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Recommended reading and interviews with authors and influential figures hailing from this land called Canada.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

Nita Prose on saying goodbye to Molly Gray

Host Michael Tamblyn spoke with Nita Prose, author of the 2022 international bestselling feel-good mystery The Maid, about her new book The Maid's Secret.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

David A. Robertson and his little monsters go to uncomfortable places

Host Michael Tamblyn spoke with award-winning author David A. Robertson about his new memoir All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live With Anxiety.

Big Ideas in Books

Books on Canadian Black History

Learn about the history of Canada—from before Confederation through to the present day by way of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of Black people.

Big Ideas in Books

The new Canadian classics

Canada’s rich cultural landscape and its wide array of voices is on full display in these extraordinary literary works.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

Christina Cooke wrote the 90s story only she could tell

Host Nathan Maharaj spoke with Christina Cooke, author of Broughtupsy. It’s about a woman who returns to Jamaica to spread the ashes of her little brother.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

Dr. Jonathan Stea on how to mind your mental health

Host Nathan Maharaj spoke with clinical psychologist Jonathan Stea about his book Mind the Science: Saving Your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

Anne Fleming on love stories and curiosity

Host Michael Tamblyn spoke with Anne Fleming, 2024 Giller Prize finalist and author of Curiosities, a novel about a handful of unusual 17th century lives.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

katherena vermette on crafting a real story out of fakery

Host Nathan Maharaj spoke with novelist katherena vermette, author of real ones. It’s the story of a pair of Métis sisters and their "pretendian" mother.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

Novelist Jamaluddin Aram on leaving space for the reader to work

We spoke with novelist Jamaluddin Aram, author of Nothing Good Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday and winner of the 2024 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.

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