The Chat Posts
The Chat with Nicholas Herring
Prince Edward Island author Nicholas Herring took the Canadian literary world by storm late last fall, winning the prestigious 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers’ …
The Chat with Benjamin Lefebvre
In the Key of Dale (Arsenal Pulp Press) introduces YA readers to a teenage music prodigy named Dale Cardigan, who navigates the adolescent terrain of love …
The Chat with Michael Gates
Just in time for the holidays, we’re in conversation with Michael Gates, author of Hollywood in the Klondike: Dawson City’s Great Film Find (Lost Moose …
The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award Winner Eli Baxter
Eli Baxter is this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award winner for Non-fiction for his memoir Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth (McGill-Queens …
The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award Winner Jen Ferguson
Author Jen Ferguson is the 2022 winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature (Text), for her YA novel The Summer …
The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award winner Judith Weisz Woodsworth
Judith Weisz Woodsworth is the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award winner for Translation (French-English) for her translation of Pierre Anctil’s …
The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award Winners Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazemi
Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazemi share this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature (Illustrated Books) for The Sour …
The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award Winner Dorothy Dittrich
Playwright Dorothy Dittrich is this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award winner for Drama for her play The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key (Talonbooks). …
The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award Winner Annick MacAskill
Halifax writer Annick MacAskill has won this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry for her collection Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press). …
The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award Winner Sheila Heti
We kick off our extended coverage of this year’s English-language Governor General’s Award winners in conversation with Sheila Heti, whose novel Pure …