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Welcome to Writing the Coast! This is the weekly podcast where we chat with the authors and illustrators of the books who make up the shortlist of the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes.
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Amber Dawn brings together horror and writing about the body in Buzzkill Clamshell (opens the original)
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, Amber Dawn talks about her book Buzzkill Clamshell. Buzzkill Clamshell is a finalist for the 2026 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In his conversation with host Megan Cole, Amber Dawn talks about how pain became a collaborator and how nostalgia plays a roll in her creative process. For more about Buzzkill Clamshell: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/buzzkill-clamshell/ To view the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlists: https://bcyukon
Tanya Boteju talks about how books create belonging for young readers (opens the original)
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, Tanya Boteju talks about her book Messy Perfect. Messy Perfect is a finalist for the 2026 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize. In his conversation with host Megan Cole, Tanya talks about how books can be safe spaces for young readers and why books weren't safe spaces for her when she was young. For more about Messy Perfect: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/messy-perfect/ To view the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlists: b
Julian Brave NoiseCat talks about why we need to be teaching the Coyote Story in great works of the humanities (opens the original)
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, Julian Brave NoiseCat talks about his book We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning. We Survived the Night is a finalist for the 2026 Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize. In his conversation with host Megan Cole, Julian talks about the place we're at in storytelling and print literature and how we might be in a better place to embrace oral storytelling. He also talks about how he brought his own interpretations and storytelling to the Coy
Laurence Fox talks about finding joy and hope in radical action. (opens the original)
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE: This is part two of a two part conversation with Laurence Fox, who writes as L.E. Fox. Laurence's book This Book is a Knife is a finalist for the 2026 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. In the second part of their conversation with host Megan Cole, Laurence talks about finding hope and joy in radical action. For more about This Book is a Knife: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/this-book-is-a-knife/ To view the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlists: bcyukonbookp
Laurence Fox talks about how working-class people are being gaslit about climate change (opens the original)
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Laurence Fox, who writes as L.E. Fox. Laurence's book This Book is a Knife is a finalist for the 2026 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. In their conversation Laurence talks about how working-class people could change the oppressive systems we live in. They also talk about how we need to expand our visions for the future beyond communism and capitalism. For more about This Book is a Knife: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/
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