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Writers RadioP105 Speaking Of FamilyBarbara Baydala from Ladner, BC, writes A Family of PoemsI’ve recently been contemplating a collection of writings about my father and have realized through assembling these poems for Writers Radio that I can’t write about my father without placing the two of us amidst our family in all its many guises.Vancouver poet Colette Gagnon revisits her memoir-based poetry, further exploring the use of form. This suite of five poems centres around the grief and loss of her brother Phil and includes an excerpt from a childhood narrative entitled Lure. Thematical...2025-01-1327 min
Writers RadioP066 SummertimeKate Bird's photo is of her son at former Mt. Pleasant Outdoor Pool in Vancouver.Here is a CBC article about the recent status of a citizen's campaign to build a new outdoor pool.Writers Radio likes to gather writers around a theme. This episode is such an occasion. Each writer has responded to the question: Summertime..."and the living' is easy"...Is it?In order of reading:Donna Stephen:The West Highland Way, spring 2023Barbara Baydala:poems inspired by words plus her poetic response to my question.Ka...2023-09-0426 min
NDN Science Show#38 - Thanatology (Life with Death Left In)Although a difficult topic to talk about, we both realized that thanatology was important enough to do an entire episode on. This field of study is associated with a wide variety of disciplines that include everything from sociology and anthropology to medical professions like working as a mortician or a medical examiner for a police department. In this episode, we go over the history of thanatology, some of the dominant philosophies, and our own opinions on this important but seldomly discussed field of study.
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Writers RadioP008 Mothering In This Time -Mothering In This TimeBarbara Baydala reads three of her poems: She Emerges, Woman With Kind Eyes Says Stay Home, Round the Block Zoe Dagneault reads from her short story, In Her ShoesHost, Carole HarmonWho are the souls entering our world at this challenging time of pandemic, global climate crisis and social unrest? How can we nurture and raise them to face the challenges of their future?Barbara Baydala became a grandmother six months before the Covid Pandemic was an...2021-02-2332 min
Writers RadioP001 All On This Depends, Yarrow's OfferingBarbara Baydala: All on This Depends (poetry)Carole Harmon: Yarrow’s Offering (poetry)Carole Harmon’s long poem, Yarrow’s Offering is read by actors from across Canada: Nancy Beatty, Barbara Parker, Colette Gagnon, Bart Robinson, David Miller, and the poet herself. Host and introduction to Yarrow’s Offering, Ingrid RoseCarole is a Canadian poet, memoirist and photographer and one of the founders and producers of Writers Radio. She lives in Halfmoon Bay, BC.Barbara is a poet and historian who writes with wry humour fro...2020-11-1618 min