Featuring original works published by Vancouver Island Regional Library in the Fall, 2025 edition of Sea & Cedar literary magazine.  Enjoy! Writers featured: Nebula Anne Farrer Chris Lowther DK Eve Jessica Blackbourn Jonathan Moskaluk Judith Lapadat Harrison Kim Scott Lawrance

Don't worry, you don't need to have read the books!  But you do need to be okay with a lot of hockey innuendos.  Join Nathan as he tests Darby's trivial knowledge in romance, hockey romance, and spiciness.  

Come along for a strange ride with Nathan as he takes you down an archive.org rabbit hole.  Yes, this episode is as random as the day in the life of a librarian.  Also as random as the hobbies, both past and present, of a librarian. 

Anthony reads the entirety of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to you, dear listener!  The staves will be released one per day until the entirety of the novella is revealed. 

Anthony reads the entirety of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to you, dear listener!  The staves will be released one per day until the entirety of the novella is revealed. 

Anthony reads the entirety of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to you, dear listener!  The staves will be released one per day until the entirety of the novella is revealed. 

Anthony reads the entirety of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to you, dear listener!  The staves will be released one per day until the entirety of the novella is revealed. 

Anthony reads the entirety of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to you, dear listener!  The staves will be released one per day until the entirety of the novella is revealed. 

A thoughtful and thought provoking conversation between writers Marilyn Bowering, Kate Braid, and Carol Matthews about Marilyn's new work More Richly in Earth: A Poet's Search for Mary MacLeod (2024).  Mary MacLeod is an intriguing figure who is important in the Gaelic world in Canada, as in Scotland  She was widely honoured, especially by singers and poets; yet she was also marginalised, exiled, and even denigrated as a witch.  Listen in to find out more.  

Spooky stories and terrifying old poetry read to you by Anthony, who is very boo-kish indeed.  First up is The Haunted Dock by Clara Le Grand, which was a Spooky Scribbles Writing Contest winner last season.  Spooky Scribbles is a writing contest sponsored by the Library and the Comox Valley Lifelong Learning Center for young writers. Second is Til Death Do Us Part by Tim Maleeny, because long term relationships can be horrifying.  And third is The Raven  by Homer Simpson, ummm.... I mean Edgar Allan Poe.