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Recommended reading and interviews with authors and influential figures hailing from this land called Canada.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Dr. Jen Gunter on writing books about bodies for people
Nathan spoke with Dr Jen Gunter, OB/GYN and author of books on health and medicine including The Vagina Bible, The Menopause Manifesto, and Blood.
Recommended Reading
"Fear as the binding vein": literary horror from around the world
Explore your darkest inner shadows with novelist Yeji Y. Ham's handpicked selection of literary horror books from Italy, Argentina, Japan, and beyond.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
R.H. Thomson on viewing wars by the light of family history
Michael spoke with R.H. Thomson: actor, director, playwright, and author of By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families, a memoir and travelogue.
Big Ideas in Books
Books on Canadian Black History
Learn all about the history of Canada from before Confederation through the 20th century through the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of Black people.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Ashley Audrain on bringing rage from the group chat to the page
Nathan spoke with novelist Ashley Audrain about her new book The Whispers: a story about marriage, mothers and motherhood, and women’s rage.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Rowan Jetté Knox on learning from hard times
Michael spoke with journalist and human rights advocate Rowan Jetté Knox, author of the memoir One Sunny Afternoon: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing.
Author Interviews
Mai Nguyen, author of Sunshine Nails
Mai Nguyen is a National Magazine Award–nominated journalist and copywriter. Sunshine Nails is her debut novel.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Alicia Elliott on telling the truth through the lens of fiction
Michael spoke with award-winning essayist Alicia Elliott about her novel, And Then She Fell, and why she turned to fiction to tell this story.
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Sean Michaels, live at TIFA 2023
Nathan spoke with Sean Michaels at the Toronto International Festival of Authors about using AI to write parts of his novel, Do You Remember Being Born?
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Waubgeshig Rice on finding renewal at the end of the world
Nathan welcomed Waubgeshig Rice to the Kobo studio to talk about his post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Turning Leaves.