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Episodes: 121

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Join hosts Michael Tamblyn and Nathan Maharaj for in-depth conversations with all kinds of authors about their latest books, how they write, and the books and writers that shaped and inspired them.

Episode Date
Anna Julia Stainsby on ugly truths, isolation, and The Afterpains
May 15, 2024
Shilpi Somaya Gowda, author of A Great Country
May 01, 2024
Journalist Michael Finkel on seeing through the eyes of The Art Thief
Apr 17, 2024
Kiley Reid on writing realistically about people and money
Apr 03, 2024
Dr. Jen Gunter on writing books about bodies for people
Mar 20, 2024
R. F. Kuang on seeing herself in Yellowface
Mar 06, 2024
R.H. Thomson on viewing wars by the light of family history
Feb 21, 2024
Kai Thomas conjures fiction from the history of the upper country (encore)
Feb 07, 2024
Ashley Audrain on bringing rage from the group chat to the page
Jan 24, 2024
More of the best books we read in 2023
Jan 10, 2024
The best books we read in 2023
Dec 27, 2023
Rowan Jetté Knox on learning from hard times
Dec 13, 2023
Alicia Elliott on telling the truth through the lens of fiction
Nov 29, 2023
Sean Michaels, live at TIFA 2023
Nov 15, 2023
Waubgeshig Rice on finding renewal at the end of the world
Nov 01, 2023
Naomi Klein on what she sees in "the mirror world"
Oct 18, 2023
Michael Crummey confronts The Adversary
Oct 04, 2023
Zalika Reid-Benta on becoming the "weird writer" she's always wanted to be
Sep 20, 2023
S. A. Cosby on finding fascination in writing a good guy
Sep 06, 2023
Britt Wray on bringing emotions to bear on climate science (encore)
Aug 23, 2023
John Vaillant sees more fire weather in the forecast
Aug 09, 2023
Live at MOTIVE: Global Issues on the Page
Jul 26, 2023
Tom Rachman on inhabiting the roles of others in The Imposters
Jul 12, 2023
Getting surreal with Samantha Irby
Jun 28, 2023
Ritu Bhasin on the good, the bad, and belonging
Jun 14, 2023
Ore Agbaje-Williams on writing a character who says it all out loud
May 31, 2023
Carley Fortune on summer love and second chances
May 17, 2023
David Grann on the brutal truths revealed in The Wager
May 03, 2023
Shelley Read on bringing life to quiet characters
Apr 19, 2023
Zoe Whittall on the truth about liars
Apr 05, 2023
Hua Hsu on the strange characters of memoir
Mar 22, 2023
Lindsay Wong tells us pleasant things about discomfort
Mar 10, 2023
Cherie Dimaline on connecting with the extraordinary
Feb 24, 2023
Jackie Lau on the Kobo Writing Life podcast
Feb 10, 2023
CS Richardson on writing with all the colour in the world
Jan 27, 2023
Kai Thomas conjures fiction from the history of the upper country
Jan 14, 2023
More of the best books we read in 2022
Jan 01, 2023
The best books we read in 2022
Dec 25, 2022
Harold McGee on the science of smells
Dec 08, 2022
Beneath the veneer with Naben Ruthnum and André Forget
Nov 25, 2022
Jean Hanff Korelitz, live at TIFA 2022
Nov 11, 2022
Marian Keyes, live at TIFA 2022
Oct 29, 2022
Ann-Marie MacDonald on staying open to surprise
Oct 14, 2022
Chief Robert Joseph on the need and desire for reconciliation
Sep 30, 2022
Hernan Diaz on power, truth, and Trust
Sep 02, 2022
Deon Meyer on The Dark Flood
Aug 19, 2022
Ben Mezrich's wild ride
Aug 05, 2022
Cory Silverberg on the right way to teach kids about sex
Jul 22, 2022
Elamin Abdelmahmoud wants to know everyone's elsewhere story
Jul 08, 2022
Riley Black on the end of the world and new beginnings
Jun 24, 2022
Sheila Heti on getting reacquainted with her imagination
Jun 10, 2022
Britt Wray on bringing emotions to bear on climate science
May 27, 2022
Stephanie Foo on writing and healing from trauma
Apr 22, 2022
NoViolet Bulawayo on her glorious new novel
Apr 01, 2022
Julia Quinn (encore)
Mar 25, 2022
Kathryn Schulz on love and loss
Feb 18, 2022
The joyful endurance of Hanif Abdurraqib
Feb 04, 2022
More of the best books we read in 2021
Jan 01, 2022
The best books we read in 2021
Dec 25, 2021
Bonus: Kobo Writing Life with Chloe Liese
Dec 10, 2021
Season 5: James S. A. Corey
Dec 03, 2021
Season 5: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Nov 19, 2021
Season 5: Janelle Shane
Nov 12, 2021
Season 5: Edward Rutherfurd
Nov 05, 2021
Season 5: Shari Lapena
Oct 27, 2021
Season 5: Ian Rankin
Oct 26, 2021
Season 5: P. Djèlí Clark
Oct 26, 2021
Season 4: Katie Mack
Jun 11, 2021
Season 4: Torrey Peters
Jun 04, 2021
Season 4: Steve Brusatte
May 28, 2021
Season 4: Helen Oyeyemi
May 20, 2021
Season 4: Suzanne Simard
May 14, 2021
Season 4: Natalie Zina Walschots
May 07, 2021
Season 4: Malcolm Gladwell
Apr 30, 2021
Season 3: Julia Quinn
Feb 12, 2021
Season 3: Jael Richardson
Feb 05, 2021
Season 3: Emily Schultz
Jan 29, 2021
Season 3: Joanne Vannicola
Jan 22, 2021
Season 3: Linden MacIntyre
Jan 15, 2021
Season 3: Billy-Ray Belcourt
Jan 08, 2021
The best books we read in 2020: Side B
Jan 01, 2021
The best books we read in 2020
Dec 25, 2020
Bonus: Kobo Writing Life with Talia Hibbert
Dec 18, 2020
Season 3: Marian Keyes
Dec 11, 2020
Season 3: Vicki Laveau-Harvie
Dec 04, 2020
Season 3: Eternity Martis
Nov 27, 2020
Season 3: Tobly McSmith
Nov 20, 2020
Season 3: Jared Diamond
Nov 13, 2020
Season 3: Eden Robinson
Nov 06, 2020
Bonus: Staff Picks - I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro
May 03, 2020
Season 2: Timothy Caulfield
Apr 15, 2020
Bonus: Staff Picks - Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Apr 12, 2020
Bonus: Staff Picks - Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Apr 11, 2020
Season 2: Daniel Levitin
Apr 08, 2020
Bonus: Staff Picks - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Apr 05, 2020
Bonus: Staff Picks - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Apr 04, 2020
Season 2: Linwood Barclay
Apr 01, 2020
Bonus: Staff Picks - Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Mar 29, 2020
Bonus: Staff Picks - Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
Mar 28, 2020
Season 2: Lori Lansens
Mar 25, 2020
Season 2: Lauren McKeon
Mar 18, 2020
Season 2: Jesse Thistle
Mar 11, 2020
Season 2: Robyn Doolittle
Mar 04, 2020
Season 2: Ann Cleeves
Feb 26, 2020
Season 2: Julie Evelyn Joyce
Feb 19, 2020
Season 2: Saeed Jones
Feb 12, 2020
Season 2: Ziya Tong
Feb 05, 2020
Season 2: Jonathan Safran Foer
Jan 29, 2020
Kobo's 2019 Holiday Picks
Dec 23, 2019
Season 1: Andrew Solomon
Jun 25, 2019
Season 1: Zalika Reid-Benta
May 10, 2019
Season 1: Andreas Souvaliotis
Apr 25, 2019
Season 1: Karen M. McManus
Apr 11, 2019
Season 1: Julia Shaw
Mar 28, 2019
Season 1: Marc Levy
Mar 14, 2019
Season 1: Sheena Kamal
Feb 28, 2019
Season 1: Craig Davidson
Feb 14, 2019
Season 1: Maria Qamar
Jan 31, 2019
Season 1: Omar El Akkad
Jan 17, 2019
Season 1: Mark Sakamoto
Jan 03, 2019
Kobo's Holiday Picks
Dec 06, 2018