Award-winning novelist, Deb Elkink (http://www.debelkink.com/) takes a look at how G.K. Chesterton uses the tree as a symbol in her new book Roots & Branches.
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Since opening in 2012, Hamilton’s Flagship Gallery (http://semaphore.ca/flagship-gallery) has been a home for art created by those who work from a “broadly conceived Christian worldview.” One of its recent exhibits, AXIS, features photography and poetry by James Tughan, one of those involved with the start-up of the gallery.
The role of the church is changing in Canadian society and tonight’s guests know how 40 churches across the country have responded to those changes. Award-winning journalists Patricia Paddey and Karen Stiller (http://karenstiller.com/tag/patricia-paddey) wrote Shifting Stats Shaking the Church: 40 Canadian Churches Respond (http://churches.worldvision.ca/resources/shifting-stats) which was recently published by World Vision Canada.
Tonight’s guest is an award-winning novelist who specializes in the romance mystery genre. Her latest novel, published by Revell Books, will be on store shelves in June. Desperate Measures “pulls out all the stops in (a) breakneck and breathtaking conclusion” to Sandra Orchard’s (http://sandraorchard.com) three-book Port Aster Secrets series.
Todd Stahl (http://www.toddstahl.com) is both an artist and a writer. And Todd has combined those two passions in his new book 40 Days in the Man Cave. Todd talks with us about his book and his art from his home in Leamington, Ontario.
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Irish Beth Maddock (http://www.irishbethmaddock.com/) took a real-life fish story and turned it into a children’s book that she hopes will lure people to the Gospel as well as teach children about the being a voice for the voiceless, respect for all creation along with understanding and compassion. Irish, a published poet and playwright, add children’s author to her credits with the publication of The Great Carp Escape. Irish, who grew up in the Okanagan, now lives in Calgary.
Write! Canada (https://thewordguild.com/events/write-canada) is the largest, and probably longest-running national writers’ conference. With ever-increasing attendance numbers, organizers have had to move the conference from the cozy confines of the Guelph Bible Conference Centre to the Novotel building in downtown North York. With me tonight are two key players in the conference: journalists Bill Fledderus, who is one of the two keynote speakers, and Lisa Hall-Wilson, who is also the conference assistant director.
Margo Swiss (http://wipfandstock.com/the-hatching-of-the-heart.html) latest work, a collection of poems that have been described as “devout, intense, often heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting.” The Hatching of the Heart is the latest collection of poetry by Swiss, who teaches English and Creative Writing at York University in Toronto, has published academically on Milton and Donne and has had her poems appear in magazines, anthologies and two other collections.
Tonight’s guest has performed with Sting, Paula Cole and Suzanne Vega. A native of Vancouver and a resident of New York City, jazz pianist Laila Biali (http://theradianceproject.com) recently released the Laila Biali & The Radiance Project's first CD: House of Many Rooms which features songs that explore grief, loss, longing and expectation. When we talked to her, Laila was in the midst of a lengthy tour promoting the CD and called us from Banff, Alberta to talk about her music.
Charmaine Brown had a successful career as a solo musician, recording a couple CDs and garnering multiple Canadian GMA award nominations. But even the support of her husband, Jason, couldn’t keep her from becoming disappointed and disillusioned with the music industry. Charmaine took a brief hiatus from the music industry. But then she started songwriting again, which led to a third solo CD. After that, the couple decided to begin create music together.
