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Writer, editor, broadcaster, pop culture enthusiast. Host of the GET LIT SHOW and author of The Captain of Kinnoull Hill and River, Diverted https://tinyurl.com/2vydhc3p

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cover of Lucy E.M. Black's novel A Quliting of Scars - sepia-toned photo of two men in a field wrangling or otherwise attending to a horse

cover of Lucy E.M. Black's novel A Quliting of Scars - sepia-toned photo of two men in a field wrangling or otherwise attending to a horse

This week on GET LIT we talk to author Lucy Black about her latest, A Quilting of Scars. Tune in!

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or anytime on pods and here: tinyurl.com/2dsdm2nx

05.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I like the way he tells stories too, makes it more real

27.02.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on GET LIT! We talk with Marcello Di Cintio about his book, Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on pods or here: tinyurl.com/3kj4xk2t

@marcellodicintio.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social

26.02.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Google Alerts really changed for me when Birmingham, UK elected a dude named Jamie Tennant. Let's just say he's much more of a newsmaker than I.

19.02.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's time for another GET LIT! Today we talk to the one and only Jason Allen about his book, 52 Things To Do In Hamilton

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here: tinyurl.com/2s3758vj

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

19.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Barbara Sibbald was on GET LIT was over four hundred episodes ago. Wild. She’s back again to talk about her novel Almost English.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on pods or here: tinyurl.com/jspx6ktk

12.02.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on GET LIT we talk to PP Wong about her latest, Slice the Water.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on pods and here: tinyurl.com/4bmmvcce

05.02.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on GET LIT! Poet Anna Lee-Popham joins me to talk about Empires of the Everyday, and Noelle Allen drops by to discuss the Sharp Words Book Fair.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca and anytime on pods or: tinyurl.com/3zjedn3z

@annaleepopham.bsky.social @noelleallen.bsky.social

29.01.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Today on GET LIT we speak with Su Chang about her novel The Immortal Woman! (exclamation point mine).

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca, on podcasts and here; tinyurl.com/2spbmj38

@houseofanansi.bsky.social

22.01.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GET LIT on a snow day

Today's guest is Janet Turpin Myers (shout out my pals from the Pelee Island Writing week in 2017). She's here to talk about her latest, Love Watching Madness.

1230pm (ish, with the snow) on 93.3 / cfmu.ca and on podcasts and here: tinyurl.com/35mbh7ap

15.01.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My pleasure. Great to talk about the book and catch up a little.

08.01.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on GET LIT it's Scott Neigh! The author and broadcaster joins us to talk about his newest book Listen! Knowing The World and Fighting to Change It.

1230 pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on podcasts and here: tinyurl.com/588wx4z3

@scottneigh.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social

08.01.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Pleasure's all mine, Rob. Always a good conversation!

03.01.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year folks! Is Rob McLennan the last guest of 2025 or the first guest of 2026? Unclear. Either way, he came to GET LIT to talk about his collection The Book of Sentences.

NO CFMU this week but on all the podcasting platforms and here: tinyurl.com/4mj2p4dx

@robmclennan.bsky.social

31.12.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from GET LIT (a.k.a., me). We talk to David Bergen about his latest, Days of Feasting and Rejoicing. An apt holiday title...

No CFMU this week due to holidays but on all the usual podcasting platforms and here:
tinyurl.com/3esupkk5

@gooselane.bsky.social

24.12.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My pleasure!

21.12.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on GET LIT it's Sadiqa de Meijer talking about her collection of essays, In The Field.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here: tinyurl.com/462kdnzb

@sadiqademeijer.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

18.12.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Sean, it was my pleasure!

11.12.2025 20:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GET LIT with Sean Minogue talking about his novel, Terminal Solstice.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on podcasts or here: tinyurl.com/f936x5yj

(Also, hello from Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island!)

@seanminogue.bsky.social

11.12.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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This week on GET LIT! Muttertongue: What Is A Word In Utter Space. Great conversation with Lillian Allen, Gregory Betts and Gary Barwin.

1230 pm 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on pods and here: tinyurl.com/3vjc8m4j
@garybarwin.bsky.social

04.12.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today we GET LIT with Sky Gilbert! He's here to talk about his latest novel, The Blue House.

12:30pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on pods and here: tinyurl.com/4hjnrshr

27.11.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week on GET LIT we talk to Aisha Sasha John & Rebecca Salazar about poetry. Specifically, their latest collections, which came out in March. The reading pile is truly staggering.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or pods or: tinyurl.com/mr6aebzc

@rsalazar.bsky.social

20.11.2025 13:52 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on GET LIT Jason Schneider talks about That Gun in Your Hand: The Strange Saga of β€˜Hey Joe’ and Popular Music’s History of Violence.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here:
tinyurl.com/5dwu8ht6

@anvilpress.bsky.social @jasonschneidermedia.com

13.11.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on GET LIT Hamilton's own Jarrett Mazza joins us to talk about his Custodian series. Plus, Grit Lit!

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on pods or here: tinyurl.com/4z34ke2x

06.11.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, pretty sure the NYT editors write the headlines. My columns had some pretty cringey ones back in the day :D

06.11.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Douthat πŸ™„

06.11.2025 00:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Always great to talk to you.

04.11.2025 02:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just in time for devil's night, GET LIT brings you the vampires. Tune in for Emily Weedon talking about her latest, Hemosapiens!

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on podcasts or here

tinyurl.com/2v7j9fxz

@dundurnpress.bsky.social @emilyweedon.bsky.social

30.10.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on GET LIT! We talk to Kasia Jaronczyk about her great novel, Voices In The Air.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on pods or here: tinyurl.com/4zb4hf88

@kasiajaronczyk.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

23.10.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Today on GET LIT it's Danila Botha, here to talk about her latest, A Place For People Like Us.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on podcasts or here: tinyurl.com/y79u4aej

@guernicaeditions.bsky.social @danilabotha.bsky.social

16.10.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2