Friday Special Blend
Friday September 29th, 2023 with Susan Johnston
The Small Machine Talks: Christine McNair

The Friday Blend team is privileged to collaborate with Amanda Earl of Angel House Press to air the Small Machine Talks: an ongoing conversation about art & literature &... In this episode, Amanda interviews Ottawa writer and book doctor Christine McNair. She tells us she lives a life of books. We learn about her job as a book conservator and consider the book as object. “A book is a form of machine,” was one of the delightful and fascinating things Christine said about books in this intriguing episode. About: The Small Machine Talks began in 2016 with co-hosts a.m. Kodak and Amanda Earl to explore the poetry scene in Central Canada and beyond. The challenges of having to social distance in 2020 due to the pandemic have led to a need to forego in person interviews and move to a virtual platform. Amanda has rethought the goals and scope of the Small Machine Talks in light of these challenges. Amanda Earl is a Canadian poet, prose writer, visual poet, editor and publisher who lives in Ottawa with her husband Charles.