The Chat Posts
2023 GGBooks Special: The Chat with Peter McCambridge
This year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation was awarded to Peter McCambridge, for Rosa’s Very Own Personal Revolution (QC Fiction, …
2023 GGBooks Special: The Chat with Anuja Varghese
In Chrysalis (House of Anansi Press), author Anuja Varghese writes powerful, genre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of …
2023 GGBooks Special: The Chat with Sarah Everett
Next up in this year’s coverage of the Governor General’s Literary Awards, we’re in conversation with Sarah Everett. Her YA novel The Probability …
2023 GGBooks Special: The Chat with Jack Wong
It’s that time of year again! We’re pleased to highlight all of this year’s English-language Governor General’s Literary Award winners, beginning …
Giller Prize 2023 Special: The Chat with Kevin Chong
Next up in this year’s Giller Prize special coverage, we’re in conversation with author Kevin Chong. His novel The Double Life of Benson Yu is a 2023 …
Giller Prize 2023 Special: The Chat with Dionne Irving
We begin this year’s special Giller coverage in conversation with Dionne Irving. Her short story collection The Islands is a 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize …
The Chat with Janika Oza
Janika Oza’s powerful debut novel, A History of Burning, spans multiple generations and three continents, telling the story of a family shaped by exile, …
The Chat with Buffy Cram
Buffy Cram is back with an extraordinary new novel. Once Upon an Effing Time (Douglas & McIntyre) introduces us to a young girl named Elizabeth Squires …
The Chat with Amy Jones
Amy Jones is back with a spectacular new novel. Pebble & Dove (McClelland & Stewart) follows a bickering mother and daughter as they head to Florida and …
The Chat with Ricardo Tranjan
Housing insecurity and rising rents have become a fixture of Canadian public policy debates in recent years. This week on The Chat, we speak with author …