Wax Poetic: Poetry From Canada

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.

Lilija Valis, "poet of freedom, connections, and mystery," visits Wax Poetic as a representative of Pandora's Collective, a local Vancouver literary arts group. She speaks also with co-hosts RC Weslowski and Pamela Bentley about starting anew and leaving things behind, her own history, writing process, political dissent, as well as Pandora's Collective's mission and activities, and the importance of community and attending readings. Pandora's Collective highlights include the resuming of their Gala and Awards and their Poetic Pairings readings, Words on Water, scholarships, workshops, Twisted Poets, and poetry contests.

Our last show of 20015 and we had retiring Vancouver Slammaster, Duncan Shields and incoming new Slammistress, Jillian Christmas as our guest to talk about the transition and the new year.

We were lucky to have Amal Rana as our guest today.