Howl

Howl - May 13, 2025

Host Valentino Assenza welcomes Omar El Akkad to talk about his latest book “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” (Penguin Random House). Also on the show Marianne K. Miller talking about her debut novel “We Were The Bullfighters” (Dundurn Press)

Howl - Tuesday May 6, 2025

Host Hollay Ghadery talks to Carolyne Van Der Meer about her poetry chapbook “Birdology” (Cactus Press) & Jason Pargin about his novel “I’m Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom” (St. Martin’s Press)

Howl - Tuesday April 29, 2025

We will indeed be playing the poetry of all the people that submitted their work but for this show i lefr some space to celebrate the memory of Elisha Elise Alladina who was a regular contributor to the open mics and who recently sadly passed away. I will be playing three of Elisha’s poems, and as Elisha and i always loved to talk about retro music, the outro song at the end of the show will be dedicated to her

Howl - Tuesday April 22, 2025

Host Hollay Ghadery talks to Margo La Pierre about her chapbook “In Violet” (Anstruther Press) and her upcoming full length poetry book “Ajar” (Guernica Editions). Also on the show, Hollay speaks with poet Alex Gurtis about the book “When The Ocean Comes To Me” (Bottlecap Press)

Howl - Tuesday April 15, 2025

Host Hollay Ghadery talks to Andrew French about his podcast Page Fright and the poetry book “Buoyhood” (Alfred Gustav Press). Hollay also speaks with Emma Rhodes & Nick Selig of The Miramichi Reader.

Howl - Tuesday April 8, 2025

Valentino Assenza welcomes Daniel Maluka & Sheldon M. Cooper the creators of Page Records & “Summer Break Mixtape: An Audio Poetry Documentary.” We will be featuring a short interview with Daniel & Sheldon and playing the second part of the documentary on Howl.
The following poets are featured on Siide B
Jenni Kenny
Sonia Vintan
Miles Forrester
Sheldon M. Cooper
Joy Xiang
Jo Ianni
Nafas (Mahshid) Asgartehrani
Joshua Chris Bouchard
Daniel Maluka
Dean Vukovic

Howl - Tuesday April 1, 2025

Valentino Assenza welcomes Daniel Maluka & Sheldon M. Cooper the creators of Page Records & “Summer Break Mixtape: An Audio Poetry Documentary.” We will be featuring a short interview with Daniel & Sheldon and playing the first part of the documentary on Howl.
The following poets are featured on Siide A
Jenni Kenni
Amera Nada
David Bateman
Nevada-Jane Arlow
Paul Edward Costa
Stedmond Pardy
James Dunnigan
Krish Inka Seno
S.K.Hughes
Side B will be featured on the Tuesday April 8, 2025 episode

Howl - Tuesday March 25, 2025

It’s the March Howl Open Mic. Hosted by Valentino Assenza, and featuring the poetry of all the beautiful people that submitted.

Howl - Tuesday March 18, 2025

Host Valentino Assenza talks to journalist Catherine Tsalikis about her book “Chrystia” (House Of Anansi Press). Also on the show, renowned Canadian singer Holly Cole talking about her new album “Dark Moon.”

Howl - Tuesday March 11, 2025

Hollay Ghadery talks to Kathleen Lippa about “Arctic Predator: The Crimes of Edward Horne Against Children in Canada's North” (Dundurn Press) & Caroline Topperman about “Your Roots Cast A Shadow: One Family's Search Across History for Belonging (Health Communications Inc.)