On Air Give-a-ways

1. A Passion for this Earth
Inspired by David Suzuki, Writer, Scientists, and Activists explore our relationship with nature and the environment.
Listener Asheda, received this book.

2. An Ecology of Enchantment: A year in the life of a Garden by Des Kennedy
I am glad that Jane of Evergreen gardening got this book. I enjoyed reading it.
Des Kennedy lives in B.C. and his writing is full of humour and passion for the art, yes the art of gardening

3. Gardens: A Literary Companion edited by Merilyn Simonds - this collection of essays went to listener Rebekka.

4. Deserts: A Literary Companion edited by Wayne Grady

and
5. Shining Big Sea Water
The Story of Lake Superior by Norman K Risjord

Last week's show was pre-taped, we featured the lecture on Tupac Shakur by Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, this I got from Alternative Radio which by the way is having a huge sale on their MP3 downloads.
The week before that I featured a radio Netherlands Radio books, a series of audio books by Dutch and Flemish writers in English translation. I played Tom Naegels' Arusha a disturbing look at the chasm between different cultures, and Janice Levy's The Scorpion wore pink shoes, about Soledad, who works as a cleaner at the Harrington hotel in New Hampshire. In one of the rooms Soledad finds a discarded pair of shoes and she thinks of her life back in Costa Rica, of her estranged husband and especially of her daughter who is about to celebrate her quinceanera - her 15th birthday. Then I played some Celia Cruz. An Anglo-Japanese teenager is being bullied at her English school and turns to her Japanese ancestry to find a sense of identity in the story by Stephen Loveless called Hikabusha. Next week on Covered and Bound, I plan to feature my own audio books, of Canadian authors beginning with "June" by Dionne Brand which I plan to read, it was part of last years Luminato festival, a series of stories on Toronto commissioned by the Globe and Mail.
And more on air give a ways.
Thanks for listening and reading.