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Saturday we'll hear stories from the five finalists in the Rookie Writers competition and meet two of the brains behind the Loading Ready Run sketch comedy video team in Victoria as they head into their 5th season on the web.

This Week's Featured Interviews

New World Provence is a cookbook from Alessandra and Jean-Francis Quaglia based on the menus at their two Vancouver restaurants.  For the recipes see the Food page of this site.
Listen to a conversation.

Writer Jane Rule died very recently at her home on Galiano Island.  Alan Twigg of BC Bookworld and a friend of hers,  pays a tribute to this woman who changed so many lives.
Listen to a conversation.

Ian McAllister has a brand new book called The Last Wild Wolves (Greystone)
Listen to a conversation.

Sarah Ellis is an award winning author of many books for younger  readers.  Her latest Odd Man Out   tells the story of a boy who goes to spend the summer with his eccentric grandmother and gang of girl cousins in a big old house on an island.  The book has received several big awards including the TD CCBC book prize.
Listen to a conversation.Listen to part 2.

George Stroumboulopoulos, host of CBC's The Hour was in Vancouver to do his show and made time for an interview with Rookie Reporter Mankerrat Gill.
Listen to a conversation

Bulletin Board

• Spirit in the Grass: The Cariboo Chilcotin's Forgotten Landscape is by photographer Chris Harris. Published by Country Light Books.
  
  
• You can find the recipes from the recent NXNW Cooking Clubs on this website by going to the Food page. The link is on the left hand side of this main page.
  
  
• The Desk Top Disc for Dec. 22 was from Solterre, a duo from the Slocan Valley.
  
  
• CBC Radio's Battle of Beethoven is open to musicians across the country ages 15-18.  The prizes are great and the deadline is Jan. 14th.
  
  
• Some images from the Nechako from June Wood

• Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat  are regular visitors to NXNW with songs and stories from B.C.'s past.
  
  
• Here are the photos of Brian reading the news and Sheryl hosting NXNW

About North by Northwest

Join Sheryl and her friends for a taste of what British Columbians are thinking and doing. There's good company, good music and great conversation, all served up with a healthy sense of humour. Just add coffee and you've got a great start to your day.

Broadcast Times

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Weekends 6:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Special Series

Turning Up the Volumes

Alan Twigg dusts off some of the gems of BC literary history

Poetry

BC poets are it!

Food

Chefs, authors and recipes from the NXNW Cooking Club

Gardening

Green thumbs from around the province

B.C. Podcast

B.C. This Week features the best stories from the past seven days from Victoria to Prince Rupert. Expect to hear all kinds of great features from shows like All Points West, Daybreak North and many others. Updated Saturdays.

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