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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · 6d

Today on GET LIT Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel talk about music and writing as we discuss their book In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over The World.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or: tinyurl.com/9vtk2ar8

@adamfeibel.com @bobkin.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 7d

now where i am from when someone in your office has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in editing spreadsheets we call them "fired"

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 7d

Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · 13d

Today on GET LIT we chat with my pal Mark Sampson about his excellent horror novel Lowfield.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or anytime on pods and here: tinyurl.com/kxbfp7uw

Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · 15d

Since it's already Wednesday in parts of the world, I'm going to guess this Tuesday Rapture isn't happening.

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · 20d

This week on GET LIT we speak with author Danny Jacobs about his novel The Ignis Psalter.

1230pm on 93.3 FM - please note there may be difficulties due to transmitter work Otherwise at cfmu.ca or anytime on pods and tinyurl.com/2uhu5x6v

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 28d

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

1) pic of Melissa and Mark Hortman 2) pic of Melissa Hortman and dog Gilbert

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · 28d

This week on GET LIT, Jessica Popseki talks poetry and Noelle Allen talks Supercrawl!

1230 pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here; tinyurl.com/47wu5abv

It's E460. 40 shows left! (Now if only I had 40 weeks left until *real* retirement)

@supercrawl @noelleallen.bsky.social

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Sep 4

Today on GET LIT it's author Russell Smith! We talk about his latest novel, Self Care.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on pods and here:

tinyurl.com/bd9uw694

@biblioasis.bsky.social

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today on GET LIT we talk to poets Steven Mayoff and my pal Laurier Tiernan!

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on podcasts and here:

tinyurl.com/ye2aadrt

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Aug 21

Author Karen Smythe joins me on episode 457 (!) of GET LIT. We talk about her newest, A Town With No Noise!

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on podcasts and here tinyurl.com/3zrzhjd5

@karensmythe.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Aug 14

GET LIT with author Heather Ramsay! We talk about her novel, A Room In The Forest.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca and anytime on podcast platforms and here: tinyurl.com/727hdcs2

@caitlinpress.bsky.social

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · Aug 10

Earlier this week, we had a 15-minute chat scheduled with Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social for episode 455 of his GET LIT podcast, which quickly turned into a 30-minute interview. We discussed where collaboration begins, how two very serious people manage to make playful work ...

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Aug 7

Today on GET LIT: Jade Wallace and Mark Laliberte aka MA|DE. We discuss a bunch of things including their latest, ZZOO.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on pods and here: tinyurl.com/yc5u7bzj

@nycterosea.bsky.social @marklalib.bsky.social @madeprojects.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Jul 31

Today's GET LIT features author Giles Blunt, who many know from his John Cardinal crime series. We discuss his latest book, Bad Juliet.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca and anytime on pods and here:
tinyurl.com/mvdnz7mh

@dundurnpress.bsky.social @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social go

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Jul 24

This week on GET LIT: I am hiding in Toronto trying to get some writing done, but there's a show anyway! We talk with Blaine Newton about his collection of short stories, Rag Pickers.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or any time on pods and here: tinyurl.com/fn6mvjv9

Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hey everyone! Had a great conversation with author Noël Stark about her new romance novel, Love Camera Action. Listen into GET LIT to hear it.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca on podcasts and here:
tinyurl.com/y93248wv

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Jul 10

Grandfather of the Treaties: Finding Our Future Through the Wampum Covenant is a fascinating and important book. I chat with author Daniel Coleman and illustrator Rick Hill on GET LIT!

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on pods and here: tinyurl.com/ewxu84wk

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Jul 3

This week on GET LIT! Bruce Hunter talks about the reissue of his novel, In The Bear's House

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or anytime on podcasts or here: tinyurl.com/28u2nzkz

Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Jun 26

Today on GET LIT we talk with best-selling author Robert Rotenberg about his latest, One Minute More. Check it out.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on podcasts and here:

tinyurl.com/34979kh6

Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Jun 19

GET LIT with author Melodie Campbell! We discuss her latest mystery, The Silent Film Star Murders.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on podcasts and here: tinyurl.com/38whuz37

@cormorantbooks.bsky.social

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Jun 12

This week I GET LIT with MAX KERMAN, frontman for Hamilton's very own Arkells. Great to chat with him again! His book Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress is available now.

12:30 pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or anytime on pods and here:
tinyurl.com/35kx722z

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · Jun 5

Doubling up today on GET LIT! First we’ll chat with Dave Pomfret about his novel Lilly, and then we are joined by Keith Hazzard to talk about his newest, Brief Lives.
12:30 pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here:
tinyurl.com/35up46dz

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · May 29

Today on GET LIT we speak with Catherine Bush about her new collection, Skin. Listen in!

1230 pm 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or any time on pods and here:
tinyurl.com/mry9jphz

@catebush.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social

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Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social · May 22

This week on GET LIT I get to talk to a fellow music journo. Jeff Apter joins me from down under to talk about his newest rock bio, Carl Perkins: The King of Rockabilly.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or pods or here: tinyurl.com/42ksy6vb

@kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

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Melissa Gray @msgray.bsky.social · May 21

AI-generated summer reading list gets published in major newspapers

www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

(Note: I would love to be a real-in-the-flesh book reviewer)

#books #booksky

How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers

Newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and at least one edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, published a syndicated book list featuring made-up books by famous authors.

www.npr.org

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