Hosted by Trudy Morgan-Cole · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 60 episodes
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I'm a reader, a writer, and a talker. On Shelf Esteem I talk to people about what they're reading and the books they love.
Trudy Morgan-Cole hosts Shelf Esteem, a arts show with 60 episodes published.
Glenna Turnbull, author of the recently released novel The Art of Getting Lost and Found, talks to me about the book, her writing process, and the pressure of a self-imposed writing deadline.
Shelf Esteem Episode 66: We Read Canada Reads by Trudy Morgan-Cole
Episode one of the new audiodrama Terra Arcana, from Shelf Esteem host Trudy Morgan-Cole and frequent guest host Emma Cole. If you like it, subscribe to the Terra Arcana podcast for more!
In this month's episode, I talk with author Sharon Bala about her new novel Good Guys, a sometimes-scathing satire of the world of non-profits and well-meaning charity. We both dive a little into personal experience, and
I talk with journalist and author Heather Barrett about uncovering little-known women's history in her new book The Mill Girls. Stay tuned at the end for a little Canada Reads preview in which Emma Cole and I literally j
My latest author talk finds me sitting down with Jen Winsor to talk about the joys and perils of working on a cruise ship, unexpected parenthood, and writing your first book. You're going to want to pick up a copy of Jen
In this month's Author Talk, I chat with local filmmaker and first-time author Debbie McGee about her powerful memoir of love and loss, Cautiously Pessimistic -- as well as about why she was initially reluctant to admit
Shelf Esteem is back after a several-month hiatus with a series of Author Talks! My guest this month is novelist, journalist, visual artist and general powerhouse Angela Antle. Listen to find out about her new novel The
Episode 60: We Descend to the Level of the Sentence and We Come Back Up for Air by Trudy Morgan-Cole
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
It'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). W
Journalist 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
In 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
For 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 f
Martha 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.
Continuing 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 -- i
Back 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 a
In 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
Christine 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
In 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, b
George Murray
Army veteran, executive leader, bestselling author
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Jennifer Morgan
Fmr. Executive Director · Coquitlam School District
1 appearance on this show
Kate Atkinson
VP of Global Sales · Hyatt Hotels
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Mark Hunter
Senior Fire Specification Specialist · Columbia County Sheriff
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