Under The Covers | The Mosaic Project
Mosaic Press was founded as a Canadian book publisher dedicated to presenting significant and excellent Canadian writing. Join the team as Mosaic goes Under The Covers to give listeners an insight into the publishing world.
Under The Covers | The Mosaic Project
Latest Episodes
Stories That Last: Marty Gervais on Writing, Publishing, and…Hulk Hogan
In this episode, Marty Gervais, aka poet, publisher, and a central figure in Canadian literary life, joins us for a conversation that covers more than 50 years of writing, editing, and building literary community.From the handmade days o...
AI, Amazon, and the Lasting Value of Literature: Independent Publishing in Uncertain Times
What’s publishing like when AI is everywhere, Amazon decides what people see, and attention spans are… oh, shall we say…microscopic?Howard Aster, publisher of Mosaic Press, shares his take after trips to the Frankfurt and Guad...
A Room with Many Windows: Cyril Dabydeen on the Art of the Short Story
In this episode of Under the Covers, we sit down with award-winning author, poet, and former Ottawa Poet Laureate Cyril Dabydeen, whose new collection Forgotten Exiles just won third prize in the prestigious Guyana Priz...
Verse, Narcissism, and Macaroni: What the Hell Happened to Poetry?
Poetry used to shake the heavens. Now it sometimes comes glued with macaroni—or worse, dripping with self-pity. In this special Poetry Month edition of Under the Covers, Howard dives deep (and sometimes sideways) into the state of poet...
Unveiling Leonard Cohen: The Poet, The Persona (Part 2)
In this episode, Howard Aster reflects on the wild journey of publishing The Song of Leonard Cohen by Harry Rasky. From Harry's unique documentary filmmaking style to the deep, honest interviews that allowed Leonard Cohen's true self t...
