Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAll I want for Christmas … is a fake boyfriend?
Season 2 Episode 15
Christmas is a time for togetherness, good food … and lying to your family about your love life. At least, that’s the case in Uzma Jalaluddin’s new h…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Video games are radical. Not in the way you think
Season 2 Episode 14
Video games make you violent. Video games corrupt the youth. Video games rot your brain! You’ve probably heard that narrative before … but Kawika Gui…
7 months ago
Three writers on the monsters that made them
Season 2 Episode 14
What’s more horrifying than slashers, monsters … and Vancouver real estate? This week, Bookends brings you on-stage at the Vancouver Writers Fest. Ba…
7 months ago
A priest and an artist walk into a bar
Season 2 Episode 13
… and they can’t keep their hands off each other. That’s the premise at the centre of Brandon Taylor’s latest novel, Minor Black Figures. It’s about …
7 months, 1 week ago
Anarchists have bigger hearts than you think
Season 2 Episode 13
What’s more romantic than planning an assassination together? You’d have to ask the radical activist Emma Goldman, who did just that with her revolut…
7 months, 1 week ago
John Irving’s new novel returns to a familiar orphanage
Season 2 Episode 12
John Irving’s books are on many readers’ list of favourites. He’s written novels like The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules, which yo…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
This poem took 16 straight hours to write
Season 2 Episode 12
It’s a bit of an understatement to say that Canisia Lubrin has a way with words. Last year, she took home the Carol Shields Prize for her debut novel…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Here’s what you have wrong about teen moms
Season 2 Episode 11
Leila Mottley was only 17 years-old when she wrote her debut novel, Nightcrawling … and she was 20 when she became the youngest author ever to make t…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Chris Hadfield — from astronaut to author
Season 2 Episode 11
You might know Chris Hadfield, decorated astronaut and former Commander of the International Space Station. But do you know Chris Hadfield, the pilot…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
A fictional ad agency — and its very real ghosts
Season 2 Episode 10
In Aurora Stewart de Peña's debut novel, Julius Julius, ads are inescapable … which isn’t far off from real life. If you ever feel unsettled by the w…
8 months ago