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Episode 03 • Fri Sep 4
Living History
With Aislinn Hunter and Gil Adamson
Pre-Recorded Event
Fiction
Sun Sep 6
The Glass Hotel
with Emily St. John Mandel
Pre-Recorded Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Sun Sep 6
Twilight of Democracy
with Anne Applebaum
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Tue Sep 8 • 7:30pm
Nerve
with Eva Holland
Podcast
Memoir
Episode 04 • Fri Sep 11
Living with Dying Part One
with Dakshana Bascaramurty and Anita Lahey
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
History
Sun Sep 13
Magdalena: River of Dreams
with Wade Davis
Live Online Event
Fiction
Mon Sep 14 • 7:30pm
The World as We Know It
with Catherine Hernandez and Saleema Nawaz
Podcast
Memoir
Episode 05 • Tue Sep 15
Living with Dying Part Two
with Sheree Fitch and Lorna Crozier
Podcast
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Episode 06 • Fri Sep 18
Marathon of Hope
with Darrell Fox
Pre-Recorded Event
Fiction
History
Sun Sep 20
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Live Online Event
Fiction
Mon Sep 21 • 7:30pm
Inheritance
with Kaie Kellough and Ian Williams
Podcast
Fiction
History
Episode 07 • Tue Sep 22
Confronting History
with Francesca Ekwuyasi and Shaena Lambert
Live Online Event
Poetry
Tue Sep 22 • 7:30pm
National Launch for Burning Sugar
with Cicely Belle Blain
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Science
Memoir
Episode 08 • Fri Sep 25
Neurodiversity and The Ever-Changing Brain
Featuring Sarah Kurchak and David Eagleman
Pre-Recorded Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
Sun Sep 27
Commanding Hope
with Thomas Homer-Dixon
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Mon Sep 28 • 7:30pm
Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos
with Steven Heighton
Podcast
Fiction
History
Episode 09 • Wed Sep 30
Orange Shirt Day
with Michelle Good
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 10 • Fri Oct 2
The Art of the Short Story
with David Bergen, Frances Boyle and Souvankham Thammavongsa
Pre-Recorded Event
Fiction
Sun Oct 4
A Song for the Dark Times
with Ian Rankin
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Mon Oct 5 • 7:30pm
Missing from the Village
with Justin Ling
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 11 • Tue Oct 6
Agency and Consent
Featuring Rebecca Watson and Annabel Lyon
Pre-Recorded Event
Youth
Memoir
Tue Oct 6
High School
with Tegan and Sara
Live Online Event
Poetry
Thu Oct 8 • 12:00pm
One Page: How to Fly
with Barbara Kingsolver
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 12 • Fri Oct 9
Truth as Fiction and Fiction as Truth
Featuring Helen Humphreys and Will Ferguson
Live Online Event
Music
Memoir
Sat Oct 10 • 12:00pm
One Good Reason to Celebrate Mental Health Day
With Séan McCann and Andrea Aragon
Pre-Recorded Event
Fiction
Sun Oct 11
Jack
with Marilynne Robinson
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Sun Oct 11
One on One
With Pico Iyer
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 13 • Tue Oct 13
Lies That Tell Us Truth
Featuring Farzana Doctor, Shani Mootoo and Mona Awad
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Oct 13 • 7:30pm
Ending Inequality
with Thomas Philippon
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu Oct 15 • 12:00pm
One Page: Actress
With Anne Enright
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 14 • Fri Oct 16
Crime and Punishment
Featuring Katie Tallo, Scott Thornley and Amy Stuart
Pre-Recorded Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Sun Oct 18
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
with Margaret MacMillan
Live Online Event
Fiction
Music
Poetry
Memoir
Sun Oct 18 • 8:00pm
Musical Language
with Martha Baillie, Stuart Ross, and Maria Reva
Live Online Event
Fiction
Mon Oct 19 • 7:30pm
Healing
with Jesse Thistle and David A. Robertson
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Episode 15 • Tue Oct 20
Letting Go of Anxiety
with Tara Henley
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu Oct 22 • 7:30pm
National Book Launch: Love After the End
With Joshua Whitehead, jaye simpson, Nazbah Tom and Adam Garnet Jones
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 16 • Fri Oct 23
Imagining Worlds (part 1)
Featuring David A. Robertson and Derek Kunsken
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 17 • Fri Oct 23
Imagining Worlds (part 2)
Featuring Lauren Beukes and MR Carey
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Poetry
Sun Oct 25
The Lost Spells
with Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris
Pre-Recorded Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Sun Oct 25
The Education of an Idealist
with Samantha Power
Live Online Event
Music
Poetry
Mon Oct 26 • 7:30pm
Bywords 2020 John Newlove Poetry Award
with David Groulx
Podcast
Poetry
Memoir
Episode 18 • Tue Oct 27
Craft, Content and Process
Featuring andrea bennett and John Elizabeth Stintzi
Podcast
Poetry
Episode 19 • Fri Oct 30
Spotlight on Arsenal Pulp Press
Featuring Sachiko Murakami and Jillian Christmas
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Sun Nov 1
Entangled Life
with Merlin Sheldrake
Live Online Event
Fiction
Youth
Mon Nov 2 • 7:30pm
Masterclass: Discovering your Voice
with Kagiso Lesego Molope
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Episode 20 • Fri Nov 6
A Life with Books, Writers and Virago:
Emma Donoghue in conversation with Lennie Goodings
Pre-Recorded Event
Poetry
Sun Nov 8
As Far As You Know
with A.F. Moritz
Live Online Event
Poetry
Tue Nov 10 • 7:30pm
VerseFest Presents:
with Angye Gaona, Irfan Ali and stephanie roberts
Podcast
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Episode 21 • Wed Nov 11
Fighting for Peace
Featuring Tim Cook and Scott Anderson
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 22 • Fri Nov 13
The Ever-Present Past
featuring Maggie O’Farrell and Sarah Xerar Murphy
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Music
Sun Nov 15
She Come By It Natural
with Sarah Smarsh
Live Online Event
Fiction
Youth
Mon Nov 16 • 7:30pm
Masterclass: Connecting Plot and Character
with Kenneth Oppel
Podcast
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Episode 23 • Tue Nov 17
Yes, It's Systemic
Featuring Eternity Martis and Tessa McWatt
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu Nov 19 • 7:00pm
One Page: Deacon King Kong
with James McBride and Omar El Akkad
Podcast
Fiction
Youth
Episode 24 • Fri Nov 20
Writing for Young Readers
Featuring Kenneth Oppel and Deborah Ellis
Pre-Recorded Event
Fiction
Youth
Sun Nov 22
Republic of Childhood: The Casket of Time
With Andri Snaer Magnason
Live Online Event
Fiction
Youth
Mon Nov 23 • 7:30pm
The Black Kids
with Christina Hammonds Reed
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Youth
Episode 15 • Tue Nov 24
Education and Social Mobility
with Andy Hargreaves
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu Nov 26 • 12:00pm
One Page: The Kingdom
Jo Nesbo
Live Online Event
Fiction
Thu Nov 26 • 9:00pm
One Page: There There
With Tommy Orange and Waubgeshig Rice
Podcast
Fiction
Youth
Episode 26 • Fri Nov 27
War At The Snow White Motel
with Tim Wynne-Jones
Podcast
Politics
Non-Fiction
Youth
Episode 27 • Fri Nov 27
Student Activism and the Climate Crisis
Featuring Vidya Shah and Alexis Benns
Live Online Event
Fiction
Youth
Mon Nov 30 • 7:30pm
Creative Writing For Teens: Using Texts and Social Media for Inspiration
with Lindsay Wong
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Science
Youth
Episode 28 • Tue Dec 1
The Challenges Facing Canada in Protecting the Well Being of Children
Featuring Kim Hellemans and Jane Bertrand
Live Online Event
Memoir
Thu Dec 3 • 7:00pm
One Page: Close to the Bone
with Lisa Ray and Deepa Mehta
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Youth
Episode 29 • Fri Dec 4
Breathing Life into Art and Art into Life, The Art of Is
with Stephen Nachmanovitch
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
Thu Dec 10 • 7:00pm
One Page: Wow No Thank You
Samantha Irby