Dawnie Walton’s approach to life and writing is nothing short of dazzling. The author’s unique joy and depth comes out in conversation as much as it does off every page of her widely acclaimed ‘intergalactic show-stopper’ of a book, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev.
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Francesca Ekwuyasi is not, she promises, “the kind of person who quotes French philosophers.” Still, she pulls it off with panache (Sartre: “Hell is other people”). The Nigerian Canadian author is eager to credit the role that the kindness of others’ and feeling ‘favoured’ has played in her succe...
With extraordinary depth and candour, the Scotiabank Giller Prize winning authors dive into an illuminating and powerful conversation that ranges from what makes us uncomfortable (and getting comfortable with that) to brownness and whiteness, age and innocence, water and wind. Humble, entertainin...
With courage, curiosity and joie de vivre, Lawrence Hill and Zalika Reid-Benta connect over comfort food, supernatural creatures, and how to stay calm when the world is falling apart around you.
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