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Back to SearchVirginia Woolf, "The Life of Violet: Three Early Stories" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Episode 1713
In 1907, eight years before she published her first novel, a twenty-five-year-old Virginia Woolf drafted three interconnected comic stories chronicli…
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Barbara Stark-Nemon, "Isabela's Way: A Novel" (She Writes Press, 2025)
Episode 1712
In early-seventeenth-century Portugal, Spain, France, and Germany, dangers are plentiful—especially for those of Jewish heritage. Non-Catholics have …
1 year, 1 month ago
Olivia Wolfgang-Smith, "Mutual Interest" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Episode 184
Olivia Wolfgang-Smith is the author of the novels Mutual Interest (2025) and Glassworks, which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel …
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Zilla Jones, "The World So Wide" (Cormorant Books, 2025)
Episode 1710
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Zilla Jones about her debut novel, The World So Wide (Cormorant Books, 2025).
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1 year, 1 month ago
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, "The Creation of Half-Broken People" (House of Anansi, 2025)
Episode 1709
In this NBN episode, NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu about her phenomenal novel, The Creation of Half-Broken People. (House…
1 year, 1 month ago
Lucy Black, "A Quilting of Scars" (Now or Never Publishing, 2025)
Episode 1708
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews historical fiction legend Lucy E.M Black about her phenomenal new novel, A Quilting of Scars (Now…
1 year, 1 month ago
Karen Smythe, "A Town with No Noise" (Palimpsest Press, 2025)
Episode 1707
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Guelph, Ontario author Karen Smythe about Karen's novel, A Town With No Noise (Palimpsest Press,…
1 year, 1 month ago
Yiming Ma, "These Memories Do Not Belong To Us" (Mariner Books, 2025)
Episode 1706
Yiming Ma holds an MBA from Stanford and an MFA from Warren Wilson College, where he was the Carol Houck Smith Scholar. His stories and essays appear…
1 year, 1 month ago
Nadia Ragbar, "The Pugilist and the Sailor" (Invisible Publishing, 2025)
Episode 1705
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interview debut Toronto author, Nadia Ragbar, about her novel, The Pugilist and the Sailor (Invisible Publis…
1 year, 1 month ago
Susan Gregg Gilmore, "The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush" (Blair, 2025)
Episode 1704
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Susan Glimore about her wonderful novel, The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush (Blair, 2025).
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1 year, 1 month ago