First Life Rattle Broadcast
21 February 1988

Total Number of Shows as of Nov 21, 2013
1283

Estimated Number of Volunteer Hours
15,321

Total Number of Stories
1716

Total Number of Writers
445

Writers Admitted to Canada as Refugees
11

Countries of Birth for Life Rattle Writers
Afghanistan, Antigua, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Czechoslovakia, China, Columbia, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Phillipines, Poland, Romania, Russia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, Syria, The Philippines, Trinidad, Ukraine, United States, Vietnam and Zambia

Writers Who Are Ninth-Generation Descendants
of European Immigrants
3

Books Published by Life Rattle Press New Writers Series
42

Books Published by Life Rattle Writers through the New Publishers Series
63

Life Rattle Writers Working on First Books
31

Writers Whose First Public Recognition Came through Life Rattle
282 (92%)

Life Rattle Stories about Arranged Marriage
14

Longest Life Rattle Story
Janine Burigana’s "Jesus Christ Kids, It’s Christmas!"
(6 shows long—3 hours)

Life Rattle Stories about Bringing Human Sperm
through Canada Customs
1

Life Rattle Stories Played on National CBC Radio
12

Life Rattle Writers Shortlisted for The Governor General’s Award
1 (Donna McFarlane, Division of Surgery)

Number of Stories Submitted to Life Rattle by Rob Ford
0