Bookspo Podcast
1) Season Three, Episode 10: Bianca Marais
I canât think of a better way to close out BOOKSPO Season 3 than with a visit with novelist and literary podcast queen, Bianca Marais, whose new novel, A MOST PUZZLING MURDER, is a book she wrote to p...Show More
2) Season Three, Episode 9: Heather Birrell
The propulsive read of the summer is here with Heather Birrellâs novel, BORN, a novel whose premise is the question: What happens when an English teacher goes into labour during a Toronto high school ...Show More
3) Season Three, Episode 8: Teri Vlassopoulos
Teri Vlassopoulos is back, following up her celebrated novel ESCAPE PLANS with LIVING EXPENSES, a novel about sisterhood, family, infertility, and more. Vlassopoulos talks to me about the story change...Show More
4) Season Three, Episode 7: Catherine Bush
Todayâs BOOKSPO ventures beyond the human as I talk to Catherine Bush about her sixth book, which is also her first short story collection, SKIN. She tells me about how she, like many writers, began w...Show More
5) Season Three, Episode 6: Uzma Jalaluddin
Worlds collide in the latest BOOKSPO, in which Uzma Jalaluddin contemplates her pivot from romance writing to crime fiction. Or was it actually a pivot after all? It turns out that Jalaluddinâs histor...Show More
6) Season Three, Episode 5: Rebecca Fisseha
The rom-com is made new again, fresh and sparkling, in Rebecca Fissehaâs ONLY BECAUSE ITâS YOU, a novel that takes the fake relationship/marriage trope and gives it real stakes, harnessed to actual si...Show More
7) Season Three, Episode 4: Lindsay Zier-Vogel
In our conversation, Lindsay Zier-Vogel lays out the creative threads she wove together to create her second novel, The Fun Times Brigade, which included some peopleâs lacklustre response to her work ...Show More
8) Season Three, Episode 3: Greg Rhyno
Last year, Greg Rhyno won my heart forever with his (unlicensed) PI Dame Polara, reluctantly solving crimes in an evocatively rendered Toronto. Even better? Who By Fire was the first in a series, whic...Show More
9) Season Three, Episode 2: Mikka Jacobsen
Iâve admired Mikka Jacobsenâs craft ever since I read her essay collection, MODERN FABLES, a couple of years ago, and was thrilled to see that everything I love about her voice returns in her latest b...Show More
10) Season Three, Episode 1: Su Chang
Season Three of BOOKSPO launches here! But if podcasts arenât your thing, you can opt out of receiving BOOKSPO notifications. Go to https://substack.com/home and log in. Click on your personal icon in...Show More