Shows
Weekend AMTerra Arcana and its mother-daughter podcast teamTrudy Morgan-Cole and Emma Cole talk about their podcast in progress, Terra Arcana
2025-09-1309 min
The Write ProjectDAZE JEFFERIES, author of WATER / WEPT, and 11 other authors reveal shocking secrets about their writing! | The Write ProjectOkay... look. It's embarrassing, but writers are good storytellers, they're not always good at spelling. That's editors. So, come clean, writers: what is a word you cannot spell?Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.:Rebecca Rose, President and PublisherAinsley Hawthorn, Land of Many ShoresKerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger WarningMichelle Porter, author of Approaching FireOlivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth MotelTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowTrudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids TrilogyFrom Anstruther Press: Daze...
2025-07-2829 min
The Write ProjectWhat Book Would Your Recommend to a Fan of Your Work? | The Write ProjectReaders a voracious. Most publishers don't realize this. Publishers are not in competition with each other. What they're in competition with is a void. An absence of books to read in the same line as what the fan just read. So we asked some of Newfoundland's top authors: if you're a fan of their work, what should you read NEXT once you've exhausted their catalog? Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.:Kevin Major, author of Three for TrinityTrudy Morgan Cole, author of The Cupids TrilogyDerek Yetman, author of The Yankee Privateer
2025-05-2628 min
The Write ProjectCHARLENE CARR and EIGHT other amazing authors reveal their most INTIMIDATING TBRs! | The Write ProjectFor one reason of another, books can be INTIMIDATING. Too long? Intimidating. Too much pressure to like it? Intimidating. Too much pressure to hate it? Intimidating. A tight deadline? Intimidating! But what are the most intimidating books, in the minds of these authors?From Harper-Collins Canada:Charlene Carr, author of Hold My Girl and We Rip The World ApartFrom Breakwater Books Ltd.: Andie Bullmann, author of Salt Beef BucketsTrudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids TrilogyAlso featuring: Lucy A. McLauren, author of Awakening, Paul Tucker artist of Hollow...
2025-03-3130 min
The Write ProjectJM DeMatteis joins amazing Newfoundland authors in revealing: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO READ? | The Write ProjectEveryone asks writers about their WORK space -- where they write -- but what's often more revealing is where they like to read! Today on Write Project, twenty authors -- including the astonishing JM DeMatteis -- break down their answers!Featuring, from Marvel Comics:JM DeMatteis, author of Kraven's Last HuntFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Samm Joyy, author of A DecadeRhea Rollmann, author of A Queer History of NewfoundlandFrom Breakwater Books Ltd.: Shelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of Morning
2025-01-1329 min
It's My Country Radio ShowIt's My Country Radio Show 6-12-24 (162)It's My Country Radio Show
Show 162
1. KC Johns - Rodeo Queen – 3.23
2. Jason Jobst – Texas – 3.32
3. A. Wright - Old Cletus – 3.26
4. Maddox Ross - Horses and Heartaches – 3.32
5. Katie Beth Mihm - White Horse – 2.28
6. Johnathan Thompson - Wrecked Him Dang Near Killed Him – 2.54
7. Megan Barker Ft Zane Williams - Cowboys Church – 3.10
8. Jaret Ray Reddick - Lone Stars – 3.18
9. Band of Spades - Texas Heat – 3.20
10. Cactus Country - Little Country Dancehall – 4.28
11. Kenneth Waters - Thinkin About Drinkin – 3.21
12. Johnny Cole Murdock - These Colors Dont Run – 3.46
13. Justin Heskett - Anyone But Me – 3.27...
2024-12-061h 58
Shelf EsteemEpisode 60: We Descend to the Level of the Sentence and We Come Back Up for AirEpisode 60: We Descend to the Level of the Sentence and We Come Back Up for Air by Trudy Morgan-Cole
2024-11-1853 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 59 We Do Not Fear the Robot Overlords (Yet)Poet, novelist, and avid reader George Murray drops by to talk about what he's been reading, which gets us into discussing genre boundaries, literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, artificial intelligence, what it means to be human, and why we shouldn't (yet) fear the rise of the robots. For the full list of books we discussed, check out the show notes at https://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com/
2024-10-1449 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 58: We Learn How To Get Away With MurderIt's time for murder and mayhem as librarian Julia Mayo and I discuss two bookswapped mysteries - Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes, and The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (which is, arguably, not a mystery at all). We end up talking about those two novels and many, many others in this crime-filled episode.
2024-05-0753 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 57: We Run Only Slightly Towards DangerJournalist and broadcaster John Gushue joined me in my new recording location at Bad Times Club Studio to discuss what we've been reading lately, particularly the memoirs that have fascinated us. That led us into a deep dive into a book that I read on John's recommendation and we both had a lot of thoughts about: Sarah Polley's collection of personal essays Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations With a Body of Memory.
2024-03-2242 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 56: We Journey to Black HarbourIn the first podcast episode of 2024, we have a Black History Month special where I visit with Xavier Michael Campbell and Heather Barrett and talk about their book Black Harbour. Our conversation ranges from the record of enslaved people in Newfoundland history, to peppermint knobs, salt fish, and men named Junior, as well as to the idea that "there's no Black people in Newfoundland," why we can sometimes be defensive about our history, and some more reading suggestions for people who'd like to delve deeper into Black history.
2024-02-2339 min
The Write Project🔒 The Weirdest Questions we ask Write Project guests | The Write Project +Subscriber-only episodeSometimes we can't contain the crazy answers our authors give to just one topic! Check out this uncensored premium- content only as the following authors answer these questions!See an Adaptation of?Andrew Marc Rowe, author of The Bawdy BardWhat do you snack on while writing?Nicole Smith, and, Shelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of MorningWhat are the most Unfortunate Character Names You've Seen?Christine Rains, author of The 13th Floor Trudy Morgan Cole, author...
2024-02-0114 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 55: We Take a Journey to the DiscworldFor my last podcast episode of 2023, I sat down with my frequent co-host and even more frequent daughter, Emma Cole, and two of her friends, Emma Pappas and Myles Bradley, to discuss the book they'd just read for their friend-group book club, Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment.
2023-10-2642 min
The Write ProjectWhat books do Breakwater authors find Intimidating? | The Write ProjectFor one reason of another, books can be INTIMIDATING. Too long? Intimidating. Too much pressure to like it? Intimidating. Too much pressure to hate it? Intimidating. A tight deadline? Intimidating! But what are the most intimidating books, in the minds of these authors? Rebecca Rose, President & Publisher at Breakwater BooksTrudy Morgan Cole, author of A Roll of the BonesAndie Bullman, author of Salt Beef Buckets: A Love StoryDr. Hasan Khalili, author of A Life Spent ListeningShelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of MorningOriginally...
2023-10-2530 min
The Write ProjectWill these 7 Breakwater authors make a deal with the devil? | The Write ProjectAlright people: deal with the devil time. If you could give up one thing to be a better author, what would it be?Rebecca Rose, President & PublisherAinsley Hawthorn, author of Land of Many ShoresGemma Hickey, author of Almost FeralKerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger WarningPaul David Power, author of CrippledTrudy Morgan Cole, author of A Roll of the BonesTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowOriginally broadcast on October 18, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations...
2023-10-1829 min
The Write ProjectWhat are Breakwater authors' favorite Public Domain books? | The Write ProjectThe public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because no one holds the exclusive rights, anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission.As examples, the works of William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Miguel de Cervantes, Zoroaster, Lao Zi, Confucius, Aristotle, L. Frank Baum, Leonardo da Vinci and Georges Méliès are in the public domain either by virtue of their having been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term ha...
2023-10-1128 min
The Write ProjectDiverse authors Answer: What are your Desert Island Books? | The Write ProjectIt's one of the most impossible questions we ask of our authors: if you were going to be trapped -- forever -- on a desert island with only three books: what three books would you want with you to read and thrive forever?Featuring, from Engen Books:Samm Joyy, author of A DecadeFrom Harper-Collins Canada:Charlene Carr, author of Hold My GirlFrom Breakwater Books:Dr Hasah Khalili, author of A Life Spent ListeningShelley Kawaja, author of The Raw...
2023-10-0228 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 54: We Could All Use Some Bunter in Our LivesMartha Muzychka and I enjoyed a thorough discussion of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels by Dorothy L. Sayers, wrapping up my three-episode celebration of the 100th anniversary of Whose Body, the first Lord Peter novel.
2023-09-291h 07
The Write ProjectIf They Didn't Write, what would Breakwater Authors do for creative outlet? | The Write ProjectFor writers, writing scratches a very specific itch... but what would they do to satisfy that itch if they couldn't write, for some reason? Nine Breakwater Books authors try and answer that question on today's episode of Write Project.Featuring:Rebecca Rose, President and PublisherAinsley Hawthorn, author of Land of Many ShoresMorgan Murray, author of Dirty BirdsClaire Wilkshire, author of The Love OlympicsRebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen PartyDerek Yetmen, author of The Yankee PrivateerTrudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids...
2023-09-1329 min
Know Band of Full Audiobooks in Self Development, Health & WellnessRoll of the Bones - Trudy J. Morgan-ColeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Roll of the BonesAuthor: Trudy J. Morgan-ColeNarrator: Christa BordenFormat: UnabridgedLength: 13:16:01Language: EnglishRelease date: 09-12-2023Publisher: ECW PressGenres: Fiction & Literature, Historical FictionSummary:In 1610, John Guy established a small colony in Cupids, Newfoundland, on the very edge of a world unknown to Europeans. Two years later, he brought a shipment of supplies to his all-male settlement: 70 goats, 10 heifers, 2 bulls, and 16 women. A Roll of the Bones tells...
2023-09-121h 16Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+A Roll of the Bones by Trudy J. Morgan-ColePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704652to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Roll of the Bones
Author: Trudy J. Morgan-Cole
Narrator: Christa Borden
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 16 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2023
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
In 1610, John Guy established a small colony in Cupids, Newfoundland, on the very edge of a world unknown to Europeans. Two years later, he brought a shipment of supplies to his all-male settlement: 70 goats, 10 heifers, 2 bulls, and 16 women. A Roll of the Bones tells the story of some of these nameless women by tracing the journeys of three young people—Ned Perry, Nancy Ellis, an...
2023-09-121h 16
The Write ProjectBreakwater authors reveal their 'Writing Kryptonite' | The Write ProjectSometimes you're there. You're in the zone. The words are flowing, and things are going great, and then it just... stops. Sometimes that's random, but sometimes... it's the same thing over and over again. In this episode. 11 authors reveal their greatest weaknesses: the writing kryptonite that can stop their work dead in its tracks, every time!Featuring:Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowTrudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids TrilogyShiela Roberts Lukins, author of Bottom's UpKerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger WarningShelly Kawaja, a...
2023-08-3029 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 53: We Explore London's Underworld In the Company of Bright Young ThingsContinuing my summer series celebration 100 years of Lord Peter Wimsey, I bookswapped Murder Must Advertise with Kate Atkinson's Shrines of Gaiety -- two novels set amongst a drug- and crime-ridden London underworld -- in conversation with writers, visual artist, and cousin, Jennifer Morgan.
2023-08-251h 16
Adventist Voices by Spectrum: The Journal of the Adventist ForumNovelist Explores Food and AdventismIn the novel, Stillwater, by noted Canadian writer, Darcie Friesen Hossack, sixteen-year-old Lizzy is trapped, caught between her passion for science and the teachings of her Seventh-day Adventist father and Mennonite mother. In this conversation with her, profound Adventist author Trudy Morgan-Cole, joins me as we explore food, religion, Canadian regional lit, and what it’s like to create Adventist characters. Darcie Friesen Hossack is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers with roots in the Mennonite and Seventh-day Adventist communities. A career food writer and editor of the online WordCity Literary Journal, her s...
2023-08-1849 min
The Write ProjectQuestions with Trudy J Morgan-Cole, author of A Company of Rogues | The Write ProjectInterview with Trudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids Trilogy from Breakwater Books Ltd., as well as Most Anything You Please, By the Rivers of Brooklyn, and That Forgetful Shore!Her newest, A Company of Rogues, releases this October from Breakwater Books!This episode is the thirty-fifth part of a fifty-episode Write Project sub-series celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Breakwater Books! Breakwater Books was founded in 1973 to showcase the vibrant literary culture in Newfoundland and Labrador. Since then, we’ve continued our commitment to Newfoundland and Labrador writers while expanding our focus to feature em...
2023-08-1629 min
The Write ProjectHow do Breakwater Authors select a name for characters? | The Write ProjectSometimes characters come to you with names fully formed... but sometimes, they don't. When that happens, how do you develop a name for the characters in your work?Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef BucketsShiela Lukins, author of Bottom's UpXavier Micheal- Campbell, contributor to Us, NowOlivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth MotelPaul David Power, author of CrippledShelly Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of MorningTrudy J Morgan-Cole, author of A Roll of the BonesTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now...
2023-08-0230 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 52: We Love It When Everyone KNOWS They're In a Mystery NovelBack from an unplanned hiatus, I dive into a summer mini-series where I get my reading partners to read some of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels, my favourite book series of all time, by Dorothy L. Sayers. This month, Emma and I swapped the first of the Lord Peter books, Whose Body, with the Truly Devious mystery series by Maureen Johnson. Tune in to find out what a Gen Z reader thinks of a novel published in 1923, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lord Peter Wimsey.
2023-07-261h 10
The Write ProjectWhat THREE BOOKS would Breakwater authors read for all time? | The Write ProjectBreakwater Authors: if you were going to be trapped on a dessert island for the rest of time and could only have three books with you to keep your mind occupied: what three books would they be?Rebecca Rose, President and PublisherAmanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef BucketsDerek Yetmen, author of The Yankee PrivateerTrudy J Morgan-Cole, author of A Roll of the BonesShelly Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of MorningDr Hasan Khalili, author of A Life Spent ListeningOriginally broadcast...
2023-06-2830 min
The Write Project9 writers breakdown their hedonistic treadmill! | The Write ProjectWhy do authors keep setting goals for themselves... then resetting the goal posts further once they achieve them? What is it about authors that makes us do that? In this episode of Write Project, we sit down with Breakwater Books' best to figure that out!Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef BucketsLisa Moore, editor of Hard TicketXavier Micheal- Campbell, contributor to Us, NowTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowBridget Canning, author of The Greatest Hits of Wanda JanesTrudy...
2023-06-2131 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 51: Stranded on a (Literal or Metaphorical) IslandIn this month's Bookswap, Lori Savory and I discuss two recent novels that are both, in their way, "pandemic novels," though only one is explicitly set during the Covid19 era. Both deal with isolation, finding your path in life, breaking up with the perfect or imperfect boyfriend ... and somehow, the whole discussion ends with us talking about our dogs.
2023-04-3058 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 50: Sentient Sourdough Starters and Smoking Hot Fire SpiritsChristine Hennebury - writer, storyteller, founder of Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl, and all-round powerhouse -- swaps fantasy novels with me. In discussion "The City of Brass" by SA Chakraborty and "A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking" by T Kingfisher, we touch on the topics of powerful young women, hot but jerkish mentors, and the ability of fantasy and sci-fi to let us imagine a better world.
2023-03-0154 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 49: We are FOR Canadian Graphic Novels and AGAINST Internalized MisogynyIn another mother-daughter bookswap, Emma and I discuss Kate Beaton's graphic novel Ducks, and Mariko and Jillian Tamaki's YA graphic novel This One Summer. We touch on coming-of-age stories, the power of the everyday, both external and internalized misogyny, and a whole lot more!
2023-02-0149 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 48: Three Books I Loved in 2022Three fellow avid readers join me for this year-end special, each to discuss one book that both they and I read and loved this year. It's December 28 as I post this and I'm still not ready to commit to a Top Ten of 2022, but these three are definitely in at least my Top 25 of the 125 books I read this year.
2022-12-2951 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 47 BOOKSWAP 6: The Seven Invisible Husbands of Evelyn LaRueOnce again, Emma Cole joins me for a deep dive into two novels: one that each of us has recommended for the other to read. In this case, though the books are very different, the titles are easily confused: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab. Join us for a conversation about fake celebrity memoirs, sexy devils, and SPOILERS GALORE!!! As always, if you go to www.trudymorgancole.com and click on the Podcast link, you can get to the Show Notes for this (and every...
2022-10-2541 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 46 BOOKSWAP 5: We Are Unclear About What Constitutes a "Beach Read"In our fifth BOOKSWAP!, Emma reads Jennifer Weiner's "The Summer Place," I read Emily Austin's "Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead," and we talk about what a "beach read" is, or should be.
2022-08-2550 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 45: We Are United by Taika Watiti But Divided by BatsMy guest this month was L'nu playwright and artist Leahdawn Helena. We had a wonderful conversation about books, which led naturally into talking about her brilliant upcoming play, Stolen Sisters. Follow this link to find out everything you need to know about the play, which runs from August 16-28 in St. John's and will later tour to the West Coast of Newfoundland: https://www.persistencetheatre.com/stolen-sisters.html . Go see it!!
2022-07-3039 min
The Write ProjectInterview with Trudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids Trilogy! | The Write ProjectInterview with Trudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids Trilogy from Breakwater Books Ltd., as well as Most Anything You Please, By the Rivers of Brooklyn, and That Forgetful Shore! Originally broadcast on July 25, 2022 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Pick up A Roll of the Bones using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3ZzbflsTrudy J. Morgan-Cole is a writer and teacher who lives in St. John’s. Her previous books include By the Rivers of Brooklyn (2009), That Forgetful Shore (2011), and A Su...
2022-07-2531 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 44: We Are Not Really Talking About Jack the RipperCultural power couple Ainsley and Andrew Hawthorn joined me for a wide-ranging discussion that touched on beloved and problematic children's books, issues of consent in the Twilight series, why audiobooks, e-books, and graphic novels are all perfectly valid books ... and a lot of talk about Jack the Ripper that was not really about Jack the Ripper, because he gets talked about too much already.
2022-05-2758 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 43: We Can Smell the Olives and Also the Public ToiletsMy conversation with authors Michelle Butler Hallett and JoAnne Soper- Cook ranged widely over a lot of topics and included much classic literature, although we did make a conscious choice not to talk about Ernest Hemingway. We also discussed earning our "Lying" badge, and the way vividly written historical fiction can bring you into a time and place so clearly you can ... well, it's all in the episode title. You can read the show notes, where every book we discussed is listed, at: https://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com/2022/04/10/episode-43-we-smell-the-olives-and-also-the-public-toilets/
2022-04-1045 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 42: We Honour the Foremothers (and Others)My first non-family, full-episode, in-person guests since March 2020 are E.B. Reid and Mark Hunter. By total coincidence, this is Episode #42 and we are talking about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy A LOT ... among other books! Please go to trudymorgancole.com and click on the "Shelf Esteem" link to read this episode's show notes because there's some COOL STUFF there in addition to the titles of books we discussed.
2022-03-111h 00
Shelf EsteemEpisode 41 BOOKSWAP 4: We Demand the Book About DylanFor our fourth Bookswap!, and first podcast of 2022, Emma and I read and discuss Throw Down Your Shadows, by Deborah Hemming, and Big Summer, by Jennifer Weiner. Our conversation jumps lightly from discussions of genre to demands that a minor character get his own spin-off. To see show notes for this and all other episodes, go to http://www.trudymorgancole,com and click the Shelf Esteem link.
2022-01-2754 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 40: All Our Quotation Marks Were Destroyed in The EventFor the final episode of 2021, we stay in-house with me and Emma talking about squidburgers, Robert Ludlum's thriller "The Omicron Variant," the apocalyptic loss of punctuation, and, of course, books we've read and thought about this year. The show notes, with the full list of books we discussed, can be found at https://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/episode-40-all-our-quotation-marks-were-destroyed-in-the-event/
2021-12-3139 min
Adventist Voices by Spectrum: The Journal of the Adventist ForumTrudy Morgan-Cole on History and FictionPut a log on the fire and sip a hot beverage as you listen to prolific writer Trudy Morgan-Cole discuss her novels about characters from the Bible and her more recent works of historical fiction set in Newfoundland, Canada. This week Spectrum Interviews Editor Alita Byrd joins me in conversation with Trudy Morgan-Cole as we explore the writing life, how Adventist stories change, and Morgan-Cole’s play, “The Mirror,” about a Newfoundland suffragette, that was performed recently.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021-11-1134 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 39 BOOKSWAP: We Are Never Going To Make It In New YorkFor this episode, I read a recent favourite book of Emma's, Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi, and Emma read a book that was a favourite of mine when I was around her age, Emma Who Saved My Life by Wilton Barnhardt (which I did not name her after). We discussed nostalgia, the dream of making it in the Big City, the trope of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, whether people in their 20s care about their families or not, and the hardship of Life Before Cellphones.
2021-07-2359 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 38 BOOKSWAP: One of These Books is BONKERSIn the second episode of our "BookSwap!" summer series, Trudy gets Emma to read "Ayesha at Last" by Uzma Jalaluddin, a wonderful modern day twist on Pride and Prejudice set in a Muslim community in Toronto. Emma gets Trudy to read The Natural Daughter, a 1799 novel by Mary Robinson, which is ... a buck-wild ride from start to finish. Plus, we talk about Jane Austen an awful lot for a podcast where we don't even read one of her books. Find the blog post with links to almost everything we talked about in this episode here: https://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com/2021/06/06/episode-38...
2021-06-0750 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 37 BOOKSWAP: Our Year of Being Mostly Normal PeopleFor the first episode in our summer series, Emma and I discussed "Normal People" by Sally Rooney, and "My Year of Rest and Relaxation," by Otessa Moshfegh. Find out which book I said I "kinda hated with the burning passion of a thousand suns"!
2021-05-0540 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 36: My Metaphorical "Guests," In QuotesThis month's episode, after another unplanned, COVID-inspired hiatus, is a roundup of my reading recommendations and those of three writers: Michelle Butler Hallett, Sharon King Campbell, and Bridget Canning -- plus a look ahead at my future plans for Podcasting In The Time of Covid.
2021-03-3131 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 35: We Do Enjoy a Good Christmas StoryFor the first podcast in a long time, and a Christmas special, I gathered a collection of avid readers and talked with each of them about their favourite books to read at this time of year. From children's picture books that are "sweet, but not twee," to chilling ghost stories, to literary classics ... we discuss them all. For a list of all the books discussed in this episode you can go to http://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com
2020-12-2452 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 34: We Can Definitely Remember Shapes and ColoursThis episode starts with me rambling about how there's been no new podcast since the end of April because ... well, Covid-19, plus I've discovered I don't really enjoy recording podcasts on Zoom, so I'm rambling a bit about the future of the podcast for the foreseeable future. Then I call in my in-house book expert, my daughter Emma Cole, and we had a lively conversation about what we've been reading and how, even when we can't remember anything else about books, we're still pretty good with shapes and colours. Find the list of books we discussed here: https://shelfesteem2017.wordpress...
2020-08-1830 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 33: We Are All a Little Shack-WhackyI got three good friends together via Zoom and we talked about what we're reading during quarantine/lockdown/pandemic, how we feel about dystopian literature at this stage, and whether people will inevitably behalf like a-holes in the apocalypse. Also, we learn a new word. Check out http://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com for show notes where I list all the books we talked about.
2020-05-0144 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 32: We Are All Afraid to Cough in PublicWell, maybe it's just me who's afraid to cough. But the cough I edited out, and this whole very strange current moment in the midst of a global pandemic, definitely did come up during this episode. Do you read about plagues during a plague, or do you read to escape the current reality? My guests were two brilliant writers: Leslie Vryenhoek and Russell Wangersky. You can find links to their books, plus all the books we talked about, in the show notes at: https://wp.me/p8n9NX-fR
2020-03-2144 min
InkpodEpisode 2: The Writer in Multiple MediaA writer writes...a vlog? In this episode, writer Trudy Morgan-Cole discusses her engagement with various platforms for self-expression off the traditional page. Topics include blogging and vlogging, skirting writer's block, balancing author branding and personal expression, art criticism within a close-knit community, and following the creative urge into things writing-adjacent. Trudy Morgan-Cole is an award-winning author of historical and inspirational fiction, a teacher, book reviewer, and podcaster. Our host for this episode is Kelley Power, president of the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Trudy Morgan-Cole is online with her own author page ... and her blog ... an...
2020-03-0333 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 31 We Should Start Wearing Purple NowI had a great conversation with writer/researcher Michelle Porter, and community outreach worker/roller-derby-ist Jane Bannister. We touched on poetry, writing by indigenous writers, science fiction, and why we should not wait till we are old ladies to wear purple.
(You'll need to forgive the audio quality on this one: due to a microphone error on my part there's some background noise and echo that's distracting, though my fabulous sound technician Chris Cole did a great job of cleaning it up as much as possible to make it listen-able). As always, you can find the show notes with links...
2020-02-2450 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 30: We Love a Good Literary PilgrimageAvid readers Olivia Robinson and Elizabeth Hicks join me in studio for the first podcast of 2020. As usual, we talk about what we're currently reading and the books that have shaped us in the past -- as well as giving a little glimpse into some literary pilgrimages we've taken in the past.
To see the full list of books we discussed in this episode, go to http://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com
2020-01-2757 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 29: We Have Not Kissed Any Decapitated Prophets (but we have read some good books!)For 2019's year-end episode I invited my in-house expert on young-adult fiction, Emma Cole, so we could both sit down and talk about books we'd read and liked -- or at least had opinions about -- this year. Also about things like: how we define "young adult" literature and whether you're supposed to outgrow it, sympathetic stab wounds, what you read when you're majoring in English, and how one of Emma's best books of 2019 was written in (checks notes) 1891.
2019-12-3046 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 28: We Have Not Had Enough of the Whale BlubberIn a conversation that ranged from snails to insects to whale blubber -- yet was, somehow, all about books -- I visited with avid readers Melissa Barbeau and Lara Maynard. Be sure to check out Melissa's beautiful and critically-acclaimed novel, The Luminous Sea. To see a complete list of all the books we talked about, go tohttps://wp.me/p8n9NX-eH
2019-10-0749 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 27: We Are Getting a Consciousness-Raising Slurpee HeadacheMy first crossover episode! Jenny Wright and Amanda Bittner, hosts of the podcast "The Academic and the Activist," come to MY podcast to talk about what they're reading now, the books that shaped their feminist sensibilities, and how Nice White Ladies are, unfortunately, gonna kill everyone (and how reading widely can help us NWLs, you know, not do that).
2019-09-1547 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 26: We Have Never Shushed AnyoneLibrarians Leigha Chiasson-Locke and Emily Blackmore talk about their favourite kids' books, fantasy, literary fiction and so much more. Plus, we discuss the "death of books" (spoiler: they're still alive!) and why libraries are so much more than just big rooms full of books. Also, shushing.
Check out the shownotes with links to books and other things we discussed at:
https://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/episode-26-we-have-never-shushed-anyone/
2019-06-2255 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 25: We Wish to Clarify That It Is a Merman Not a DolphinI started talking about books with journalist Andrew Sampson when I ran across his book-focused newsletter on Twitter. That led to me inviting Andrew and his friend Nicole Boggan, who works in arts administration, onto the podcast to talk about nonfiction vs fiction, the value of being able to say "Same!" when you read a book, and the perils of choosing a novel your whole book club might hate.
As always you can read a complete list of all the books we discussed at: https://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com/2019/04/30/episode-25-we-wish-to-clarify-that-it-is-a-merman-not-a-dolphin/
2019-04-3056 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 24: "A Lot" is Two Words and That Is The Hill We Will Die OnWe may all be English teachers and a little obsessed with the fact that "a lot" is not one word -- but we also all love books. Dave Walsh and Alison Edwards are, unlike me, on the frontlines of educating junior-high and high-school students, so they have their fingers on the pulse of YA fiction (and some non-fiction), what kids are reading these days, what kids used to read, and what they think about what kids should be reading (which is, spoiler, pretty much what kids want to read!) Click the Shelf Esteem link at www.trudymorgancole.com to find th...
2019-03-2446 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 23: We Do Not Feel Guilty About Our PleasuresLocal journalists Angela Antle and Stephanie Tobin joined me in the studio for a chat about what we're currently reading, the books that have shaped us, TV and movie adaptations of favourite books, whether anyone can put pressure on Margaret Atwood, and why you shouldn't read dystopian fiction during an extended power blackout. And, of course, we reject the concept of the "guity pleasure." As always, go to trudymorgancole.com and click the "Shelf Esteem" link for a list of all the books we talked about.
2019-03-1054 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 22: NL Reads All Kinds of BooksOn February 28, books by Sharon Bala, Lisa Moore, Jamie Fitzpatrick, and me, Trudy Morgan-Cole, are competing for the NL Reads book award. I got the nominated writers together to talk about books that have inspired us, which led to us talking about all kinds of writing-related things. Check out the show notes at http://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com for links to NL Reads and to all the books we talked about.
2019-02-171h 02
Shelf EsteemEpisode 21: We All Need to Cast a Spell on Someone Now and ThenWriters Elisabeth de Mariaffi and Maggie Burton joined me to talk about what we're reading, characters we identify with, what we read when we just want to unwind with something formulaic, and the occasional need to hex someone in these trying times. As always, if you go to http://shelfesteem.wordpress.com you'll see the show notes listing every book we talked about.
2018-10-2153 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 20 We Should All Be Wearing HatsLocal writers, activists, and members of the Order of Canada, Bernice Morgan ad Helen Porter, joined me for a wide-ranging talk about books and writing, punctuated by crackers and cheese. Find the show notes including our book list at http://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com
2018-10-0759 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 19: This Podcast is Both Lit and ClutchTwo bright lights of the Newfoundland theatre world, Jenn Deon and Sharon King-Campbell, join me to talk about everything from hot fantasy angels, to historical romance, to books you think everyone should read. And if the episode title makes no sense to you, you're probably too old. Just like us.
2018-09-2355 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 18: A Wrinkle in the Process of AdaptationMichelle Butler Hallett and I take a deep dive into the recent movie adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. Along with obsessively analyzing every aspect of the book and movie we talk about the process of adaptation itself, as well as about Madeleine L'Engle, Ava DuVernay, Star Wars, and what SHOULD have happened to Charles Wallace.
2018-04-2944 minShelf EsteemEpisode 17: Amanda Was a Teenager For a Really Long TimeBook reviewer Jean Graham and publisher Amanda Will joined me in the studio to talk books. We covered a lot of local books and invoked The Sacred Name of Michael Crummey several times - as well as the names of f Kathleen Winter, Joel Thomas Hynes, and others. We also diverged into Stephen King and other horror novels, TV and movie adaptations of books, social history, and whether kids' books are objectively better today than when we were young.
2018-03-051h 00Shelf EsteemEpisode 16: We Have All Googled Prince Philip a LotIt's Valentine's Day, romance is in the air, and romance novelists are in the studio! Victoria Barbour and Melanie Martin stopped by and we chatted about romance novels (theirs and the ones they like to read), historical fiction, and obsessive googling while watching The Crown. They also talk about how romance is more than just the sterotypes of ripped bodices and bare-chested heroes. To see their recommendations, go to www.trudymorgancole.com and click the Shelf Esteem link.
2018-02-1257 minShelf EsteemEpisode 15: We Do Not Want Anything Bad to Happen to the DogAward-winning writers Terry Doyle and Susie Taylor joined me in the studio to talk about some of our favourite books of 2017 as well as our all-time favourites, what we're looking forward to reading next, and why at least two of us do not want to read a story where anything bad happens to a dog. Some of us, however, consider bats fair game and do not care what happens to them.
2018-01-1446 minShelf EsteemEpisode 14 A Surprising Number Of Writers Named RichardLocal writer and actor Paul Rowe, and his partner Mona Rossiter, sometime local politician, political organizer, and activist, dropped by the studio to talk about the books they have read and loved. Turned out a lot of them -- more than I would have expected -- were by writers named Richard. Check out the full list of books we discussed at http://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com
2017-12-1758 minShelf EsteemEpisode 13 We Do Not Want To Turn Into Big Hallmark CardsLocal authors Jamie Fitzpatrick ("The End of Music") and Kerri Cull ("Rock Paper Sex") dropped in to talk about what we're reading lately, how we choose books, whether you can trust the books you love, and why I have such weird issues about monkeys.
2017-12-0352 minShelf EsteemEpisode 12 The BadAss Librarians Of Mount PearlLibrarians Cindy Foote, Renee Farrell, and Krista Hart joined me to talk about books they're reading and books they've loved, as well as giving us a glimpse into the secret lives of librarians.
2017-11-1958 minShelf EsteemEpisode 11: The Podcast is Coming from INSIDE the HouseI guess a spooky episode about horror books might be appropriate to release at the end of October, but I can't do that because I DON'T READ SCARY BOOKS. Instead, you'll get me talking about what I've been reading lately, then a lively and funny discussion between me and my daughter Emma about young adult novels, diversity and representation in YA fiction, and why most (but not all) novels by YouTubers are lame.
2017-10-3150 minShelf EsteemEpisode 10: A Post-Anything TheologyAirdate: October 1, 2017. An Anglican priest, a Pentecostal post-graduate student, and a Seventh-day Adventist novelist walk into a basement studio. And they talk about the books that have guided, inspired and challenged them along their spiritual paths. Yes, we all read Mere Christianity when we were teenagers and it changed things for all of us ... but what's been on our bookshelves since then?
2017-10-0151 minShelf EsteemEpisode 09: He Lost His Shirt Playing SolitaireAirdate: September 17, 2017. I invited up-and-coming Newfoundland writers Bridget Canning, author of The Greatest Hits of Wanda Jaynes, and Sharan Bala, author of the upcoming The Boat People, to the studio to talk about books we love, books that shaped us as kids, and why you should be careful what you say around writers -- we're always taking notes.
2017-09-1756 minShelf EsteemEpisode 8: Miserable People Dying MiserablyAir date: September 3, 2017. Shannon Sullivan and Sarah Aubert came to talk about what they're reading and especially about fantasy, a favourite genre for all three of us. Don't be misled by the episode title: we talked about lots of positive, inspiring, encouraging books. But we also talked about Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire.
2017-09-0356 minShelf EsteemEpisode 7: We Do Not Want to be BeckyAir date: June 11, 2017. Andreae Callanan and Diana Daly came to the studio to tell me (and you!) all about their intersectional feminist book club. The conversation ranged from feminism, to books, to the need for women to run for St. John's City Council, to, oddly enough, skin care. And if you're not sure what "intersectional feminist" means, then you'll definitely want to listen to this.
2017-06-1252 minShelf EsteemEpisode 06: Waking Up Dead Would be a Real DragAirdate: May 28, 2017. Actors/comedians/writers Berni Stapleton and Amy House came by the studio to talk about what we're reading, whether or not we think of ourselves as "readers," and what it means to be "women of a certain age" in our culture. Hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!
2017-05-2849 minShelf EsteemEpisode 05: A Dragon With the Face of Benedict CumberbatchAirdate: May 14, 2017. For Mother's Day, I invited another book-loving mom, Martha Muzychka, along with her son Nick Gushue, to talk with me and my daughter Emma Cole about what we're reading now, what we read with our kids when they were younger, why every YA novel has to include romance and be set in a school, and what could have improved the Hobbit movies (see episode title).
2017-05-1355 minShelf EsteemEpisode 04: We Are All as Old as Marilla NowAirdate: April 30, 2017. Today's episode finds me hanging out with three of my best friends: Jennifer Morgan, Tina Chaulk, and Lori Savory. We talk about facing down your fears as a writer and why it might be easier to do that if you've already written a bestseller; about the books we read as kids and how many of them were available in the library near Tina's home in Aspen Cove, and, inevitably, Anne of Green Gables.
2017-04-2957 minShelf EsteemEpisode 03: It's Not Fit to Leave the House for Five Months of the YearAir Date: April 9. 2017. Award-winning playwrights and short-story writers Robert Chafe and Megan Coles apologized repeatedly for straying into theatre-talk when we started talking about books. The conversation was wide-ranging and lovely, and we uncovered the real reason for Newfoundland's rich literary culture, as well as establishing the fact that Robert Chafe does not, in fact, have all the answers. Check out the book list from this podcast at http://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com
2017-04-0752 minShelf EsteemEpisode 02: We All Carry a Bag Because of Harriet the SpyAir Date: March 24, 2017. Writers Michelle Butler Hallett and Christine Hennebury came to the Shelf Esteem studio to discuss historical fiction, how storytelling helps us rehearse for our lives, why Orwell's 1984 is always relevant, why everyone is so obsessed with Shakespeare, and how Harriet the Spy shaped our lives as young writers.
2017-03-2442 minShelf EsteemEpisode 01: We Have Conflicted Feelings About Margaret AtwoodAir date: March 12, 2017. Elayne Greeley and Lynne Sheppard dropped by to talk about dystopian fiction, book quotes that become part of your family vocabulary, and books you try to get everyone else to read. We learned that Elayne is in love with Anthony Doerr (in a literary sense), Lynne is in love with a book by Salmon Rushdie, and I am not in love with dystopia. Also, all the characters in Fall on Your Knees are really unhappy people.
2017-03-0845 min