Long-time friends & poets George Bowering and George Stanley discuss The Muse, poetry's "A" and "B" teams, W.H. Auden disappointing a class of McGill poets, and much more -- and read (and sing) from their latest works, THE WORLD, I GUESS (Bowering) and NORTH OF CALIFORNIA ST. (Stanley).

Happy Hour Symposium #1 ft. George Bowering and George Stanley

Julie Emerson, author of Twenty Seven Stings, a new volume of poetry about war throughout history, and Roxanna Bikadoroff, its illustrator, discuss the book, their respective creative processes, and the role of mythology in poetry and art.

Happy Hour Symposium #2 Julie Emerson and Roxanna Bikadoroff

To mark the launch of Marc Edge's new book The News We Deserve (New Star Books, 2016), he is joined by Ian Gill (No News is Bad News [Greystone, 2016]) and Prof. Robert Hackett at the People's Co-op Bookstore in Vancouver. They discuss how the financialization of journalism is impoverishing Canadian society, and what we can do to change that.

This is the unedited audio from that evening.

The News We Deserve book launch 11 29 16

We take all manner of literary provocateurs -- poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, illustrators -- and lock them in a room with some drinks and a live mic. 

NEW STAR BOOKS