Let's celebrate! In honour of WORDS TO GO's first birthday, Carole offers a lineup of fantastic  "firsts" -- a story from Ava Homa's debut collection of powerful fiction set in Iran, and a first novel from TV and film director Paul Almond that makes Canadian history rock! Plus a singing chorus of birthday-party crashers, edible technology from the Internet Bakery and a big welcome to our newest listeners in China, Pakistan, India and points beyond! Send us your published prose and poetry -- check out guidelines at www.carolegiangrande.com. Comments or feedback? Visit our Facebook page at WORDS TO GO PODCAST.