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Episode 112: Poetic Elements of Fiction with Frances Boyle

December 31, 2023 eleanor Comments Off

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…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 112 Poetic Elements of Fiction with Frances Boyle

Episode 110: Writing into Health Trauma with Christine McNair and Elee Kraljii Gardiner

October 29, 2023 eleanor Comments Off

I 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…

The Small Machine Talks · SMT 110: Elee Kraljii Gardiner and Christine McNair

Episode 93: above/ground press

August 27, 2022 eleanor Comments Off

http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/ Guest Poetry Journal Touch the Donkey Periodicities Tuesday Poem, Dusie the book of smaller by rob mclennan rob mclennan i talk to rob mclennan about the press, how it has changed since he began it in 1993. we talk about why chapbooks are good forms of publication. We discuss the subscription service. rob addresses…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 93 - above/ground press

Episode 89 – The Blasted Tree

April 23, 2022 eleanor Comments Off

recorded on Thursday, April 21 http://www.theblastedtree.com/ https://theblastedtree.bandcamp.com/ I speak with Kyle Flemmer of the Blasted Tree about the inspiration for the press, its beginnings in 2014, how it works, who he has published, and what’s in store for the future. We talked about falling in love with chapbooks. I suggest Kyle could be a superhero…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 89 The Blasted Tree

Episode 86: Riverbed Reading Series

January 24, 2022 eleanor Comments Off

Recorded on January 22, 2022 nina jane drystek Ellen Chang-Richardson Riverbed Reading Series Fundraiser I speak with nina jane drystek and Ellen Chang-Richardson of the Riverbed Reading Series. I catch up with them about how they are doing now and their current creative work. There are some great scoops about forthcoming publications. Coven Editions Gap…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 86 - Riverbed Reading Series

Episode 82: Coven Editions

December 3, 2021 eleanor Comments Off

Recorded on Nov 29, 2021 Visit Coven Editions https://www.coveneditions.com/ and buy chapbooks. We discuss the beginnings of Coven Editions, the collaboration between the founders, Emilia Morgan and Stephanie Meloche. We discuss individual chapbooks, broadsides and the online magazine, deathcap. We share our love for handmade chapbooks, paper and all things small press. Emilia and Stephanie…

The Small Machine Talks · Coven Editions, Episode 82

Episode 76 – Rasiqra Revulva

May 30, 2021 eleanor Comments Off

Rasiqra Revulva is a queer femme writer, multimedia artist, editor, musician, performer and SciComm advocate. She is an editor of the climate crisis anthology Watch Your Head: A Call to Action, and one half of the experimental electronic duo The Databats (Slice Records, Melbourne; Toronto). She has published two chapbooks of glitch-illustrated poetry: Cephalopography (words(on)pages press, 2016) and If You…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 76 - Rasiqra Revulva

The Small Machine Talks to Pearl Pirie, Episode 71

December 7, 2020 eleanor Comments Off

Pearl Pirie is a queer concussed writer living in rural Quebec. Her poetry collection, the pet radish, shrunken (Book*hug, 2015) won the Archibald Lampman Award. Her manuscript Thirsts won the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry and was published in 2011. Her first trade collection was been shed bore (Chaudiere Books, 2010). Her poems have…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 71 - Pearl Pirie

The Small Machine Talks – Episode 61 Experiment-O Readers– Part III

June 24, 2020 eleanor Comments Off

Welcome to the Small Machine Talks. I’m Amanda Earl and this is Episode 61 and our third and final for now episode featuring contributors to Experiment-O. For this last episode on Experiment-O, I thought I would also talk a bit about some of the other work featured in the magazine by highlighting the work of…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 61: Experiment-O Part III

Episode 59: Cohost Zoom Reunion

May 30, 2020 eleanor Comments Off

The Small Machine Talks Episode 59 Writing and Reading During Covid-19 etc with a.m. kozak and Amanda Earl recorded via Zoom on Sunday, May 24, 2020 Profile by Jamie MacPherson: https://apt613.ca/tour-de-blogosphere-the-small-machine-talks-an-ottawa-poetry-podcast/ 1. INTRODUCTION – HOW HAS COVID-19 AFFECTED US, OUR WRITING ETC? how has COVID changed your reading/writing habits? Amanda: I’ve been trying to save…

The Small Machine Talks · Episode 59: Co-Host Zoom Reunion