The Taddle Creek Podcast

Jessica Westhead reads her story "Things Not to Do" at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 37, live at the Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, June 3, 2016.

Michael e. Casteels reads a selection of poems at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 37, live at the Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, June 3, 2016.

Jess Taylor reads a new short story, "I Moved Out When I Caught Him With the Dog," at the launch of Taddle Creek No. 37, live at the Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, June 3, 2016.

John Degen phones in to talk about this and that, in lieu of a proper guest.

Julie Cameron Gray is back with another poem, "Dorothy and the First Tornado," which originally appeared in Taddle Creek No. 34.

Alexandra Leggat calls in for a quick interview on the launch of her new press, Two Wolves.

Julie Cameron Gray reads her poem "Thoughts of a Drunken Tourist at the Bushmills Whiskey Distillery," which originally appeared in Taddle Creek No. 31.

Alfred Holden discusses the urban thinker Jane Jacobs, on the hundredth anniversary of her birth. (Correction: Alfred was mistaken on-air. Jacobs resided at 58 Spadina, not 56. Taddle Creek regrets the error.)

Gary Barwin, the Penguin Random House Canada New Face of Fiction for 2016, shares an audio trailer for his new novel, Yiddish for Pirates.

Katia Grubisic reads her poem "Sundays."

Sandy Pool reads her poem "The Offering." Recorded in the men's room of a Montreal Mexican restaurant, 2015.

Adrienne Weiss drops by the Taddle Creek studios to eat pancakes and read her poem "A Member of the Wait Staff Delivers a Glass of Ice to Oprah," which originally appeared in Taddle Creek No. 14.

Jennifer LoveGrove reads her poem "Backyard Insurrection,' from the upcoming Taddle Creek No. 37,

In which Hal Niedzviecki takes exception to the episode title of his previous podcast appearance.

Emily Schultz reads her poem "The Rain of a Thousand Days," recorded in 2015 in her car on a Brooklyn side street. Egg creams for everyone at Peter Pan afterward.

Taddle Creek's editor-in-chief Conan Tobias gets Hal Niedzviecki on the phone to discuss the author's time-consuming request.

Jessica Westhead reads an excerpt from her short story "Empathize or Die," debuting in the upcoming Taddle Creek No. 37.

Billie Livingston reads another chapter from her novel The Crooked heart of Mercy.

Billie Livingston reads a chapter from her novel The Crooked Heart of Mercy.

JonArno Lawson reads his poem "Under a Billboard at Bathurst and Eglinton," which originally appeared in Taddle Creek No. 35 (Summer, 2015).