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Back to SearchReem Gaafar, "A Mouth Full of Salt" (Saqi Books, 2024)
Episode 489
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Reem Gaafar about her Island Prize 2023-winning book, A Mouthful of Salt, published in Canada by…
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Stephanie Cesca, "Dotted Lines" (Guernica Editions, 2024)
Episode 490
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews Stephanie Cesca about her acclaimed novel, Dotted Lines (Guernica Editions, 2024) which has been …
1 year, 1 month ago
Thomas Leduc, "Palpitations" (Latitude 46, 2025)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with former Sudbury Poet Laureate Thomas Leduc about his new collection of poetry, Palpitations (Lati…
1 year, 1 month ago
Andrew Porter, "The Imagined Life: A Novel" (Knopf, 2025)
Episode 161
Steven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to …
1 year, 1 month ago
Christine McNair, "Toxemia" (Book*hug Press, 2024)
Episode 486
NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with the wonderful Ottawa writer, Christine McNair about her 2024 book of lyric essays and prose poetry, Toxemia (Book…
1 year, 1 month ago
Maureen Stanton, "The Murmur of Everything Moving: A Memoir" (Columbus State UP, 2025)
Episode 485
Maureen Stanton’s new memoir, The Murmur of Everything Moving (Columbus State University 2025) opens when she was in her early twenties, working at a…
1 year, 1 month ago
Manahil Bandukwala, "Heliotropia" (Brick Books, 2024)
In this NBN episode, host and poet Hollay Ghadery speaks with Manahil Bandukwala about her second collection, Heliotropia (Brick Books, 2024). This …
1 year, 1 month ago
Rosa Castellano, "All Is the Telling" (Diode, 2025)
Episode 164
In this NBN Poetry podcast, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Rosa Castellano about her gorgeous debut collection, All is the Telling (Diode, 2025).
Al…
1 year, 1 month ago
Katherine Addison, "The Tomb of Dragons" (Tor Books, 2025)
Episode 84
Katherine Addison’s novel The Tomb of Dragons (Tor, 2025) is the concluding novel in her Cemeteries of Amalo Trilogy.
The novels follow Thara Celehar…
1 year, 1 month ago
Gary Barwin, "Scandal at the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction, 2024-1984" (Assembly Press, 2024)
Episode 486
NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with award-winning author Gary Barwin about his book, Scandal at the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction, …
1 year, 1 month ago