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Bookmark is dedicated to exploring Alberta's literary scene.
It is hosted by veteran broadcaster, journalist and book-publishing executive
Ken Davis.
Non-fiction exposés, spellbinding mysteries,
performance poets and poets-laureate, authors, booksellers, publishers-we will
encompass all things literary and "of-the-book" as they may emerge in Alberta.
Tune in for featured readings, interviews, book reviews, roundtable discussions
on contemporary literary and social issues, Alberta's best-seller lists and just
about anything else that seems just too good to leave out! Bookmark…
Sunday afternoons from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. on CKUA.
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to listen to past programs Please send comments or inquiries to bookmark@ckua.com.
Bookmark host Ken Davis has a blog devoted to the book
trade. Check it out at bookmarkckua.blogspot.com.
Upcoming Features and Author Interviews  July
5, 2009 Bookmark features an interview with Edmonton English professor
and motorcycle enthusiast Ted
Bishop, whose book Riding
with Rilke has been selected as the designated book for this fall's
Edmonton Reads
campaign. We also speak with Marina
Endicott about her critically acclaimed new novel Good
to a Fault, published by Freehand Books of Calgary. And Sharon
Bodnarchuk of Audrey's Books in Edmonton drops by to talk about what's
"Hot Off The Shelf."
 July
12, 2009 This week, Bookmark features an interview with acclaimed Edmonton
author Thomas
Wharton, discussing his new book for younger readers, The
Shadow of Malabron. We also feature an interview with Calgary
writer Garry Ryan,
talking about the latest book in his Detective Lane Series, A
Hummingbird Dance.
July 19, 2009
Bookmark this week features an interview with
acclaimed Alberta writer Fred
Stenson about his new book The
Great Karoo, an epic novel that places southern Alberta cowboys on
the battlefields of the Boer War. Meantime, new writer R.L. Prendergast
of Edmonton is doing it the hard way. He has self-published his first novel, entitled
The Impact of a Single
Event. The book tells the fascinating story of a fatal car accident
and the chance discovery of an ancient journal. Bookmark talks with Prendergast
about the experience of writing and publishing the book.
 July
26, 2009 On this week’s program, an interview with celebrated Canadian
author and intellectual John
Ralston Saul, talking about his new book: A
Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada. And Bookmark
talks with Montreal author Saleema
Nawaz, one of four writers who launched Calgary’s new literary press Freehand
Books earlier this fall. We talk with Saleema about her collection of
short stories and novellas entitled Mother
Superior.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada
Council for the Arts which last year invested $20.1 million in writing
and publishing throughout Canada. Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil
des Arts du Canada, qui a investi 20,1 millions de dollars l'an dernier
dans les lettres et l'édition à travers le Canada. | 
