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Dennis Rimmer is talking about books, and writing and stuff. https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

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Episode 331 - Jane Bow

Dennis talks "The Angels' Share" with Jane Bow, where 39 year-old Dion leaves her government job to help save her family's winery in Crete from a Russian oligarch, only to be drawn into a high-stakes heist of a two-million-dollar bottle of cognac.

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Episode 330 - Will Ferguson

Dennis talks to Will Ferguson, a Calgary based award winning travel writer and novelist about his book "Meanwhile, Back in Nokomis."

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Episode 329 - Whit Fraser

Dennis interviews The Honourable Whit Fraser, former vice regal consort of Canada, on the book "From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall."

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Episode 328 - Bill McCreary

Dennis talks with NHL Hall of Famer and referee aobut his book, "Ice Level"

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Episode 327 - Christopher Gaze

Dennis talks about The Road to Bard, about Shakespeare and Bard on the Beach and all sorts of other things.

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Episode 326 - Sam Wiebe

We meet again with Sam Wiebe to discuss his gripping sixth Wakeland novel. Guns Across the River delivers a taut, atmospheric mystery that dives into corruption, crime and family secrets deeply rooted in Vancouver's underworld.

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Episode 325 - Steve Burgess 2

Dennis talks about Cheapskate in Lotus Land by Steve Burgess...How to live well on a small budget.

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Episode 324 - Mo Duffy

Since 2003, Mo has worked as writer, teacher and editor. In her early career Mo taught Business Communications and English as an Additional Language. Her years spent working with international students, travelling and exploring the world inspired her to write, and in 2015 she received her Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her own memoir, Unpacked:…

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Episode 323 - Sarah Louise Butler

In her second novel Rufous and Calliope (Douglas & McIntyre), a cartographer with a novel form of dementia attempts to cross a perilous mountain pass, seeking the treehouse hideaway where he spent one memorable childhood summer on the run with his three older siblings and his twin sister, Calliope. Released fall 2025, and recently shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction prize. The French edition…

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Episode 322 - Betty Baxter

When Betty Baxter was hired to coach the Canadian women's volleyball team in 1980, she was met with a media frenzy as the first woman in the position. Then her career was cut short—Baxter was fired in January 1982 and tossed from volleyball at age twenty-nine because of rumours about her sexual orientation. This personal memoir chronicles Baxter's journey from a small-town prairie girl discovering…

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