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Back to SearchDonna Besel, "The Unravelling: Incest and the Destruction of a Family" (U Regina Press, 2021)
Episode 1571
In this NBN episode host Hollay Ghadery talks to bestselling author Donna Besel about her staggering memoir, The Unravelling: Incest and the Destruct…
1 year, 7 months ago
rob mclennan, "On Beauty: Stories" (U Alberta Press, 2024)
Episode 475
NBN host and CanLit fangirl extraordinaire Hollay Ghadery speaks with rob mclennan about his collection of stories, On Beauty (University of Alberta …
1 year, 7 months ago
Emma Pattee, "Tilt" (Marysue Rucci Books, 2025)
Episode 157
Set over the course of a single day, an electrifying debut novel from “a powerful new literary voice” (Vogue) following one woman’s journey across a …
1 year, 7 months ago
Ronald Okuaki Lieber, "The Long Journey Out" (Wipf and Stock, 2023)
Episode 150
Today I spoke with Ronald Okuaki Lieber about his new book, The Long Journey Out (Resource Publications, 2023)
These poems are arranged in four sectio…
1 year, 7 months ago
CS Richardson, "All the Colour in the World" (Knopf Canada, 2023)
Episode 474
Shortlisted for the 2023 Giller Prize, All the Colour in the World by CS Richardson tells the story of the restorative power of art in one man’s life…
1 year, 7 months ago
Victoria Christopher Murray, "Harlem Rhapsody" (Berkley, 2025)
Episode 197
Most people in North America have probably at least heard the name W. E. B. Dubois. In the early twentieth century, DuBois—the first African-American…
1 year, 7 months ago
Rob Winger, "It Doesn't Matter What We Mean" (McClelland & Stewart, 2021)
Episode 153
In this episode, NBN host Hollay Ghadery chops it up with poet Rob Winger about his collection, It Doesn't Matter What We Meant by Rob Winger (McClel…
1 year, 7 months ago
Shahd Alshammari, "Confetti and Ashes" (2025)
Episode 471
Shahd Alshammari’s Confetti and Ashes: Reflections on Wellness (Literary Mentor Words for Wellness, 2025) is a speculative memoir that questions what…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jehanne Dubrow, "Civilians" (LSU Press, 2025)
Episode 151
The final volume in Dr. Jehanne Dubrow’s groundbreaking trilogy about the experience of being a modern military spouse, Civilians (LSU Press, 2025) e…
1 year, 7 months ago
Catherine Owen, "Moving to Delilah" (FreeHand Books, 2024)
Episode 150
From award-winning poet Catherine Owen, a collection of poems about one woman’s journey from BC to a new life in Alberta, where she buys an old house…
1 year, 7 months ago