A preview of tonights show

Cee Lo Green opens up with George about 

overcoming life's challenges

November turns to December

This is what's on this week.

The Strombo Show includes the 12 great song picks, Album Side,Ten with Tom and the great lie down plus this week Bob M Jr cleans his garage with some classic garage rock picks and Bran Van 3000's James De Silva stops in and plays some inspirational tunes with George.
Love songs, sad songs, road songs, songs with feeling. Catch it live and commercial free Sunday nights from 8pm to midnight on the nation's music station, CBC Radio 2.

On George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week

Monday Nov. 29

Editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Arianna Huffington knows her news.

Tuesday Nov. 30

Thomas DeCarlo Callaway better known as Musician Cee Lo Green is promoting his new album The Lady Killer.

Wednesday Dec. 1

Premier Danny Williams talked about his decision to step down last week on the show there have been a few people named as possible successors including General Rick Hillier

Thursday Dec. 2

Liberal MP and Hockey legend Ken Dryden is in the news again as well. 

Friday Dec. 3

Emmy winning Actor Eric McCormack has a new TV series. 

 plus

OK GO makes the most fantastic videos

Also on Friday

George Stroumboulopoulos, Peter Mansbridge, Jian Ghomeshi and other CBC hosts and stars will be heading to Vancouver for Friday December 3 rd to meet  you. CBC Vancouver is having an Open House and Food Bank Day.

 

A closer look at this weeks guest, Salman Rushdie

 Luka and the Fire of Life, by Salman Rushdie

Random House Publishing Group, 2010.

Toronto: Alfred Knofp, 2010.

Many people know Salman Rushdie as a result of the Fatwā issued against him by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, after the publication of The Satanic Verses, for which he won a Booker-prize. While in exile, separated from his first-born son Zafar, now 31-years old, he wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories, in which the hero struggles against forces attempting to silence storytelling.

Twenty years later, Rushdie has written a companion novel for his second son, Milan, called Luka and the Fire of Life; another magical-realist quest. This one is in the form of Arthurian Romance, with a 21^st Century gaming twist. The Green and Gold flying carpet— reminiscent of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight— the dragons, and the mythical figures interact with Luka’s real-life adventure to save his father’s life. The difference in this tale is that Luka is afforded multiple lives and the ability to save his progress as he journeys through “The World of Magic.”

The adventure begins one beautiful starry night in the land of Alifbay, where a terrible thing happens: Luka’s father, Rashid, the legendary storyteller of Kahani, falls suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one can rouse him. To save him from slipping away entirely, Luka must embark on a journey through the world of magic with his loyal companions, Bear the dog and Dog the bear, as they encounter a slew of fantastical creatures, strange allies, and challenging obstacles along the way—all in the hopes of stealing the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly treacherous task.

—from Rushdie’s website

Salman Rushdie is currently planning a movie adaptation of his Booker-Prize winning novel, Midnight’s Children, with Deepa Mehta. He is also writing his memoirs, due to be released in 2012, and spends several weeks each year teaching seminars at Emory University, in Atlanta.

Rushdie will present a free reading at the Toronto Reference Library tonight, November 24^th, at 7pm. Doors open at 6pm, preceded by a cash bar reception, Q&A, book sale and signing.

Guest Blogger

Mel Rhodes Gray