Recorded on Thursday, December 28, 2023 https://www.francesboyle.com/https://amandaearl.substack.com/ Ottawa poet and fiction writer, Frances Boyle and I discuss the poetry of favourite novels and read excerpts from the novels. This is the fourth instalment of a thread that began in 2020 in which I invite a guest to discuss the poetic elements of a genre or…
Read MoreRecorded on November 28, 2023 Ariel is on the podcast as part of the thread we’ve been having this year: off-page, extra literary, which has included discussions of artists’ books with Barrie Tullett and Sarah Bodman, recording studios with Gareth Auden-Hole, Pakistani folklore with Nimra and Manahil Bandukwala, the alphabet with Johanna Drucker, and book…
Read MoreI speak with Christine and Elee about our writing on our personal health traumas and the intersection of art and health. We also read from our works: Elee – Trauma Head; Christine – Toxemia and me – Beast Body Epic. Amanda: AngelHousePress.com; AmandaEarl.com Elee: https://eleekg.com/ Preeclampsia Foundation Canada: https://www.preeclampsiacanada.ca/ Virtual launch of Beast Body Epic…
Read MoreThe Small Machine Talks Episode 109: Dennis Cooley recorded on September 28, 2023 1pm CST; 2pm EST body works, University of Calgary Press, 2023: https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773854496/ Dennis was on the show in November 2020: The Small Machine Talks, Episode 69, November 2020 a great resource was the conversation Dennis had with the host of Historia Canadiana:…
Read MoreRecorded on August 24, 2023 The Case Room Press: http://the-case.co.uk/ Barrie Tullett on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barrietullett/ The Small Machine Talks to Barrie Tullett, October 2021 As part of this year’s extra-literary thread, I speak with Barrie Tullet for the second time on the show. We discuss his various design, typography, letterpress, letraset, 3D printing work. The…
Read MoreRecorded on Thursday, July 27, 2023 I speak to Manahil and Nimra Bandukwala about their project, Reth aur Reghistan to share the folklore of Pakistan through art, poetry and storytelling. Manahil Bandukwala https://www.manahilbandukwala.com/ Nimra Bandukwala https://www.nimrabandukwala.com/ Reth aur Reghistan https://sculpturalstorytelling.com/ Women Wide Awake https://sculpturalstorytelling.com/women-wide-awake/ forthcoming from Mawenzi House https://sculpturalstorytelling.com/women-wide-awake/ Another episode in the extra-lit or…
Read MoreRecorded on July 5, 2023 We begin our 8th season with a conversation with musician Gareth Auden-Hole, the producer and proprietor of La La Studio, a recording studio in Gatineau, Quebec. Là Là Studio: https://lalastudiolala.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lalastudiolala/ Jack Pine and the Fire: https://www.jackpinefire.com/ Gareth is here as part of the extra-literary/off page thread we’ve been…
Read MoreRecorded on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 James Knight: https://thebirdking.com/category/visual-poetry/ https://www.hempressbooks.com/authors/james-knight steel incisors: https://www.steelincisors.com/ James is on the show by way of thanks for steel incisors’ support of the AngelHousePress Caring Imagination crowd funding campaign as a donator of publications from steel incisors. We speak about poetry as a provocation and performance, visual poetry, hierarchies, the…
Read MoreRecorded on May 30, 2023 Between the Covers Ways to Support Between the Covers I had the pleasure of speaking with David Naimon of Between the Covers, my favourite and most-listened to podcast. In this episode we discuss David’s journey from his career as a health professional to hosting the podcast. He has said that…
Read MoreThe Small Machine Talks Episode 103 with Shloka Shankar recorded on Friday, May 12, 2023 One of the most interesting things about the episode was how Shloka engages with the found poetry and Japanese short form poetry communities, especially for writing prompts. LIsten to the episode to hear various ways in which you can engage…
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