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After awarding Emily Hepditch the 2021 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Mystery, we asked her about the books that inspired her to start writing.

Playwright and director Brad Fraser told us about what he's been reading, and how he approached writing and performing his memoir, All the Rage.

We spoke with Julia Galef, host of the podcast Rationally Speaking, about her new book The Scout Mindset and learned why it's smart to change your mind.

Brandi Carlile is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter. Her memoir, Broken Horses, tells the story of her difficult but loving childhood and adolescence.

We spoke with Katie Mack about her book The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) and how she sees herself as a scientist and science ambassador.

In the science fiction novel The End of Men Christina Sweeney-Baird tells the story of a world reeling as a deadly virus threatens to wipe out men.

Under pandemic lockdown, travel writer Joanne Elves discovered a new adventure: self-publishing an eBook, her first novel, with Kobo Writing Life.

Torrey Peters, author of the novel Detransition, Baby, spoke with us about her unusual writing career and how she navigates expectations of representation.

Paleontologist Steve Brusatte joined us to talk about his new book, The Age of Dinosaurs where he helps young readers understand dinosaurs as real animals.

We chatted with Alex Gough, author of historical fiction adventures, about creating stories in history's gaps, and the endurance of human nature.