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Esi Edugyan

  "You almost feel that he's cultivated this personality where he's very very inward, he's almost totally unknowable, and this is very deliberate."-- Esi Edugyan  In...

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Literary Smackdown #8

  Literary Smackdown #8 To Re-Read or Not To Re-Read Old WorkSharon Butala vs. Jane Urquhart   Canada Writes and The Next Chapter present our eigth literary... Read More »

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Vincent Lam

  "It was both terrifying and liberating to see that the country had changed so drastically".-- Vincent Lam  In this episode: Vincent Lam on The Headmaster's... Read More »

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TNC Special: Shelagh's extended conversation with Vincent Lam

In 2006, 32-year old physician Vincent Lam won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his collection of medical short stories Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. Over the past six... Read More »

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Michael Christie

  "This guy who is sifting through dumpsters and pushing a cart all over the city is probably expending more energy than anyone with a...

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Kim Thuy

  "I never felt that I arrived here as an immigrant.  I arrived here almost like an adoptive child".-- Kim Thuy  In this episode: Kim Thuy... Read More »

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TNC Special: Kim Thuy

  TNC Special Shelagh's extended conversation with Kim Thuy   On its booksleeve, Kim Thuy's novel Ru is described as "a lullaby for Vietnam and a... Read More »

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Alexi Zentner

  "It's about the ghosts of family".-- Alexi Zentner In this episode: Alexi Zentner on Touch Kathryn Calder on 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Literary Smackdown... Read More »

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Literary Smackdown #7

  Literary Smackdown #7 Write What You Know vs. Write What You Don't KnowShyam Selvadurai vs. Robert Hough   Canada Writes and The Next Chapter... Read More »

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Lilian Nattel

  "Watching the United States of Tara is a bit like watching a train wreck".-- Lilian Nattel In this episode:* Lilian Nattel on Web of... Read More »

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