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Recommended reading and interviews with authors and influential figures hailing from this land called Canada.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
What Claire Cameron learned from studying monsters
Host Nathan Maharaj spoke with Claire Cameron, author of The Bear and The Last Neanderthal. Her new book is How to Survive a Bear Attack: a Memoir.
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.