New Books in Literature Podcast
1) Linda Wilgus, "The Sea Child" (Ballantine, 2026)
Cornwall, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, was best known for its smuggling. The combination of an insular and impoverished countryside, a rugged coastline characterized by numerous inlets ...Show More
2) Booksellers Best of 2025
Lisa Swayze has been the General Manager at Buffalo Street Books for 8 years and will transition to becoming the Executive Director of the bookstore’s new literary nonprofit in 2025. Lisa is on the bo...Show More
3) Sean Minogue, "Prodigals" (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Sean Minogue about this play, Prodigals (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025). When a big-city dreamer from a small northern Ontario city returns to his ...Show More
4) David Elias, "Into the D-Ark" (Radiant Press, 2025)
In this NBN episode, NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with acclaimed Manitoba author David Elias about his new novel, Into the D/Ark (Radiant Press, 2025). Rose Martens struggles with the aftermath of...Show More
5) Brad Smith, "Billy Crawford's Double Play" (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Brad Smith about his new novel, Billy Crawford's Double Play (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025). Everything is legal – if you can get away with it. Billy Cra...Show More
6) Diane Botnick, "Becoming Sarah" (She Writes Press, 2025)
Sarah Vogel was born in Auschwitz and liberated at age three, but she has no memories of being there and nobody to tell her the story of her birth or her mother. Becoming Sarah (Diane Botnick, She Wri...Show More
7) Amber Day, "Caught in the Crosshairs: Feminist Comedians and the Culture Wars" (Indiana UP, 2025)
The landscape of comedy has undergone a seismic shift in recent years with an increasing number of female comedians breaking through to mainstream audiences. Women are claiming high-profile roles as l...Show More
8) Somia Sadiq, "Gajarah" (GFB, 2025)
With stunning lyricism, Somia Sadiq's Gajarah (GFB, 2025) tells the story of a fearless woman torn between two worlds-Pakistan and Canada-whose life is upended by sexual violence. Emahn is big haired,...Show More
9) Stephanie Reents, "We Loved to Run" (Hogarth, 2025)
At Frost, a small liberal arts college in Massachusetts, the runners on the women’s cross country team have their sights set on the 1992 New England Division Three Championships and will push themselv...Show More
10) Daria Lavelle, "Aftertaste" (Simon & Schuster, 2025)
In Aftertaste (Simon & Schuster, 2025) Konstantin Duhovny’s father died when he was young, and his mother is too anguished to raise him, so he raises himself, but not very well. After a sad breakup, ...Show More