 Found Families, Foley functional with Michael Keeping, and best books of 2024NXNW Dec. 28/29, 2024 | Welcome to the NXNW newsletter! We've got another great lineup before we head into the New Year! This Saturday, Jeremy Ratt will be presenting the special radio program "Found Families." On Sunday, NXNW continues as Michael Keeping takes us through the sounds of film and TV. We'll learn about the family story behind Vancouver's Kamo Bakery, and bookstore owner Samara Nicoll shares her favourite books of 2024.
Looking for something from a past show? Check out our CBC Listen page. | | | Coming up on NXNW this weekend: | | | Saturday |  | The holidays can be particularly hard if you're away from family or missing a loved one. Luckily, there's always a new circle to welcome you. Join Jeremy Ratt from Vancouver for a special program all about the different ways people are finding those family connections in community, the arts, music, and much more. | | | | | Sunday | | | Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann shares her family's personal story and the history that informs it in her new book The Nail that Sticks Out: Reflections on the Postwar Japanese Canadian Community. | | | | | In another edition of B.C. On Screen, Jeremy Ratt visits Vancouver's Azur Studios, where Foley artist Michael Keeping walks us through the art of sound effects. | | | | | With another year in the books, Samara Nicoll of Notably, A Book Lover's Emporium, in Nelson, joins us to share her favourite books of 2024. | | | | | Closing out our Holiday Baking series, Kamo Bakery's father-and-son duo Kamaran Mawlood and Bnyad Mohammed talk about how they've carried on their family baking legacy as Kurdish refugees. | | | | | | | | | | | B.C. On Screen - Foley Functional with Michael Keeping | | | In the latest edition of B.C. On Screen, we step into the world of creating sound effects - a.k.a. Foley - the techniques named after Jack Foley, a pioneering sound effects artist who worked in early Hollywood.
Michael Keeping has been a Foley artist for more than 40 years, creating every "splash," "creak," and "whoosh" you've ever heard in film and television. We'll hear Jeremy Ratt take a tour of Azur Studios, where Michael Keeping gives us a demonstration in audio movie magic. | | |  | Michael Keeping at work in Azur Studios. | | | | | | | The best books of 2024 according to Notably, A Book Lover's Emporium | | | As 2024 comes to a close, we checked in with Samara Nicoll, the owner of Nelson's own "Book Lover's Emporium," for a look back and ahead.
Samara's picks of 2024: - James by Percival Everett
- Funny Story by Emily Henry
- Are You Listening?: Weaving a Tapestry From Pain into Beauty by Zaynab Mohammed
- The Offing by Roz Nay
- Somewhere Beyond The Sea by TJ Klune
Samara's anticipated reads for 2025: - Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
- Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
- Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins
- All the Little Monsters by David A. Robertson
| | | | | | | | | In case you missed it... | | | Last week on NXNW, CBC's Philip Owira dropped by for another edition of Phil's Corner, where we heard his thoughts on Wicked, the top movies of 2024, and his pick for song of the year — "Ama Gear" by Dlala Thukzin.
Stream this interview on CBC Listen. | | | | | | | Thanks for listening, and Happy New Year! | Have comments or suggestions you'd like to share? Email us!
The NXNW Team | | | | | |
