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All Episodes - How Books Happen

Podcast by Morgan Tunzelmann

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7 Episodes

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How Books Happen Special #3: The Gerald Stanley Verdict

02/22/2018 33 min 59 sec

Like many Canadians coast to coast to coast, staff members at the Press are angered and upset by the Gerald Stanley verdict. In this special episode, First Nations University student and U of R Press intern Jamin Mike interviews his colleagues on the impact of racism in Saskatchewan and how we can respond.

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How Books Happen Episode 4

11/28/2017 18 min 5 sec

In Episode #4 of How Books Happen, U of R Press Publisher Bruce Walsh rides the train to Oxford with colleague Lisa Quinn (WLU Press)! On the way, he catches up with several students taking advantage of all the world's oldest English-language university has to offer.

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How Books Happen Episode 3

09/15/2017 42 min 12 sec

In the lead-up to the Kurdish independence referendum (Sept 25), Bruce Walsh interviews Ayub Nuri, a Canadian-Kurdish war correspondent and the author of the newly released BEING KURDISH IN A HOSTILE WORLD.

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How Books Happen Special Episode - with the New Internationalist

08/03/2017 4 min 43 sec

In this short episode of How Books Happen, we hear from Dan Raymond-Barker with the New Internationalist, who shows how crowdfunding is helping the New Internationalist continue to publish books that make sense of the complex issues around international development and globalism.

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How Books Happen Episode #2

08/03/2017 34 min 26 sec

In our second episode, Bruce Walsh talks with the founder of Colonialism Skateboards, who was inspired to create his company by our first book Clearing the Plains. We also get a sneak peek into the world of our compatriots through conversations with other publishers in Canada, the UK, and the rest of the world!

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University of Regina Press How Books Happen Special Episode 1

06/05/2017 12 min 44 sec

In this special episode of How Books Happen, publisher Bruce Walsh speaks with educator Sarah Longman on the longstanding impacts of her family's residential school experiences, and how reading The Education of Augie Merasty inspired her in healing.

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How Books Happen Ep. 1 Extra

04/27/2017 1 min 29 sec

In this digital extra, learn how Lenore Newman came up with the name of her bestselling U of R Press title Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadian Culinary Journey!