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| 6/22/26 | ![]() Shyam Selvadurai | My guest on this episode is Shyam Selvadurai. Shyam’s novels include Funny Boy, Cinnamon Gardens, and The Hungry Ghosts, as well as the YA novel Swimming in the Monsoon Sea. His work has won the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Lambda Literary Award, and been shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Literary Award, and the Trillium Prize. Funny Boy was made into a feature film in 2020 by director Deepa Mehta. His most recent book is the novel Mansions of the Moon, published by Knopf Canada in 2022. Maclean’s said “Selvadurai’s tale of emotionally torn star-crossed lovers—and the aftermath of their parting—is subtle, absorbing and thoroughly modern.” Shyam and I talk about the overwhelming whiteness of the Canadian book world when he first started publishing (and how that has changed for the better), about the difference between the literary reputation he has in his birth country of Sri Lanka and the one he has in Canada, and about the mall in Scarborough that might one day become a CanLit landmark, thanks to his books.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | ![]() Alex Manley | My guest on this episode is Alex Manley. Alex’s essays, fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous print and online publications, including The Walrus, Hazlitt, Vulture, Maisonneuve, among others. They have been a finalist for a National Magazine Award and a Digital Publishing Award. Their books include the poetry collection We Are All Just Animals & Plants and The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood, which was a finalist for the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction. Their most recent book is Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person, published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2025. Author Larissa Pham said the book is “steeped in internet lore and shimmering with a poet's sensibility.” Alex and I talk about the realities of writing careers that publishing their most recent book brought home, about whether any progress is being made in some of the traditionally straight male spaces they write about, and about their next book project, a novel.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/8/26 | ![]() Dennis Bock✨ | literary awardshistorical fiction+3 | Dennis Bock | HarperCollins CanadaThe Winnipeg Free Press+7 | — | Dennis BockOlympia+4 | — | 27m 43s | |
| 6/1/26 | ![]() Kate Cayley✨ | literary awardsdebut novel+3 | Kate Cayley | Tarragon TheatreCoach House Books+4 | — | Kate CayleyProperty+5 | — | 28m 40s | |
| 5/25/26 | ![]() Adriana Barton✨ | book writingpublic speaking+3 | Adriana Barton | Globe and MailBoston Globe+6 | — | Adriana BartonWired for Music+3 | — | 31m 49s | |
| 5/18/26 | ![]() Gabrielle Drolet✨ | journalismdisability+3 | Gabrielle Drolet | The New YorkerGlobe and Mail+6 | — | Gabrielle Droletchronic pain+3 | — | 30m 24s | |
| 5/11/26 | ![]() Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross✨ | fictionpoetry+4 | Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross | The Capilano ReviewSarabande Books+3 | — | Jacquelyn Zong-Li RossThe Longest Way to Eat a Melon+5 | — | 33m 04s | |
| 5/4/26 | ![]() Miriam Toews✨ | Miriam Toewswriting career+4 | Miriam Toews | Knopf CanadaFight Night+9 | — | Miriam Toewsmemoir+5 | — | 31m 27s | |
| 4/27/26 | ![]() Ira Wells✨ | book banningcensorship+3 | Ira Wells | The GuardianThe New Republic+8 | — | book banningcensorship+5 | — | 34m 39s | |
| 4/20/26 | ![]() Meredith Hambrock✨ | debut noveldark comedy+3 | Meredith Hambrock | ECW PressCBC+4 | — | Meredith HambrockOther People’s Secrets+5 | — | 30m 33s | |
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| 4/13/26 | ![]() Ethan Lou✨ | cryptocurrencyjournalism+3 | Ethan Lou | Toronto StarToronto Life+7 | — | Ethan Loucryptocurrency+5 | — | 25m 05s | |
| 4/6/26 | ![]() Zalika Reid-Benta✨ | Jamaican folkloreToronto+3 | Zalika Reid-Benta | Penguin CanadaThe Walrus+2 | — | Zalika Reid-BentaFrying Plantain+5 | — | 30m 22s | |
| 3/30/26 | ![]() Giles Blunt✨ | crime writinghistorical fiction+3 | Giles Blunt | Dundurn PressThe Walrus+2 | — | Giles BluntBad Juilet+5 | — | 26m 14s | |
| 3/23/26 | ![]() Donna Jones Alward✨ | romance novelshistorical fiction+3 | Donna Jones Alward | HarperCollins CanadaWhen the World Fell Silent+1 | — | Donna Jones Alwardhistorical fiction+5 | — | 27m 49s | |
| 3/16/26 | ![]() Eddy Boudel Tan✨ | literary awardswriting process+3 | Eddy Boudel Tan | Writers’ Trust of CanadaViking Canada+4 | — | Eddy Boudel TanThe Tiger and the Cosmonaut+3 | — | 32m 43s | |
| 3/9/26 | ![]() Merilyn Simonds✨ | agingfriendship+3 | Merilyn Simonds | Random House CanadaWoman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay+2 | — | Merilyn SimondsNathan Whitlock+5 | — | 28m 48s | |
| 3/2/26 | ![]() Liann Zhang✨ | influencer culturedebut novel+4 | Liann Zhang | Simon & Schuster CanadaChatelaine+2 | — | Liann ZhangJulie Chan Is Dead+4 | — | 26m 29s | |
| 2/23/26 | ![]() Karen Solie✨ | poetryawards+3 | Karen Solie | House of AnansiGuardian+10 | — | Karen Soliepoetry+3 | — | 30m 18s | |
| 2/16/26 | ![]() Haley Mlotek | My guest on this episode is Haley Mlotek. Haley is an author, editor, and journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, Bookforum, The Paris Review, The Columbia Journalism Review, Vogue, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, and n+1, among others. She is a founding member of the Freelance Solidarity Project in the National Writers Union, and is currently the director of content at Feeld. Her first book, No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce, was published by Viking Books and McClelland & Stewart in 2025. Author Susan Orlean called the book “an ideal hybrid of rigorous reporting, social commentary, and personal reflection on the nature of love and divorce.” Haley and I talk about the brief urge she had to cancel publication of her book the night before it came out, about resisting the idea that writing a book about divorce makes her either an expert on divorce or an advocate for it, and about the importance of recognizing that books are not built upon two or three moments of inspiration, but upon hundreds and hundreds of small decisions.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | ![]() Michelle Shephard | My guest on this episode is Michelle Shephard. Michelle is an award-winning author, journalist, filmmaker, and podcast host and producer. She is the author of Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr and Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism’s Grey Zone. Her films include the Emmy-nominated documentary Guantanamo’s Child, The Perfect Story, The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain, and The Way Out. Her most recent book is Code Name: Pale Horse, which she co-wrote with retired FBI Special Agent Scott Payne, and which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025. Kirkus Reviews called it “an eye-opening look at the small but eminently dangerous radical right-wing fringe out there in the shadows.”Michelle and I talk about the kinds of things she has witnessed while reporting in places like Guantanamo Bay, about how she—an unapologetically lefty journalist who has reported extensively on abuses by the police and other government forces—handled co-writing a book with a former FBI agent, and about the journalist/novelist she looks to as a model as she contemplates trying her hand at a work of fiction.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | ![]() Antonio Michael Downing | My guest on this episode is Antonio Michael Downing. Antonio is the author of the memoir Saga Boy and the children’s book Stars in My Crown, and is the current host of CBC Radio’s book program The Next Chapter. He also writes and performs music as John Orpheus. His most recent book is the novel Black Cherokee, published in 2025 by Simon & Schuster Canada. Author Zalika Reid-Benta said that “Downing’s prose is both lyrical and controlled and weaves together a story that is, at once expansive and intimate, expertly blending the personal with the sweeping nature of the historical.” Antonio and I talk about bringing his own perspective as an author to his work on The Next Chapter, about why he handwrites the drafts of his books, and about unexpectedly discovering a kindred creative spirit in Anne of Green Gables.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | ![]() Timothy Taylor | My guest on this episode is Timothy Taylor. Timothy is a novelist, journalist, and educator whose books include the novels Stanley Park, Story House, The Blue Light, and The Rule of Stephens, the story collection Silent Cruise, and the non-fiction work Foodville. His work has nominated for multiple awards, including the Giller Prize, and has been chosen as the ‘One Book One City’ selection for Vancouver and named a finalist for Canada Reads. His most recent book is the novel The Rise and Fall of Magic Wolf, published by Dundurn Press in 2024. Author Kevin Chong called the book “a sumptuously written story about culinary ambition, restaurant-world vice, and the frailties of the heart.”Timothy and I talk about starting his writing career with a triple-nomination for the Journey Prize (which he ended up winning), about not wanting to be pigeon-holed as someone who always writes about restaurants and food, the subject of his most recent novel, and about the discovery of family secrets that have led to a massive podcast project with The Walrus and an upcoming book.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | ![]() Tolu Oloruntoba | My guest on this episode is Tolu Oloruntoba. Tolu is the author of the poetry collections Manubrium, The Junta of Happenstance, which won the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, and Each One a Furnace, a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. His most recent collection is Unravel, published by McClelland & Stewart in 2025. That book was named one of the Best Canadian Poetry Books of the year by CBC Books, and has been longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Tyee called the collection “a seeker’s book, exploring making and unmaking, doing and undoing, the twin existential horrors of ending and endlessness.”Tolu and I talk about the tensions, both good and bad, that come from winning awards so early in a career, about the pressure he put upon himself while writing Unravel, and about going in a very different direction for his next book, a collection inspired in part by Keanu Reeves’s John Wick films.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | ![]() Bonny Reichert | My guest on this episode is Bonny Reichert. Bonny is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and author who has been an editor at Today’s Parent and Chatelaine, and a columnist and regular contributor to The Globe and Mail. Her first book, the memoir How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty, was published by Penguin Random House Canada’s Appetite imprint in 2025, and was a national bestseller, as well as a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book, an NPR Best Book of the Year, and a CBC Best Memoir. Publishers Weekly said that “Reichert weaves a rich narrative tapestry that traces her journey toward self-knowledge in luminous prose.” Bonny and I talk about her initial resistance to writing the book that become How to Share an Egg, about how publishing a very revealing memoir can lead readers to demand that authors reveal even more about themselves, and about her newest work in progress, a work of fiction, which she is finding both difficult and a relief.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | ![]() Robert McGill | My guest on this episode—the first of 2026—is Robert McGill. Robert’s books include three novels, The Mysteries, Once We Had a Country, and A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life, and two nonfiction books, The Treacherous Imagination and War Is Here. His most recent book is the short fiction collection Simple Creatures, which was published by Coach House Books in 2024, and was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. CBC Books called the collection "a hilarious and heartbreaking portrait of the world we live in." Robert and I talk about reading reviews of his own work, about the first short story he ever wrote, which was based on a video game he could only play on his grandmother’s Vic 20—Google that, kids—and about the previously published story he almost dropped from his most recent collection, and only kept in after changing the name of the author it repeatedly references, that author being Alice Munro.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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