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Ami McKay, Samra Habib -- The Full Episode

Author Ami McKay on Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate, Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara take TNC's Proust questionnaire, Photographer Samra Habib on her memoir, We Have Always Been Here, and more.

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Lynn Coady, Michael Crummey -- The Full Episode

Lynn Coady on Watching You Without Me, 2019 CCMA Interactive Artist of the Year Lindsay Ell on what book she loves right now, Author Michael Crummey on his 2019 Giller nominated novel, The Innocents and more.

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Cherie Dimaline, Brian Francis — The Full Episode

Bestselling author Cherie Dimaline on her latest novel Empire of Wild, Canadian musician Kiesza on the book that helped her though traumatic brain injury, Brian Francis on his first young adult novel, Break in Case of Emergency, and more.

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Margaret Atwood, Jesse Thistle -- The Full Episode

It's the 12th season of The Next Chapter and we'll be bringing you exclusive interviews with some of the most buzzed about authors in Canada right now. On this episode: Margaret Atwood on her highly anticipated Booker and Giller nominated novel, The Testaments, Indigenous scholar Jesse Thistle on his memoir, From the Ashes, musician Hannah Georgas on why she loves the Elizabeth Gilbert book Big Magic and more.

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Jesse Thistle: From high school dropout to rising Indigenous scholar

In this special podcast preview of our brand new season, we bring you an extended interview with Jesse Thistle about his new book, From the Ashes: My Story of Being Metis, Homeless and Finding My Way. Jesse will be on our first episode along with Margaret Atwood. Tune in to hear what Margaret has to say about her highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's tale, The Testaments.... But first here is Jesse Thistle.

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Todd Babiak: Teenage vulnerability, sexual power and small town life

Todd Babiak talks to Shelagh Rogers about his novel, The Empress of Idaho about teenager's fascination with an enigmatic new woman in town whose past is catching up with her.

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Linwood Barclay: Spies, intrigue and man's best friend

International best selling author Linwood Barclay talks to Shelagh Rogers about his award winning novels for 9-12 year olds, Chase and Escape. The edge-of-your-seat thrillers are about a canine spy, Chipper, and the boy who befriends him.

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Shandi Mitchell: Exploring the lives of first responders

Shandi Mitchell talks to Shelagh Rogers about her new book, The Waiting Hours, about three first responders who are coping with the tragic death of a young boy.

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Lee Maracle & Shannon Webb Campbell: Exploring accountability and identity

Poets Shannon Webb-Campbell and Lee Maracle talk to Shelagh Rogers about I Am A Body of Land.

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Antanas Sileika: Exploring literary inspiration and iconic espionage characters

Antanas Sileika talks to Shelagh Rogers about his new espionage novel, Provisionally Yours, which follows a James-Bond like protagonist as he navigates a dangerous web of political corruption and personal betrayal in post war Lithuania.

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Gail Gallant: Exploring faith, sin, and a haunted childhood

Gail Gallant talks to Shealgh Rogers about her book, The Changeling:A Memoir of My Death and Rebirth, My Haunted Childhood, and My Education in Sainthood and Sin.

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Carl Honoré: Redefining ageing

Carl Honoré talks to Shelagh Rogers about his latest book, Bolder: Making the Most of Our Longer Lives, about redefining how we think about ageing.

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Samra Zafar: Escaping the life she never chose

Samra Zafar talks to Shelagh Rogers about her memoir, A Good Wife: Escaping The Life I Never Chose, about arriving in Canada as a teenage bride, surviving an abusive marriage and escaping her oppressive home life with her two daughters and becoming a successful social entrepreneur

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Richard Van Camp: Exploring the inspirations behind the stories

Internationally renowned storyteller and best-selling author Richard Van Camp talks to Shelagh Rogers about his latest collection of short stories, Moccasin Square Gardens.

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Mary Jo Leddy: Examining the moral challenges facing Canada today

Mary Jo Leddy talks to Shelagh Rogers about her new book, Why Are We Here: A Mediation on Canada, which offers a probing look at the nation called Canada- past, present and future.

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Ayelet Tsabarii: Outruning loss and finding a way home

Ayelet Tsabari talks to Shelagh Rogers about her coming of age memoir, The Art of Leaving, about leaving her home in Tel Aviv after the loss of her beloved father and travelling through India, Europe, the US and Canada for nearly a decade.

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Kim Thúy: Honouring family and Vietnamese cuisine

Kim Thúy talks to Shelagh Rogers about her cookbook, Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen, which has recipes for food as fresh and vivid as the writing in her novels.

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