A tough diagnosis at the age of four gave this former Humboldt Bronco an early taste of adversity. He’s been building resilience ever since. The horrific 2018 bus crash left him with a head injury that, remarkably, he sees as a “gift” that fuels his drive to help others. He shares what fueled him to write Crossroads: My Story of Tragedy and Resilience as a Humboldt Bronco (No. 1 the week it was published on the Canadian non-fiction list) and, here, tells us how Hayley Wickenheiser (and her book) inspires him.
Pick up a copy of Crossroads here: https://wordfest.com/2021/imagineonair-featured-books/kaleb-dahlgren/
Bob Wiseman is many things — writer, producer, composer, musician, PhD student. But his most striking gift, fearlessly revealed last night, is his willingness to share his discomfort and vulnerability in this altered state of connection and communication.
Pick up a copy of Music Lessons here: ht...
The incomparable, award-winning author of Season of Fury and Wonder, Sharon Butala joins us from her aerie high above the Calgary skyline where she yearns for company but finds hope under a “measureless silent sky” (swoon).
Pick up a copy of Season of Fury and Wonder here: https://wordfest.com/2...
While we hungrily await Ethan Lou‘s upcoming book Once a Bitcoin Miner, we vow to seek love and comfort akin to what he discovered in Germany via dutifully following the “rules of plague.”
Pick up a copy of Field Notes from a Pandemic here: https://wordfest.com/2020/imagineonair-recommended-book...
