Hear an Interview With Author Diane Haynes!

Filed under: Uncategorized, Author Events, Media, Public Readings, Book 2 Crow Medicine, Interviews, 2 All About Crow Medicine — Diane at 9:38 am on Saturday, April 21, 2007

I was housesitting for J&S in Toronto when Craig Rintoul of BookBits came by to interview me about Crow Medicine. I shovelled snow for the first time in my life that week … and the second, third, fourth and fifth times as well. Anyway, the front walk was clear when Craig arrived.

I’d expected him to show up slinging bags of big, black, bulky audio recording equipment, child of the ’70s that I am. Instead, he pulled out what looked like an MP3 player and said, “Okay, ready?”

I have to thank Craig again for doing such a careful and compassionate read of the book, and for making the interview experience (always a bit nerve-wracking for me) so much fun.

No animals were harmed in the recording of this interview, although apparent evidence to the contrary may be heard near the top of the clip. That’s just Jiggy and Pixel, two wily grey tabbies and the house’s real owners, announcing their presence to their adoring public (you).

Enjoy!

Craig Rintoul of BookBits interviews Diane Haynes in Toronto about her latest book, Crow Medicine. Click here to hear their conversation!

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Comment by Lori

April 30, 2007 @ 12:07 pm

Hi!

I loved the interview with Craig. I’m so glad that the cats, Jiggy and Pixel, took centre stage at one point. So how much damage did they do? It is interesting to consider what we throw away or what we think has no value, or a negative value: animals, people, things. Perhaps what we dismiss from our lives tells us more about ourselves than about worth of the animals, people and things we throw away.

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Comment by Diane

May 8, 2007 @ 6:05 pm

Hi Lori!

The only damage the cats did was to distract me from my train of thought — in other words, nothing permanent. :) I like your thinking about disposables, and how our judgment about the things (and sentient beings) we deem disposable says something about us. The things we consider important enough to enshrine in our laws say a lot about us, too. Right now, under the law, animals are considered property … just like your car. And those are the “lucky” ones, the “owned” ones. The unowned–the wild, the endangered–aren’t covered by cruelty laws at all. Thanks for writing!

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Comment by Craig

May 24, 2007 @ 10:29 am

Hi Diane:
May I use a really bad bilingual pun?
I thought we had a great CHAT!
SMILE
Best I could do this morning. Thanks for the link to my site and I hope the book does really well.

Regards,

Craig Rintoul
www.bookbits.ca and bookbits.org

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Comment by Diane

June 6, 2007 @ 5:01 pm

Gosh, Craig, I had to paws for a moment to figure out what you meant!

dh

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Comment by tovorinok

July 5, 2007 @ 2:52 am

Hi

Great book. I just want to say what a fantastic thing you are doing! Good luck!

Bye

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Comment by govokinolij

July 13, 2007 @ 1:55 am

Hello

Looks good! Very useful, good stuff. Good resources here. Thanks much!

Bye

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