Kobo in Conversation
By Rakuten Kobo
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Episodes: 145
Description
In-depth conversations with authors about their books—how and why they write, the books and authors they admire, and so much more. Plus, occasional takes on what's going on in the business of books. And year-end round-ups of reading recommendations from the staff of Rakuten Kobo, the global digital bookseller.
Episodes run ~45 minutes.
Hosted by Michael Tamblyn and Nathan Maharaj.
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Jon Hickey on the politics of apocalypse
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May 14, 2025 |
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Claire Cameron on what she's learned from studying monsters
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Nita Prose on saying goodbye to Molly Gray
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Booktalking - The book Meta can't face, billionaire brainworms, fact-checking and fair use
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Nate DiMeo on shaking up the past in The Memory Palace
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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David A. Robertson and his little monsters go to uncomfortable places
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Christina Cooke wrote the 90s story only she could tell
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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MORE of the best books we read in 2024
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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The best books we read in 2024
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Dr. Jonathan Stea on how to mind your mental health
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Anne Fleming on love stories and curiosity
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Anna Gomez on the things she's picked up to write about... somewhere along the way
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Joining Richard Powers on the Playground
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Booktalking - NaNoWriMo's line in the sand, Robo-narration side hustles, a penguin glow-up(?), and more
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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katherena vermette on crafting a real story out of fakery
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Jamaluddin Aram on leaving space for the reader to work
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Amanda Peters on the art of thought-provoking storytelling
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Keziah Weir's literary influences are no mystery to her
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Rainbow Rowell wants to write about "messy" characters
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Live at MOTIVE: Thrills from Start to Finish
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Spending time with Maurice Vellekoop
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Kobo in Conversation - Booktalking
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Stephen Maher offers readers a glimpse of The Prince
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Laura Tamblyn Watts on 27 essential, and uncomfortable, conversations
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May 29, 2024 |
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Anna Julia Stainsby on ugly truths, isolation, and The Afterpains
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May 15, 2024 |
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Shilpi Somaya Gowda, author of A Great Country
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May 01, 2024 |
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Journalist Michael Finkel on seeing through the eyes of The Art Thief
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Kiley Reid on writing realistically about people and money
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Dr. Jen Gunter on writing books about bodies for people
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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R. F. Kuang on seeing herself in Yellowface
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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R.H. Thomson on viewing wars by the light of family history
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Kai Thomas conjures fiction from the history of the upper country (encore)
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Ashley Audrain on bringing rage from the group chat to the page
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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More of the best books we read in 2023
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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The best books we read in 2023
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Rowan Jetté Knox on learning from hard times
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Alicia Elliott on telling the truth through the lens of fiction
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Sean Michaels, live at TIFA 2023
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Waubgeshig Rice on finding renewal at the end of the world
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Naomi Klein on what she sees in "the mirror world"
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Michael Crummey confronts The Adversary
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Zalika Reid-Benta on becoming the "weird writer" she's always wanted to be
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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S. A. Cosby on finding fascination in writing a good guy
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Britt Wray on bringing emotions to bear on climate science (encore)
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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John Vaillant sees more fire weather in the forecast
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Live at MOTIVE: Global Issues on the Page
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Tom Rachman on inhabiting the roles of others in The Imposters
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Getting surreal with Samantha Irby
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Ritu Bhasin on the good, the bad, and belonging
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Ore Agbaje-Williams on writing a character who says it all out loud
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May 31, 2023 |
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Carley Fortune on summer love and second chances
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May 17, 2023 |
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David Grann on the brutal truths revealed in The Wager
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May 03, 2023 |
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Shelley Read on bringing life to quiet characters
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Zoe Whittall on the truth about liars
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Hua Hsu on the strange characters of memoir
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Lindsay Wong tells us pleasant things about discomfort
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Cherie Dimaline on connecting with the extraordinary
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Jackie Lau on the Kobo Writing Life podcast
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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CS Richardson on writing with all the colour in the world
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Kai Thomas conjures fiction from the history of the upper country
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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More of the best books we read in 2022
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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The best books we read in 2022
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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Harold McGee on the science of smells
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Beneath the veneer with Naben Ruthnum and André Forget
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Jean Hanff Korelitz, live at TIFA 2022
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Marian Keyes, live at TIFA 2022
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Ann-Marie MacDonald on staying open to surprise
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Chief Robert Joseph on the need and desire for reconciliation
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Hernan Diaz on power, truth, and Trust
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Deon Meyer on The Dark Flood
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Ben Mezrich's wild ride
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Cory Silverberg on the right way to teach kids about sex
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Elamin Abdelmahmoud wants to know everyone's elsewhere story
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Riley Black on the end of the world and new beginnings
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Sheila Heti on getting reacquainted with her imagination
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Britt Wray on bringing emotions to bear on climate science
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May 27, 2022 |
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Stephanie Foo on writing and healing from trauma
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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NoViolet Bulawayo on her glorious new novel
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Julia Quinn (encore)
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Kathryn Schulz on love and loss
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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The joyful endurance of Hanif Abdurraqib
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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More of the best books we read in 2021
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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The best books we read in 2021
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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Bonus: Kobo Writing Life with Chloe Liese
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Season 5: James S. A. Corey
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Season 5: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Season 5: Janelle Shane
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Season 5: Edward Rutherfurd
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Season 5: Shari Lapena
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Season 5: Ian Rankin
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Season 5: P. Djèlí Clark
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Season 4: Katie Mack
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Season 4: Torrey Peters
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Season 4: Steve Brusatte
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May 28, 2021 |
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Season 4: Helen Oyeyemi
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May 20, 2021 |
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Season 4: Suzanne Simard
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May 14, 2021 |
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Season 4: Natalie Zina Walschots
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May 07, 2021 |
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Season 4: Malcolm Gladwell
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Season 3: Julia Quinn
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Season 3: Jael Richardson
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Season 3: Emily Schultz
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Season 3: Joanne Vannicola
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Season 3: Linden MacIntyre
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Season 3: Billy-Ray Belcourt
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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The best books we read in 2020: Side B
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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The best books we read in 2020
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Bonus: Kobo Writing Life with Talia Hibbert
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Season 3: Marian Keyes
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Season 3: Vicki Laveau-Harvie
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Season 3: Eternity Martis
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Season 3: Tobly McSmith
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Season 3: Jared Diamond
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Season 3: Eden Robinson
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Bonus: Staff Picks - I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro
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May 03, 2020 |
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Season 2: Timothy Caulfield
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Bonus: Staff Picks - Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Bonus: Staff Picks - Untamed by Glennon Doyle
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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Season 2: Daniel Levitin
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Bonus: Staff Picks - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Bonus: Staff Picks - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
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Apr 04, 2020 |
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Season 2: Linwood Barclay
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Bonus: Staff Picks - Dominicana by Angie Cruz
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Bonus: Staff Picks - Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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Season 2: Lori Lansens
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Season 2: Lauren McKeon
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Season 2: Jesse Thistle
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Season 2: Robyn Doolittle
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Season 2: Ann Cleeves
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Season 2: Julie Evelyn Joyce
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Season 2: Saeed Jones
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Season 2: Ziya Tong
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Season 2: Jonathan Safran Foer
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Kobo's 2019 Holiday Picks
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Season 1: Andrew Solomon
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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Season 1: Zalika Reid-Benta
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May 10, 2019 |
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Season 1: Andreas Souvaliotis
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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Season 1: Karen M. McManus
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Season 1: Julia Shaw
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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Season 1: Marc Levy
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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Season 1: Sheena Kamal
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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Season 1: Craig Davidson
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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Season 1: Maria Qamar
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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Season 1: Omar El Akkad
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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Season 1: Mark Sakamoto
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Jan 03, 2019 |
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Kobo's Holiday Picks
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Dec 06, 2018 |