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A podcast for booklovers featuring in-depth conversations with authors about their books, their careers, as well as the books and authors they admire. Episodes run ~45 minutes, released fortnightly.
Hosted by Michael Tamblyn and Nathan Maharaj.
Rowan Jetté Knox on learning from hard times
Michael spoke with journalist and human rights advocate Rowan Jetté Knox, author of the memoir One Sunny Afternoon: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing.
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Alicia Elliott on telling the truth through the lens of fiction
Michael spoke with award-winning essayist Alicia Elliott about her novel, And Then She Fell, and why she turned to fiction to tell this story.
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Sean Michaels, live at TIFA 2023
Nathan spoke with Sean Michaels at the Toronto International Festival of Authors about using AI to write parts of his novel, Do You Remember Being Born?
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Waubgeshig Rice on finding renewal at the end of the world
Nathan welcomed Waubgeshig Rice to the Kobo studio to talk about his post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Turning Leaves.
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Naomi Klein on what she sees in "the mirror world"
Michael spoke with writer and activist Naomi Klein, author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, and the new book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World.
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Michael Crummey confronts The Adversary
Michael spoke with novelist Michael Crummey about The Adversary. It's the story of a lifelong rivalry that escalates into violence and revenge.
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Zalika Reid-Benta on becoming the "weird writer" she's always wanted to be
Nathan welcomed back Zalika Reid-Benta, 2020 winner of the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, to talk about her imaginative new novel River Mumma.
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S. A. Cosby on finding fascination in writing a good guy
Michael spoke with crime novelist S. A. Cosby about his new book, All the Sinners Bleed, and about writing characters with wildly different moral codes.
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John Vaillant sees more fire weather in the forecast
Michael spoke with writer John Vaillant, whose work examines our relationship to the natural world. His new book is Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast.
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Live at MOTIVE: Global Issues on the Page
Nathan interviewed authors Kevin Powers and Ausma Zehanat Khan about their latest detective novels—live on stage at MOTIVE: The Crime & Mystery Festival.
