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Listen to author interviews on special Malahat episodes of U in the Ring and Wild Orphans on CFUV, and MalaPods, podcasts featuring contributors to our issues, Friends of The Malahat, and more, produced by Stephanie Harrington.

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MalaPod Episode 8 September 2014: Issue #187 Contributor Chris Gudgeon

Malahat Issue #187, Summer 2014 contributor Chris Gudgeon reads from his fiction piece, "Still Life with Birds and Dust," and discusses the blur between reality and imagination.
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Sound credits: Uncle Woody Sullender (banjo used is Part 1 of the live recording).

MalaPod Episode 7 June 2014: Issue #186 Contributor Christine Walde

Malahat Issue #186, Spring 2014 contributor Christine Walde discusses Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes' cross-Canadian camping trip in 1959. In this podcast, Walde reads her poetry, including "(Rock Lake, Canada)," inspired by Plath and Hughes' stay at Rock Lake Campground, Algonquin Park.
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MalaPod Episode 6 April 2014: Issue #186 Contributor Terence Young

Malahat Issue #186, Spring 2014 contributor Terence Young discusses his childhood home (the cover of 186), muses on how we remember our youth, and reads from "Home Again," his creative nonfiction piece.
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MalaPod Episode 5 January 2014: Issue #185 Contributor Nicholas Bradley

Malahat Issue #185, Winter 2013 contributor Nicholas Bradley talks about archived correspondence between the late poets Al Purdy and Earle Birney, a small sample of which appears in the issue. In this podcast, Bradley focuses on Purdy's poem, "Beat Joe McLeod."
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MalaPod Episode 4 November 2013: Issue #184 Contributor Matt Rader

Malahat Issue #184, Fall 2013 contributor Matt Rader reads from his fiction piece, "All This Was a Long Time Ago," and discusses James Joyce, Raymond Carver, and a nighttime ride on a B.C. Ferry.
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Sound credits for this Podcast include: Librivox Recording (James Joyce, "The Dead"); SoundDogs for sound effects; October 31 by Myuu

MalaPod Episode 3 September 2013: VWF Panelist Maleea Acker

Meet a panelist at this year's Victoria Writers Festival. The panel "Root Memory" is being sponsored by The Malahat Review.
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MalaPod Episode 2 August 2013: Friend of The Malahat, Brent Schaus

Meet a member of the Friends of The Malahat (a group for local lovers of literature), Brent Schaus.
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MalaPod Episode 1 July 2013: Dorothy Field's "Food Bank"

Malahat Issue #183, Summer 2013 contributor Dorothy Field reads her poem, "Food Bank," and talks about her poetry at the Victoria food bank where she volunteers.
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WordsThaw

Marita Dachsel, panelist for 'The Inner Life of our Words'

In this podcast, Marita Dachsel talks religion and spirituality, and reads from Glossolalia, her most recent book of poems. Marita participated in the panel The Inner Life of our Words: Writing and the Human Spirit alongside authors Tim Lilburn, Jane Munro, and Andrew Rippin for WordsThaw 2014.
Listen to the podcast on the WordsThaw website

Creative Commons sound credits:
James Kibbie: Bach Organ Works: Preludes and Fugues, BWV 532: Prelude and Fugue in D Major – 2. Fuga, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/#
Mormon Missionary Hymn – Vintage Recording, The LDSLife, http://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/creative-commons.html

WordsThaw 2014 Symposium on U in the Ring

In preparation for this year's second annual writing symposium, UVic CFUV radio speaks with Malahat editor John Barton, Words on Ice panelist Benjamin Willems, and Brief Encounters author Christine Walde. Live stream via SoundCloud

WordsThaw 2013 Symposium on U in the Ring

Colin Dower and Amy Reiswig speak with John Gould, Rhona McAdam, and Sarah Cassidy to preview the panel discussions at the 1st-annual WordsThaw symposium.
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Special Events

Sandra Djwa Interview

P. K. Page biographer Sandra Djwa is interviewed on CBC Radio's On the Island.
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Spoken Word and Written Word Poetry Debate with The Malahat Review on U in the Ring

Featuring Kyeren Regehr, Iain Higgins, Jeremy Loveday, and Yvonne Blomer.
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John Barton on U in the Ring

Malahat editor John Barton speaks with U in the Ring about submitting to The Malahat and his November 23, 2011 workshop on submitting work for publication.
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