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Toronto author Anna Porter interviews the master of domestic noir about how she writes her bestsellers
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The Canadian-born, Paris-based author talks about turning narratives upside down, the art world and why she hates interviews
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In a Q&A about 'We Speak Through the Mountain,' the author talks about leaving her science career, her post-apocalyptic Alberta setting and the novella's resurgence
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The former B.C. stop-motion animator turned a childhood haunted-house story into his gripping paranormal debut, 'We Used to Live Here'
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The retired Toronto librarian's second novel relates the friendship between two young women discovering themselves in 1970s Japan
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Heather Marshall's novel was inspired by the story of Nova Scotia-born Mona Parsons, a resistance fighter who defied the Nazis
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The Vancouver doctor explores psychedelic therapy (and murder) through a California addiction-support group with some very high-profile patients
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The Dartmouth author's new novel focuses on a middle-aged woman writing her memoir and grappling with an untruthful father and missing cousin
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In a Q&A, the Oregon author talks about draconian punishments, the vulnerability of orphaned children and how they sometimes just disappear
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In a Q&A, the 76-year-old talks about the medical emergency that delayed her book tour, how nostalgia for Paris sparked the novel and plans for a sequel
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In a Q&A about ‘Little Crosses’, the Montreal author talks about her mother's devastating battle with alcohol dependency and memory loss, and the struggles of caregiving
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The Canadian-born Irish short-story writer dazzles in 'Wild Houses,' a witty crime caper about a wild family from the town of Ballina
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In a Q&A, the digital-rights advocate talks about the cases of greed and corruption that inspired his new Marty Hench thriller
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In a Q&A with author J. Robert Lennon, he talks about writing crime in 'a literary style' and drops hints about the next book in the series
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In a Q&A, the Halifax author talks about racism in Canada, intergenerational trauma and how Black Lives Matter protests sparked the novel
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36 major literary voices from John Grisham to Erica Jong contribute to a lively ‘novel’ set in an NYC tenement
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In a Q&A, the British writer talks about her latest thriller, researching bigamy and meeting King Charles
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Read an excerpt from Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti's Leacockian take on small-town life, local theatre and the lowlights of motherhood
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In a Q&A, author Maria Hummel talks about the epic female friendship at the heart of her novel and why it took 20 years to start writing it
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In a Q&A, John Marrs shares his stranger-than-fiction backpacking stories, self-publishing travails and celebrity encounters
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In a Q&A, Nita Prose talks about writing the sequel to her wildly popular debut, ‘The Maid,’ and how she did some unconventional undercover research
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The Toronto poet and 'Fugitive Pieces' author produces a masterful story about how loves allows the dearly departed to live on in hearts and minds, across time
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In a Q&A, the Juno Award-winning singer reveals how getting sober helped her write the book and Mr. Bittlemore was styled after her 'frightening father.'
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In a Q&A about her new novel, 'The Power' author talks about tech titans, doomsday bunkers and how she and mentor Margaret Atwood share a gift for prophecy
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Miss Chief Eagle Testickle's story embodies 'the humour and the sexiness' of Cree culture, and reframes colonial history
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Author Sandra Newman says George Orwell's estate hand-picked her to tell the story about the horrors of totalitarianism through Winston's lover
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With her latest novel, the Canadian writer tackles the twin taboos of motherhood and sex work, and along the way, puts her own beliefs to the test
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The Virago Press project features feminist takes on wicked women by Emma Donoghue, Lisa Grant, CN Lester, Claire Kohda and Kirsty Logan
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The British author, who had no control over the Apple TV+ adaptation, worries that a Labradoodle is all wrong for the role of Six-Thirty
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In a Q&A about the Newfoundland writer's latest book, he talks about creating an evil twin to 'The Innocents'
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In a Q&A, the 50-year-old Vancouver-based author talks about staying hip to a generation of forward-thinking, socially conscious kids
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In Mona Awad's new gothic satire, a skinfluencer is drawn into a fairy-tale web of deceit – and Tom Cruise makes an appearance
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On the eve of 'The Librarianist' writer's appearance at the Toronto International Authors Festival, we share some of his opinionated and well-curated reading life
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In a Q&A about her new novel, Toronto writer Kerry Clare talks about her bond with her oldest friends, reproductive rights and why she didn't love the baby phase
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In her latest book, the bestselling crime novelist creates an interactive experience both on and off the page
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In a Q&A about 'Gull Island,' Anna Porter talks about giving her psychological suspense novel a gothic edge
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The bestselling writer says 'The Breakaway' was inspired by a podcast on fat farms, her cycling obsession and a fondness for a good love triangle
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In a Q&A about her new novel, Irish Canadian author Emma Donoghue talks about getting into the head of a mentally ill woman, writing sex scenes and using autobiographical details
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In a Q&A, Toronto author Don Gillmor talks about the invisibility of older women, pot-laced banana bread and how he'd make a terrible thief
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Toronto author Craig Shreve’s new novel, already optioned for a Netflix series, celebrates an unsung hero and cements his place in history
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In a Q&A about 'None of This is True, the London author talks about birthday twins, unreliable narrators and how she layers on the intrigue.
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In her latest psychological thriller, 'Have You Seen Her', the author harnesses the hidden terror of the great outdoors
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In a Q&A, the Irish novelist talks about the connection she shares with her protagonist, why she shuns research and the joys of a 'husbanager'
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Debut novelist Jamaluddin Aram shows how everyday life continues, even in a war zone, and routine is essential to survival
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The award-winning Canadian writers kick off a series with a madcap caper starring an aging, down-on-her-luck Hollywood actress
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Authors like Tom Rachman and Iain Reid are bending reality in new and noteworthy novels about characters with memory loss
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In Q&A, the book publicist-turned-author talks about what it took to write her second psychological novel about motherhood and , and how she found the publishing world intimidating
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The Former 'Housewife' talks with Zoomer about her famous buds in the business, how she really feels about her not-so-stellar portrayal and whether or not anyone snorted cocaine
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In a Q&A, the screenwriter-turned-novelist talks about Irish folklore, creating a fictional island and what it's like to work with Jason Momoa
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In a Q&A, the Australian author talks about her "ethereal" writing process and how she has considered a side hustle as a private investigator
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Michelle Min Sterling's debut novel paints a bleak picture, but the Canadian author wants readers to think about their responsibility to protect the planet
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In a Q&A, Canadian author Elizabeth Hay talks about Samuel Beckett's play 'Happy Days,' female friendships and the sensual nature of trees
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British author Cesca Major's novel is a warning to those who take relationships for granted in a world where digital connectivity demands our attention
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Jeannette Walls leans into stories from her rum runner father and mines the life of a real female outlaw to question stereotypes about women
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Nova Scotia author Amanda Peters drew on her Mi’kmaq father’s stories about working in Maine’s blueberry fields to ground her debut novel
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In a Q&A, the New York author talks about immortality, what he fears most about the year 2023 and why happiness is overrated
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The story of Cammie, who fakes a cancer diagnosis to reel in her marks, is timely, given a plethora of TV series and films about con artists
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In a Q&A, the bestselling Canadian author talks about Agatha Christie, 'Mrs. Dalloway' and dramatic irony
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In a Q&A, the celebrated Can-lit queen talks about evil mothers, reincarnated snails, being an old crone and Twitter
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In a Q&A about her latest novel, "The Marrow Thieves" author talks about ageism, Madonna, menopause and witchcraft
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In a Q&A about the book, inspired by her life as the daughter of Ghanian immigrants in London, the author talks about inner monologues and the value of therapy
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In “The Theory of Crows,” an estranged dad and his teenage daughter go on a wilderness journey that tests them, and their bond.
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The Indigenous author’s horror mystery follows a Cree woman’s journey of self-discovery in a spellbinding tale about grief, family and strong women
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In a Q&A, the author explains why she ditched her pen name, how her mother's story inspired her novel and the true story behind an ugly-button gag
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In a Q&A, the bestselling Canadian author talks about her fascination with the 19th century, why her main character is intersex and how her writing has changed.
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In a Q&A about "Next in Line," the British author talks about working on charity auctions with Di and which Royal Family member approved of the book.
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In a Q&A with "Hamnet" author Maggie O'Farrell, she talks about reading Robert Browning, underpainting and how little is known about the life and death of Lucrezia de' Medici
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The 14th novel from Montreal-based author Catherine McKenzie imagines nefarious working women who take on "the boys club" with terrifying consequences.
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In "The Manhattan Girls," the London-based writer imagines the lives of four brilliant women who bonded over cards, whiskey and fraught romances
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In "Agent Josephine," he details how the American burlesque star, who found fame in Paris, snuck French intelligence reports written in invisible ink past Nazi checkpoints
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In a Q&A with the London author, she talks about turning 40, leaving her journalism job and taking inspiration from the news headlines
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In an excerpt, she explains how those who risked their lives to rescue the infamous Ciano Diaries also saved themselves
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“We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies” traces the intergenerational effects of displacement and trauma on refugees who fled the Chinese occupation of their land
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In "The Foundling," Ann Leary explores the moral conundrum behind eugenics practised by psychiatrists in the 1920s at an American "home for the feeble-minded"
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"This is How We Love" explores blood relations, chosen families and how trauma reverberates through the generations
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In a Q&A about "The Change," the U.S. writer talks about the Long Island killer who inspired her story, seeing ghosts and dispelling myths about women in midlife
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In "Ghosts of War," the Globe and Mail journalist travels to Vietnam in an effort to reconcile Robert Reguly's globe-trotting career with his family life
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"City on Fire" starts a new trilogy from the author, who was inspired by Homer's "Iliad" to create a modern-day gangster story set in 80s Rhode Island
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The story about a working-class boy struggling with his sexuality was inspired by Stuart’s coming-of-age as a young gay man in the 80s
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In a Q&A with the Pulitzer Prize winner, the New York author equates an imaginary memory platform called "Own Your Unconscious" to Facebook
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Susan Swan talks to Margaret Atwood about 'Burning Questions,' a new collection that surfaces past and present convictions.
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Data never tell the whole story, despite our dependence on numbers to explain everything from sports to weather
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In "The School for Good Mothers," the Chicago author imagines an alternative present where mom shaming is government business
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The Montreal author's farcical novel about high-end travel, "The Swells," takes a hilariously dark turn when class war breaks out on the opulent Emerald Tranquility
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In her memoir 'War Tourist,' the Canadian-born TV journalist Hilary Brown covers her ground-breaking career as a female war correspondent, meeting her late husband and finding love again in her seventies
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In 'The Next Supper,' the Winnipeg food journalist shows how the pandemic disrupted the restaurant industry, why you should care and what you can do about it
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In her eighth book, 'What Storm, What Thunder,' the Haitian-born, Canadian-raised academic explains why it was time to write about the catastrophic natural disaster
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The Newfoundland actor and comedian, famous for his 90-second rants, is an introvert and very private person who won't even say what kind of car he drives
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The U.S. author explains why he uses stories-within-stories in his novels, and how he channeled all his preoccupations and anxieties into his latest book
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In this Q&A about his memoir, James talks about his interest in Nova Scotia history and live-streaming shows from his living room
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The Quebec author compares the paradises of the first Industrial Revolution, particularly that of her novel's characters, William and Mary Wordsworth, with our search for peace during the pandemic
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In "Her Turn," the Toronto writer spectacularly blows up the life of her protagonist – a divorced, 48-year-old newspaper editor – to get to the heart of forgiveness
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The Afghan American author, who connects past and present in 'Sparks Like Stars,' writes about trauma as the U.S. withdraws troops from her homeland
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The Canadian author of 'Molly Falls to Earth' reflects on impermanence and the mystery, and sometimes terror, of everyday existence
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In this essay, the writer, who splits her time between Paris and Montana, recounts the real-life events that inspired the book
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Art expert Helena Marsh and her wannabe lover, ex-Budapest policeman Attila Feher, are back and chasing more bad guys in a mystery set in motion by a painting
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All of the acclaimed author’s novels – including her latest, A Town Called Solace – are set in northern Ontario, because nostalgia for ‘back home’ makes her writing come alive
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The industrial engineer's book draws on her '90s friendship with a professional dominatrix and creates a world where sex workers have more ethics and business acumen than the architects of the financial crisis
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The Toronto criminal lawyer draws on 30 years experience defending everyone from the super rich to the super poor to write about the deep roots of economic disparity
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The Canadian author thought he would set the literary world on fire in his twenties. Here's what it took to get his first book published.
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The Scottish author found real-life inspiration for the 21st instalment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series through a sanctuary for orphaned pachyderms in his beloved Botswana
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Atwood sits down with Zoomer to talk poetry, the moment she knew she wanted to be a writer and her advice to those who find poetry intimidating.
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The genesis of her thriller comes from Dostoevsky, McQueen and Bauby
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