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Episode 21 • Tue Jul 12

with Rich Larson

Episode 20 • Tue Jul 5

And a Dog Called Fig

with Helen Humphreys

Episode 19 • Tue Jul 5

with Katie Tallo

Episode 18 • Tue Jun 28

The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi

with Keith Seifert

Episode 17 • Tue Jun 28

with Conyer Clayton

Episode 16 • Tue Jun 21

A Hero of Our Time

with Naben Ruthnum

Episode 15 • Tue Jun 21

I Am Billy the Kid

with Michael Blouin

Episode 14 • Tue Jun 14

The Embroidered Book

with Kate Heartfield

Episode 13 • Tue Jun 14

Night in the World

with Sharon English

Episode 12 • Tue Jun 7

with Patrick McCabe

Episode 11 • Tue Jun 7

The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

with Stuart Ross

Episode 10 • Tue May 31

Jamilah at the End of the World

with Mary-Lou Zeitoun

Episode 09 • Tue May 31

Looking for Jane

with Heather Marshall

Episode 08 • Tue May 24

The Artist and the Assassin

with Mark Frutkin

Episode 07 • Tue May 24

with Katie Kitamura

Episode 06 • Tue May 17

with Jean van Loon

Episode 05 • Tue May 17

with Alexander MacLeod

Episode 04 • Tue May 10

with Chloe Cooper Jones

Episode 03 • Tue May 10

The Nutmeg's Curse

with Amitav Ghosh

Episode 02 • Tue May 3

This Is Assisted Dying

with Dr. Stefanie Green

Episode 01 • Tue May 3

With Sarah Moss

Episode 03 • Wed Apr 27

Look Back at Season 3

Episode 02 • Tue Apr 26

Look Back at Season 2

Episode 01 • Tue Apr 26

Look Back at Season 1

Episode 26 • Fri Nov 26

The Weight of Sand

with Edith Blais

Episode 25 • Fri Nov 26

with Todd Babiak

Episode 24 • Fri Nov 19

Finish this Sentence

with Leslie Roach

Episode 23 • Fri Nov 19

It Doesn't Matter What We Meant

with Rob Winger

Episode 22 • Fri Nov 12

Permanent Astonishment

with Tomson Highway

Episode 21 • Fri Nov 5

with Hasan Namir

Episode 20 • Fri Oct 29

A Time Outside This Time

with Amitava Kumar

Episode 19 • Fri Oct 22

Nice White Ladies

with Jessie Daniels

Episode 18 • Fri Oct 15

On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years

with Elaine Dewar

Episode 17 • Fri Oct 15

What Storm, What Thunder

with Myriam J.A. Chancy

Episode 16 • Fri Oct 8

The Book of Form and Emptiness

with Ruth Ozeki

Episode 15 • Fri Oct 8

with Jordan Tannahill

Episode 14 • Fri Oct 1

The Death of Francis Bacon

with Max Porter

Episode 13 • Fri Oct 1

Ripping down half the trees

Episode 12 • Fri Sep 24

with Alison MacLeod

Episode 11 • Fri Sep 24

The Spectacular

with Zoe Whittall

Episode 10 • Fri Sep 17

with Kathleen Winter

Episode 9 • Fri Sep 17

with Elisabeth de Mariaffi

Episode 8 • Fri Sep 10

Life in the City of Dirty Water

with Clayton Thomas-Muller

Episode 7 • Fri Sep 10

The Last Exiles

Episode 6 • Fri Sep 3

Where Beauty Survived

with George Elliott Clarke

Episode 5 • Fri Sep 3

How to Be Animal

with Melanie Challenger

Episode 4 • Fri Aug 27

with Genki Ferguson

Episode 3 • Fri Aug 27

with Tessa McWatt

Episode 2 • Fri Aug 20

Better Not Bitter

with Yusef Salaam

Episode 1 • Fri Aug 20

with Jordan Abel

Episode 29 • Fri Jun 25

The Traitor's Blade

with Kevin Sands

Episode 28 • Fri Jun 18

The Bright Side

with Cathrin Bradbury

Episode 27 • Fri Jun 18

with David Macfarlane

Episode 26 • Fri Jun 11

with M.G. Vassanji

Episode 25 • Fri Jun 11

Change: How to Make Big Things Happen

with Damon Centola

Episode 24 • Fri Jun 4

A Girl Called Echo

with Katherena Vermette

Episode 23 • Fri Jun 4

Because the Sun

with Sarah Burgoyne

Episode 22 • Fri May 21

with Edward Rutherfurd

Episode 21 • Fri May 21

The Good Father

with Wayne Grady

Episode 20 • Fri May 14

Hummingbird Salamander

with Jeff VanderMeer

Episode 19 • Fri May 14

with Tanya Boteju

Episode 18 • Fri May 7

with Nina Berkhout

Episode 17 • Fri May 7

Elizabeth & Margaret

with Andrew Morton

Episode 16 • Fri Apr 30

On Time and Water

with Andri Snaer Magnason

Episode 15 • Fri Apr 30

The Girl from Dream City

with Linda Leith

Episode 14 • Fri Apr 23

A Desolation Called Peace

with Arkady Martine

Episode 13 • Fri Apr 23

Episode 12 • Fri Apr 16

Hana Khan Carries On

with Uzma Jalaluddin

Episode 11 • Fri Apr 9

Tainna: The Unseen Ones

with Norma Dunning

Episode 10 • Fri Mar 26

Four Lost Cities

with Annalee Newitz

Episode 9 • Fri Mar 26

with Camilla Gibb

Episode 8 • Fri Mar 19

The Deficit Myth

with Stephanie Kelton

Episode 7 • Fri Mar 19

Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted

with Gary Barwin

Episode 6 • Fri Mar 12

with Jael Richardson

Episode 5 • Fri Mar 12

A Town Called Solace

with Mary Lawson

Episode 4 • Fri Mar 5

with Kim Echlin

Episode 3 • Fri Mar 5

with Catherine Bush

Episode 2 • Fri Feb 26

The Centaur’s Wife

with Amanda Leduc

Episode 1 • Fri Feb 26

with Ashley Audrain

Episode 29 • Fri Dec 4

Breathing Life into Art and Art into Life, The Art of Is

with Stephen Nachmanovitch

Episode 28 • Tue Dec 1

The Challenges Facing Canada in Protecting the Well Being of Children

Featuring Kim Hellemans and Jane Bertrand

Episode 27 • Fri Nov 27

Student Activism and the Climate Crisis

Featuring Vidya Shah and Alexis Benns

Episode 26 • Fri Nov 27

War At The Snow White Motel

with Tim Wynne-Jones

Episode 15 • Tue Nov 24

Education and Social Mobility

with Andy Hargreaves

Episode 24 • Fri Nov 20

Writing for Young Readers

Featuring Kenneth Oppel and Deborah Ellis

Episode 23 • Tue Nov 17

Yes, It's Systemic

Featuring Eternity Martis and Tessa McWatt

Episode 22 • Fri Nov 13

The Ever-Present Past

featuring Maggie O’Farrell and Sarah Xerar Murphy

Episode 21 • Wed Nov 11

Fighting for Peace

Featuring Tim Cook and Scott Anderson

Episode 20 • Fri Nov 6

A Life with Books, Writers and Virago:

Emma Donoghue in conversation with Lennie Goodings

Episode 19 • Fri Oct 30

Spotlight on Arsenal Pulp Press

Featuring Sachiko Murakami and Jillian Christmas

Episode 18 • Tue Oct 27

Craft, Content and Process

Featuring andrea bennett and John Elizabeth Stintzi

Episode 17 • Fri Oct 23

Imagining Worlds (part 2)

Featuring Lauren Beukes and MR Carey

Episode 16 • Fri Oct 23

Imagining Worlds (part 1)

Featuring David A. Robertson and Derek Kunsken

Episode 15 • Tue Oct 20

Letting Go of Anxiety

with Tara Henley

Episode 14 • Fri Oct 16

Crime and Punishment

Featuring Katie Tallo, Scott Thornley and Amy Stuart

Episode 13 • Tue Oct 13

Lies That Tell Us Truth

Featuring Farzana Doctor, Shani Mootoo and Mona Awad

Episode 12 • Fri Oct 9

Truth as Fiction and Fiction as Truth

Featuring Helen Humphreys and Will Ferguson

Episode 11 • Tue Oct 6

Agency and Consent

Featuring Rebecca Watson and Annabel Lyon

Episode 10 • Fri Oct 2

The Art of the Short Story

with David Bergen, Frances Boyle and Souvankham Thammavongsa

Episode 09 • Wed Sep 30

Orange Shirt Day

with Michelle Good

Episode 08 • Fri Sep 25

Neurodiversity and The Ever-Changing Brain

Featuring Sarah Kurchak and David Eagleman

Episode 07 • Tue Sep 22

Confronting History

with Francesca Ekwuyasi and Shaena Lambert

Episode 06 • Fri Sep 18

Marathon of Hope

with Darrell Fox

Episode 05 • Tue Sep 15

Living with Dying Part Two

with Sheree Fitch and Lorna Crozier

Episode 04 • Fri Sep 11

Living with Dying Part One

with Dakshana Bascaramurty and Anita Lahey

Episode 03 • Fri Sep 4

With Aislinn Hunter and Gil Adamson

Episode 2 • Fri Aug 28

Surviving and Thriving

With Elaina Martin and Joanne Vannicola

Episode 1 • Fri Aug 21

with Andrew Pyper, Craig Davidson and Stephen Graham Jones

The Ottawa International Writers Festival Podcast Announced