Podcast Episodes

Rob Franklin, "Great Black Hope" (Summit Books, 2025)

Rob Franklin, Great Black Hope (Summit Books, 2025)

Born and raised in Atlanta, Rob Franklin is a writer of fiction, criticism, and poetry, and a cof…

1 year ago

Callista Markotich, "Wrap in a Big White Towel" (Frontenac House, 2024)

NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Kingston, Ontario poet Callista Markotich about her poetry collection, Wrap in a Big White Towel. Callista’s powe…

1 year ago

Jack Wang, "The Riveter" (HarperVia, 2025)

NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with author Jack Wang about his novel, The Riveter (HarperVia, 2025). 

In the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, a c…

1 year ago

Amie Souza Reilly, "Human/Animal: A Bestiary in Essays" (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2025)

Amie Souza Reilly bought an old house in the suburbs. She had just gotten remarried and was looking forward to a new start with her new husband and h…

1 year ago

Teri Vlassopoulos, "Living Expenses" (Invisible Publishing, 2025)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Toronto author Teri Vlassopoulos, author of Living Expenses—a timely tale of reproductive health…

1 year ago

Lindsay Wong, "Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality: Stories" (Penguin, 2023)

In this NBN episode, Hollay Ghadery speaks with Lindsay Wong about her short story collection, Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality (Penguin, 20…

1 year ago

Melia McClure, "All the World's a Wonder" (Radiant Press, 2022)

NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with author and actor Melia McClure about her novel, All The World's a Wonder (Radiant Press, 2023).

A playwright poss…

1 year ago

Dave Margoshes, "A Simple Carpenter" (Radiant Press, 2024)

NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with award-winning author Dave Margoshes’ novel, A Simple Carpenter (Radiant Press, 2024)—which recently won a Saskat…

1 year ago

Kevin Potter, "Poetics of the Migrant: Migrant Literature and the Politics of Motion" (Edinburgh UP, 2023)

Since the 1980s, readers and scholars alike have celebrated migrant literature for not only depicting migration, but for inspiring  reflections on cl…

1 year ago

We Better Laugh About It: A Discussion with Álvaro Enrigue and Maia Gil’Adí

Álvaro Enrigue and critic Maia Gil’Adí begin their conversation considering translation as a living process, one that is internal to the novel form. …

1 year ago