# Megan Cole

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Laurence Fox talks about how working-class people are being gaslit about climate change

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Laurence Fox, who writes as L.E. Fox. Laurence's book This Book is a Knife is a finalist for the 2026 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. In their conversation Laurence talks about how working-class people could change the oppressi…

Why Is Book Publishing So Precarious? Arts funding opens doors As grant applications surge, investment in them goes down 'We absolutely can't do this without government funding' Despite a difficult funding landscape, reader interest is rising What happens when writers lose places to publish? A faster-growing sector than oil and gas

When Megan Cole learned that BC and Yukon Book Prizes would not receive a key grant from Canada Council for the Arts this year, the executive director was disappointed — and nervous. Cole knew the lost grant would put the organization that celebrates B.C. and Yukon authors and publishers in a preca…

Laurence Fox talks about finding joy and hope in radical action.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: This is part two of a two part conversation with Laurence Fox, who writes as L.E. Fox. Laurence's book This Book is a Knife is a finalist for the 2026 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. In the second part of their conversation with host Megan Cole, Laurence talks about fi…

Julian Brave NoiseCat talks about why we need to be teaching the Coyote Story in great works of the humanities

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, Julian Brave NoiseCat talks about his book We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning. We Survived the Night is a finalist for the 2026 Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize. In his conversation with host Megan Cole, Julian talks about the place…

Tanya Boteju talks about how books create belonging for young readers

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, Tanya Boteju talks about her book Messy Perfect. Messy Perfect is a finalist for the 2026 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize. In his conversation with host Megan Cole, Tanya talks about how books can be safe spaces for young readers…

Amber Dawn brings together horror and writing about the body in Buzzkill Clamshell

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, Amber Dawn talks about her book Buzzkill Clamshell. Buzzkill Clamshell is a finalist for the 2026 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In her conversation with host Megan Cole, Amber Dawn talks about how pain became a collaborator and how nostalgia…

Susan Juby talks about why she's so interested in butlers

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, Susan Juby talks about her book Contemplation of a Crime. Contemplation of a Crime is a finalist for the 2026 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Prize. In her conversation with host Megan Cole, Susan Juby talks about why she's so interested in butle…

Remembering author, culture critic, and music lover Andrea Warner

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, we remember writer, music lover and all around wonderful person Andrea Warner. Andrea died recently after a battle with cancer. This podcast episode was recorded in July 2024 when Rise Up and Sing! Protest, and Activism in Music was shortlis…

Ruby Smith Diaz on how one picture inspired art and a book that is an inquiry into ourselves

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, Ruby Smith Diaz talks about her book Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim “Joe” Fortes. Searching for Serafim was a finalist for the 2026 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, and the 2026 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provo…

Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa why settlers don't know about the Coast Salish Woolly Dog

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: On this episode of Writing the Coast, Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa talks about the book The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog. The Teachings of Mutton won the 2026 Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award. In her conversation with host Megan Cole Liz talks about the significa…