Two great radio spots

First, I want to plug two radio shows. First is one on Ancient Faith Radio - Readings from Under the Grapevine. Dr. Chrissi Hart reads children's books, and books about the Orthodox faith. She targets all kinds of different ages, so there are picture books as well as books for older kids and teenagers on the show. She's done some terrific readings - things like "My Orthodox Counting book" and "Basil's Search for Miracles" and readings from Vera Bouteneff's translations of the zamisdats about Fr. Arseny of the Gulag, which is not exactly a book for little kids. It's a well received show and very popular, I understand. Well, she's chosen Royal Monastic for the latest set of readings - it started last Saturday and will continue until the book is finished. You can download the podcasts here.

Second is a segment of a radio show. CBC's All Points West airs in BC every weekday from 4 to 6 pm. It's a good show - I like the range of topics that Jo Ann Roberts has, and she's booky - which is always a good thing. Every Thursday, local writer Nikki Tate comes on the show and talks about teen books, which is another good thing about APW - they realize that there are good kid books out there, and actually take them seriously. Great idea! Well, on Oct. 23, Nikki's theme was the need to belong, and she profiled Feral in the segment. Click on it and then scroll down to Oct. 23 and give it a listen. She talks about Feral in the second half, and says some very nice things.

Made my week, and it's only Monday!