Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChris Bailey, "Forecast: Pretty Bleak" (McClelland & Stewart, 2025)
Episode 160
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with PEI poet and commercial fisherman, Chris Bailey, about his collection, Forecast: Pretty Bleak (M…
1 year, 2 months ago
Diamond Forde, "Mother Body" (Saturnalia Books, 2021)
Episode 159
Mother Body (Saturnalia Books, 2021) is an intersectional exploration of the trauma and agency held within a body defined by its potential to mother.…
1 year, 2 months ago
Alka Joshi, "Six Days in Bombay" (Mira, 2025)
Episode 199
Sona Falstaff, a hospital nurse in Bombay, has things more or less where she wants them. Yes, she faces a certain discrimination, positive and negati…
1 year, 2 months ago
Erica Stern, "Frontier: A Memoir and a Ghost Story" (Barrelhouse Inc., 2025)
Episode 280
Frontier: A Memoir and a Ghost Story (Barrelhouse Inc., 2025) is a genre-bending expedition into childbirth. Seamlessly blending memoir, fiction, and…
1 year, 2 months ago
Tim Welsh, "Ley Lines" (Guernica Editions, 2025)
Episode 481
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with debut Toronto author Tim Welsh about his novel, Ley Lines, published by Guernica Editions, 2025.…
1 year, 2 months ago
Nora Gold, "18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages" (Cherry Orchard, 2023)
Episode 634
18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages (Cherry Orchard, 2023) is the first anthology of translated multilingual Jewish fiction in 25 years: …
1 year, 2 months ago
Farzana Doctor, "The Beauty of Us" (ECW Press, 2024)
Episode 481
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with acclaimed author Farzana Doctor about her stunning novel, The Beauty of Us (ECW Press, 2024). Th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Kayla E.'s "Precious Rubbish" (Fantagraphics Books, 2025)
Episode 281
Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish (Fantagraphics, 2025), is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century c…
1 year, 2 months ago
Debra Spark, "Discipline" (Four Way Books, 2024)
Episode 479
Discipline (Four Way Books, 2024), Debra Spark’s latest novel was inspired by the life of Walt Kuhn, who introduced Americans to modern art, and also…
1 year, 2 months ago
William Cooper and Michael McKinley, "A Quiet Life" (Arcade, 2024)
Michael Housen is living a typical, white-collar American life at a security company when he falls for a phishing campaign with dire implications. On…
1 year, 2 months ago