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THE CHAT

Great writers sit down with us to talk about their books—and the stories behind them.

Griffin Poetry Prize Roundtable 2023

by Trevor Corkum

We had a chance to chat this year with the three Canadians who make an appearance on this year’s Griffin Poetry Prize longlist. Visit our friends at …

The Chat with Kelly S. Thompson

by Trevor Corkum

Author Kelly S. Thompson returns with another powerful memoir. Still, I Cannot Save You tells the story of Thompson’s relationship with her older sister, …

The Chat with JD Derbyshire

by Trevor Corkum

Author JD Derbyshire has written a powerful and genre-bending debut, a novel Ivan Coyote calls "a book to carry with you forever." Told in recollections, …

The Chat with Carolyn Whitzman

by Trevor Corkum

In Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto, Carolyn Whitzman explores …

The Chat with Nicholas Herring

by Trevor Corkum

Prince Edward Island author Nicholas Herring took the Canadian literary world by storm late last fall, winning the prestigious 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers’ …

The Chat with Benjamin Lefebvre

by Trevor Corkum

In the Key of Dale (Arsenal Pulp Press) introduces YA readers to a teenage music prodigy named Dale Cardigan, who navigates the adolescent terrain of love …

The Chat with Michael Gates

by Trevor Corkum

Just in time for the holidays, we’re in conversation with Michael Gates, author of Hollywood in the Klondike: Dawson City’s Great Film Find (Lost Moose …

The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award Winner Eli Baxter

by Trevor Corkum

Eli Baxter is this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award winner for Non-fiction for his memoir Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth (McGill-Queens …

The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award Winner Jen Ferguson

by Trevor Corkum

Author Jen Ferguson is the 2022 winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature (Text), for her YA novel The Summer …

The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award winner Judith Weisz Woodsworth

by Trevor Corkum

Judith Weisz Woodsworth is the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award winner for Translation (French-English) for her translation of Pierre Anctil’s …

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