Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAmie Souza Reilly, "Human/Animal: A Bestiary in Essays" (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2025)
Episode 1634
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, 4 months ago
Teri Vlassopoulos, "Living Expenses" (Invisible Publishing, 2025)
Episode 1632
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, 4 months ago
Lindsay Wong, "Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality: Stories" (Penguin, 2023)
Episode 1630
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, 4 months ago
Melia McClure, "All the World's a Wonder" (Radiant Press, 2022)
Episode 1631
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, 4 months ago
Dave Margoshes, "A Simple Carpenter" (Radiant Press, 2024)
Episode 1628
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, 4 months ago
Kevin Potter, "Poetics of the Migrant: Migrant Literature and the Politics of Motion" (Edinburgh UP, 2023)
Episode 1629
Since the 1980s, readers and scholars alike have celebrated migrant literature for not only depicting migration, but for inspiring reflections on cl…
1 year, 4 months ago
We Better Laugh About It: A Discussion with Álvaro Enrigue and Maia Gil’Adí
Episode 1627
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, 4 months ago
Anthony Bidulka, "Home Fires Burn" (Stonehouse Publishing, 2025)
Episode 1626
NBN host Hollay Ghadery has a wonderful conversation with many-time award-winning author, Anthony Bidulka.
Bidulka’s books have been shortlisted for…
1 year, 5 months ago
Andy Oler, "Old-Fashioned Modernism: Rural Masculinity and Midwestern Literature" (LSU Press, 2019)
Episode 1624
In light of recent conversations about the crisis of masculinity, let's revisit Dr. Andy Oler's book Old-Fashioned Modernism: Rural Masculinity and …
1 year, 5 months ago
Jacob McArthur Mooney, "The Northern: A Novel" (ECW Press, 2025)
Episode 1625
NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Jacob McArthur Mooney about his debut novel, The Northern, published by ECW Press in 2025.
“The Northern is both …
1 year, 5 months ago