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Talkingbooksandstuff's podcast

Apr 28, 2022

Katie Hyslop writes about education and youth issues for The Tyee.

They are interested in the social justice aspects of education, and how youth adapt and respond to our rapidly changing world. Their work has appeared in Megaphone, the Vancouver Sun and Yes! magazine, as well as CBC Radio shows On The Coast, Daybreak...


Apr 22, 2022

Jeffery Straker grew up taking piano lessons in small-town Saskatchewan and has gone on to perform over 100 shows per year across Canada, Europe and Latin America.  The rootsy-storytelling of his songs has the power to transport a listener – out onto a lake in Canada’s North or to the main street of a prairie town....


Apr 15, 2022

KATHRYN BARNETT lives in Hampshire, England. She is a qualified homeopath and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Homeopathy from Middlesex University. Her interest in natural medicine inspires her writing, having had an article published by THE GREEN PARENT MAGAZINE on homeopathy and pregnancy, which motivated her to...


Apr 8, 2022

Born in  Denzil, Saskatchewan, the eldest of six children her parents were farmers.

Her first passion was reading, reading every Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys and Bobbsey Twins book ever published. Sneaking off to the outhouse with a book was a favorite trick - sometimes it worked for an hour or so till she was...


Apr 1, 2022

Jill started life in Lamlash street, moved on to Grammar school, got numerous ‘O’and ‘A’ levels and after a few years working in London in a solicitor’s office decided that she would emigrate to Canada. She spent 30 years working there as an Occupational Therapist and Hospital manager, and towards the end of...