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A true high point to talk to the great Wayne Kramer about his groundbreaking band the MC5 and his blazing new memoir! straight.com/arts/1120421/r… @MC50th JailGuitarDoorsUSA Da Capo Publicists

The Straight's David Chau talks to Booker- and Giller-nominated novelist Esi Edugyan about her searching new book and the "elusive gift" of accolades:

Poet Shazia Hafiz Ramji surveys 9X11, a collection marking a return to verse for veteran Vancouver author Michael Turner: straight.com/arts/1161601/p… @Shazia_R @NewStarBooks

If you're worried about the state of investigative journalism, take heart from this interview with Peabody-winning reporter Madeleine Baran. She's coming to the new Vancouver Podcast Festival tonight: straight.com/arts/1161561/v… Madeleine Baran DOXA Festival

Upcoming #Vancouver and #Courtenay events for FIGHTING FOR SPACE, Travis Lupick's book on harm reduction (Vancouver Book Award finalist/George Ryga Award winner).

How to sum up a career as regal as Joni Mitchell's? It's a very tall order, but Connie Kuhns does just that here: #jonimitchell geist.com/fact/essays/fi…

George Fetherling reviews the "perfectly crafted" new biography of George Bowering, local literary legend and one-time "kid of the sagebrush and rattlesnake country”: straight.com/arts/1185546/r… Talonbooks Read Local BC

Acclaimed author Marlon James moves into the mythic with his latest: "As the characters become more real, they almost institute their own rules and couldn’t give a crap about me and my intentions for a book." straight.com/arts/1201721/m… Vancouver Writers Fest #BlackLeopardRedWolf

For a helpless Telecaster addict like me, few things are cooler than talking to legendary NYC #guitar builder Rick Kelly about the history-soaked instruments he creates, featured in a new doc: straight.com/movies/1222571… #carminestreetguitars Carmine Street Guitars @thesadies

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As part of the annual Georgia Straight Summer issue, here are a few modest ideas for reading during deck/dock/campsite/rowboat/lawnchair time... #summerbooks Greystone Books Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 Harbour Publishing straight.com/arts/1253666/s…

The Growing Room lit fest is back, this time with a majorly expanded arts component. Here's our interview with keynote speaker Kai Cheng Thom about love at the end of the world. Room Magazine #GrowingRoom

Yesterday was my last day as books editor at the Georgia Straight. Bittersweet, but I leave full of gratitude for my amazing colleagues and all the brilliant writers, publishers, and festival staff I’ve had the honour to work with. I owe you all for countless great memories!