers and Readers Festival. It is produced by At Large Media Ltd.
For more on the book, please visit www.raincoast.com/highest-tide.
Buy it now at
Amazon.ca
chapters.indigo.ca
an Independent Bookseller
The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch, 1-58234-605-4 (cloth) or 1-58234-629-1 (paper)
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This podcast is for personal use only.
A broadcast quality version of this file is available for promotional purposes including rebroadcast. Please contact info@raincoast.com
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November 15, 2006
Raincoast Books — Introduction — The Highest Tide
The Highest Tide: a novel by Jim Lynch.
This is an introduction to the first in a series of regular podcasts from Raincoast Books.
Raincoast Books is proud to present a special podcast with Jim Lynch, author of The Highest Tide.
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The Highest Tide tells the story of thirteen-year-old Miles O’Malley who
lives on Puget Sound and knows everything there is to know about the sea and its creatures. When he becomes the first person to sight a live giant squid he is hailed
as some sort of prophet. The media descend and everyone wants to hear what Miles has to say. But Miles is just a self-described “increasingly horny,
speed-reading thirteen-year-old insomniac” who navigates the mysterious world of adults as the strange events continue over the summer, culminating in the
highest tide in 100 years.
This is a clip from the forth-coming podcast.
Jim’s podcast was created in Vancouver during the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival. Find out more about Jim Lynch’s book
at www.raincoast.com/highest-tide. For more information about Raincoast books please visit
www.raincoast.com.
Buy it now at
Amazon.ca
chapters.indigo.ca
an Independent Bookseller
The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch, 1-58234-605-4 (cloth) or 1-58234-629-1 (paper)
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This podcast is for personal use only.
A broadcast quality version of this file is available for promotional purposes including rebroadcast. Please contact info@raincoast.com
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About Raincoast Books:
Raincoast Books is a Canadian publisher and distributor based in Vancouver, BC.
On November 16, 2005, Raincoast officially launched its literary podcast series. Authors interviewed to date include Jim Lynch (The Highest Tide, 1-58234-605-4 in cloth and 1-58234-629-1 in paper);
Nathan Sellyn (Indigenous Beasts, 1-55192-927-9); and Sherri Magee and Kathy Sclazo
(Picking Up the Pieces, 1-55192-901-5).
Raincoast Publishing, which includes the Polestar imprint and key titles from
Press Gang Publishers, produces a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles for adults and children. Raincoast Distribution is the exclusive Canadian distributor for
publishers from the U.K., the U.S. and Canada.
http://www.raincoast.com
http://www.blogs.raincoast.com
About At Large Media:
At Large Media works with world-class companies and organizations to build meaningful connections with the consumers.
They work across a variety of media platforms to provide clients with the strategic support they need to succeed as leaders in today’s Information Economy.
http://www.atlargemedia.com
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