Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchErica 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
Stedmond Pardy, "Beached Whales" (Mosaic Press, 2024)
Episode 1587
NBN host Hollay Ghadery is delighted to speak with Toronto area poet Stedmond Pardy about his newest book, Beached Whales (Mosaic Press, 2024).
Stedmo…
1 year, 6 months ago
William Cooper and Michael McKinley, "A Quiet Life" (Arcade, 2024)
Episode 1585
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, 6 months ago
William Cooper and Michael McKinley, "A Quiet Life" (Arcade, 2024)
Episode 480
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, 6 months ago
Your Devotee in Rags
Episode 157
NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with cultural icons, Anne Waldman (The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment) and Andrew Whiteman (Bro…
1 year, 6 months ago