Bob McDonald has been the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks since 1992 and is a regular science commentator on CBC’s News Network and The National. His book Measuring the Earth with a Stick was […]
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Q&A with Leona Prince
Leona Prince is from the Lake Babine Nation and Nak’azdli Whu’ten and belongs to the Likh Tsa Mis Yu (Beaver) Clan. She is a descendant of Chief Kwah and Stiche. […]
Q&A with Tsering Yangzom Lama
Tsering Yangzom Lama lives in Vancouver. She holds a BA in creative writing and international relations from the University of British Columbia, and an MFA from Columbia University. She was […]
Q&A with Jane Billinghurst
Jane Billinghurst is a nature lover, master gardener, editor, translator, and author of six books. She has translated and edited several books by Peter Wohlleben, including the New York Times bestseller The Hidden […]
Q&A with Anne-Marie Turza
Anne-Marie Turza is the author of two collections of poetry, The Quiet (Anansi, 2014), Fugue with Bedbug (Anansi, 2022), and the chapbook Slip Minute (Baseline, 2018). She was a finalist […]
Q&A with Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan Egan is the author of six previous books of fiction, including: Manhattan Beach, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won […]
Q&A with J.M. Miro
J.M. Miro lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest. His book, Ordinary Monsters, was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2022. He is a novelist and poet. Ordinary Monsters is […]
Q&A with Yasuko Thanh
Yasuko Thanh is a Victoria-based award-winning author. Her first novel, Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains, won the 2016 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, while her short story collection, Floating […]
Q&A with Danny Ramadan
Danny Ramadan (he/him) is a Syrian-Canadian author and advocate for LGBTQ+ refugees. His debut novel, The Clothesline Swing, was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award and longlisted for Canada Reads. He has an MFA […]
Conversations with Jan Zwicky and Robert Moody
Jan Zwicky is the author of over twenty books of poetry and prose, including Songs for Relinquishing the Earth, The Long Walk, and Wisdom & Metaphor. She grew up on […]
Q&A with Neil Griffin
Neil Griffin is a poet, essayist, and former wildlife biologist. A former finalist for CBC’s Poetry Prize and two Alberta Magazine Awards, his writing has appeared throughout Canada, and Western […]
Q&A with Danielle Geller
Danielle Geller is a writer of personal essays and memoir. Her first book, Dog Flowers, was published by One World/Random House in 2021. She received her MFA in creative writing for nonfiction […]