The Chat Posts
The Chat with Kate Harris
A few years ago, Kate Harris hopped on a bike to travel the Silk Road with a friend, following the journey of Marco Polo. Her reflections on the journey …
The Chat with Pamela Mulloy
What happens when a soldier goes AWOL and ends up meeting a lonely gardener at an isolated farm in small-town New Brunswick? That’s the premise of Pamela …
The Chat with Daniel Griffin
Daniel Griffin’s debut novel, Two Roads Home, reimagines a particular point in Canadian history—the famous War in the Woods—and follows a small …
The Chat with Joshua Whitehead
Joshua Whitehead’s first novel packs a gorgeous punch ... It’s a stirring and bold debut, one which Alicia Elliott, writing in the Globe and Mail, says …
The Chat with Claire Tacon
What happens when a young woman with Williams syndrome, her doting father, and her father’s teenaged co-worker head to Chicago in search of a piece …
The Chat: 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize Roundtable
In honour of all things Griffin, this week’s Chat is a conversation with the three 2018 Canadian Griffin Prize finalists—Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aisha …
The Chat With Chelene Knight
Chelene Knight’s debut memoir Dear Current Occupant (Bookt*ug) takes a closer look at childhood trauma and the uncertain idea of home. It’s a haunting, …
The Chat With Jessica Westhead
Jessica Westhead has an uncanny ability to combine humour and despair in her writing. In her latest collection, Things Not to Do, we meet folks at the …
The Chat With Kevin Chong
A modern-day story of infectious disease and rising social inequality, The Plague is Kevin Chong’s take on Camus’ classic novel, set in present-day …
The Chat With Erin Frances Fisher
It’s not every day you come across a collection of short stories with settings as diverse as revolutionary Paris, the moons of Saturn, and the ice roads …