Acclaimed non-fiction writer and doctor Abraham Verghese talks about how his new novel, Cutting for Stone (now available in paperback), came to be.

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Episode 73 : Abraham Verghese author of Cutting for Stone

The Age of Persuasion authors Terry O'Reilly and Mike Tennant explain just how vast the impact of advertising is on our modern lives.

Episode 72 : Terry O'Reilly and Mike Tennant authors of The Age of Persuasion

Canada's most distinctive commentator, Rex Murphy, chats about talking to strangers on tour, his non-celebrity status at home in Newfoundland, and the politics of Global Warming.

Episode 71 : Rex Murphy author of Canada and Other Matters of Opinion

Mother-Daughter team Linda Haynes and Devin Connell share the inspiration and development for their new cookbook, Two Dishes.

Episode 70: Linda Haynes and Devin Connell, authors of Two Dishes

Joan Clark takes up the challenge of writing for teens in Road to Bliss. In this interview, Joan explains why she doesn't try to "teach" through her young adult novels, and how she came to this story.

Episode 69: Joan Clark author of Road to Bliss

For Karen Connelly, Burma united her political and emotional connections to South Asia. From the same period and place that inspired her novel The Lizard Cage comes her memoir, Burmese Lessons.

Episode 68: Karen Connelly author of Burmese Lessons

In Egg on Mao, Denise Chong brings to light the story of Lu Decheng, a protester who defaced the portrait of Mao using paint-filled eggs – an unthinkable act during the height of China's Communist regime.

Episode 67: Denise Chong author of Egg on Mao

In Becoming George Sand, Rosalind Brackenbury explores the complexity and multifariousness of love and relationships.

Episode 64: Rosalind Brackenbury author of Becoming George Sand

Thomas Trofimuk discusses the various voices that weave together the story in Waiting for Columbus.

Episode 65: Thomas Trofimuk author of Waiting for Columbus

Michael Wex wants to bring the everyday wisdom gleaned from traditional Jewish texts to a modern world in How to Be a Mentsh (And Not a Shmuck).

Episode 66: Michael Wex author of How to Be a Mentsh (And Not a Shmuck)

Michael Crummey explores the mythology and realities of life in Newfoundland in his new novel, Galore.

Episode 63: Michael Crummey author of Galore

Nurse and author Tilda Shalof shares the stories of ICU nurses from across North America in Lives in The Balance.

Episode 62: Tilda Shalof author of Lives in the Balance

Linden MacIntyre's new novel explores the world of Catholic priests, of guilt, and of betrayal in The Bishop's Man.

Episode 61: Linden MacIntyre author of The Bishop's Man

Is the WWE a metaphor for our modern society? This is just one lens Chris Hedges has used to explore our society and its problems in Empire of Illusion.

Episode 60: Chris Hedges author of Empire of Illusion

Where We Have To Go started out as a short story, but as Lauren Kirshner explains, her character, Lucy Bloom, had a bigger story to tell.

Episode 59: Lauren Kirshner author of Where We Have To Go

Enjoy candid interviews with your favourite authors, or discover your next great read. Featuring books from Doubleday Canada, Knopf Canada, Random House Canada, McClelland and Stewart and more!

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