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Back to SearchCan you make a family — and a country — great again?
Season 2 Episode 45
Imagine your entire family … immediate and extended … living in one apartment complex together. Karan Mahajan’s latest novel, The Complex, follows fo…
13 hours ago
Sci-fi, survival and the final frontier
Season 2 Episode 44
If an asteroid was hurtling towards Earth, and you had no other choice … would you upload your mind to a computer to survive? Robert J. Sawyer explor…
1 week ago
Bookends highlights: Y’all know we’re Canada down
Season 2 Episode 43
Coast to coast, province to province, soccer pitch to hockey rink … there’s no one Canadian experience, and no one Canadian story. This week, Bookend…
2 weeks ago
Marjane Satrapi: In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
Season 2 Episode 42
When Marjane Satrapi died earlier this month, we lost an acclaimed graphic novelist and filmmaker … and a voice that explored Iranian society in a wh…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
What does it mean to be a dad, anyway?
Season 2 Episode 42
Fatherhood isn’t easy. It might be hard to put the experience into words … but Jordan Abel’s new poetry collection does just that. Dad Era is address…
3 weeks ago
This time loop story digs deeper than Groundhog Day
What would you do if you were stuck reliving the same day on loop? Splurge with your ever-replenishing bank account? Travel, so you can experience mo…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
A raunchy workplace satire ... about deradicalizing ISIS brides?
When Nussaibah Younis decided to write a book about ISIS brides, everyone expected it to be an academic tome. Instead, she wrote a raunchy satire abo…
4 weeks ago
Here’s why Fran Lebowitz needs a cigarette
Season 2 Episode 40
Fran Lebowitz is a legendary writer and critic. She’s made a career of sharing hot takes without apology, and she didn’t hold back when she joined Ma…
1 month ago
Dive into the dark underbelly of rural Ontario
Season 2 Episode 39
It’s easy to glamorize small town life … but Kevin Hardcastle’s new novel, County Road Six, is all about the darkness lurking in rural Canada. When A…
1 month, 1 week ago
Douglas Stuart was a fashion exec — now he designs stories
Season 2 Episode 39
A glamorous life and career in New York’s fashion industry was everything Douglas Stuart worked for. So why did he walk away from it all? And how did…
1 month, 1 week ago