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Chuckanut Radio Hour with Special Guest Steven Galloway, The Confabulist

Our special guest this month is Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, discussing his new book, The Confabulist, a fictionalized tale of the extraordinary life and sudden death of Harry Houdini. The book weaves the story of Martin Strauss, an ordinary man whose fate seems forever tied to that of the legendary magician. At once entertaining and suspenseful, historically rich and cleverly told, The Confabulist is a tale of magic and memory, truth and illusion, and the ways that love, hope and grief can, for better or for worse, alter what we perceive and believe. Steven Galloway lives in British Columbia and teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia. The Cellist of Sarajevo, was long-listed for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and winner of the 2009 Evergreen Award, the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature, as well as the Borders Original Voices Award. It was adopted by One City, One Read and Freshman Year Experience programs across the country.

The Chuckanut Radio Hour, a recipient of Bellingham's prestigious Mayor's Arts Award, is a radio variety show that began in January 2007. Each Chuckanut Radio Hour features a guest author and includes guest musicians, performance poet Kevin Murphy, Cascadia Weekly columnist Alan Rhodes, an episode of "The Bellingham Bean" serial radio comedy, and some groaner jokes by hosts Chuck & Dee Robinson and announcer Rich Donnelly. The Chuckanut Radio Hour's first guest was Erik Larson and has since included Alexander McCall Smith, Elizabeth George, Cheryl Strayed, Sherman Alexie, Tom Robbins and Garrison Keillor, among many others. The Radio Hour airs every Saturday evening at 6pm and Sunday at 9pm on SPARK RADIO, KMRE 102.3FM.

Tickets for the Chuckanut Radio Hour are $5 and are also available at Village Books. Doors open at 6:30pm, and you must be seated by 6:45pm as the show begins promptly at 7pm. Co-sponsored by Whatcom Community College Foundation, 12th Street Shoes, and Westside Pizza.