ABOUT THIS MINISODE:In this special minisode, Megan chats with Tara Borin. Tara is a poet, and is the first member of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes board from the Yukon. And now that the prizes has shifted to more formally recognizing the work being created in the Yukon, Megan thought it was high time we checked in to see what's so special about the Yukon. Tara and Megan talk about the Dawson City Daily News Print and Publishing Festival, the Berton House residency and, of course, the famous sour toe cocktail.

ABOUT TARA BORIN:

Tara Borin’s chapbook manuscript Thick was a finalist for Quattro Books’ inaugural Best New Poets in Canada contest and is now available in Quattro’s Best New Poet’s anthology. Tara also has work forthcoming in the Resistance anthology, edited by Sue Goyette, from Coteau Books in 2020. Tara’s poems have been published in Prairie Fire, The Northern Review, The Maynard, Mom Egg Review, and elsewhere online.A recent graduate of Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio Online, Tara is working on a book-length manuscript about addiction, connection and working in a sub-arctic dive bar.Born in 1983 in London, Ontario, Tara Borin now makes a home in Dawson City, Yukon in traditional Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory.

ABOUT MEGAN COLE:

Megan Cole is a writer based in Powell River, British Columbia. She also works at the Powell River Public Library as the teen services coordinator where she gets to combine her love for books and writing with a love for her community. Megan has worked as a freelance journalist and is working on a memoir which tackles themes of gender and mental health. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com

ABOUT THE PODCAST:

The BC and Yukon Podcast, tentatively titled *Writing the Coast*, is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the traditional territory of the Tla'amin Nation. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.