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Creative Nonfiction
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The New England Review
Fourth Genre
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Peggy Shinner
Refugee Crisis
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Ulysses S. Grant
Historical Fiction
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South Sudan
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Grief
Poetry

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ge... more

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Mia Tsai’s novel The Memory Hunters centers Kiana Strade, Key, a reckless young archaeologist and religious figure, who is capable of diving deeper into blood memories than anyone else alive and Valerian IV, Vale, her guardian, who is tasked with the... more

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadert speaks with Kamloops, BC author Katie Welch about her novel, Ladder to Heaven (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025).

In 2045 an earthquake ravages the Pacific Coast of North America and the world shifts. Suddenly people and ... more

Cornwall, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, was best known for its smuggling. The combination of an insular and impoverished countryside, a rugged coastline characterized by numerous inlets and coves, and price hikes caused by the ongoing w... more

Lisa Swayze has been the General Manager at Buffalo Street Books for 8 years and will transition to becoming the Executive Director of the bookstore’s new literary nonprofit in 2025. Lisa is on the board of directors of the American Booksellers Assoc... more

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Recent Guests

Linda Wilgus
Author of The Sea Child, with a fascinating background including being raised in the Netherlands and working as a bookseller.
Episode: Linda Wilgus, "The Sea Child" (Ballantine, 2026)
Laura Larson
Owner of Odyssey Bookstore
Odyssey Bookstore
Episode: Booksellers Best of 2025
Lisa Swayze
General Manager at Buffalo Street Books and Executive Director of the bookstore's New Literary Nonprofit
Buffalo Street Books
Episode: Booksellers Best of 2025
David Elias
Manitoba author known for exploring themes of trauma and identity in his writings
Radiant Press
Episode: David Elias, "Into the D-Ark" (Radiant Press, 2025)
Brad Smith
Author and novelist
Wolsak & Wynn
Episode: Brad Smith, "Billy Crawford's Double Play" (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025)
Amber Day
Professor of Media and Performance Studies at Bryant University and author of Caught in the Crosshairs: Feminist Comedians and the Culture Wars
Bryant University
Episode: Amber Day, "Caught in the Crosshairs: Feminist Comedians and the Culture Wars" (Indiana UP, 2025)
Somia Sadiq
Author of Gajarah, exploring themes of trauma and resilience
Episode: Somia Sadiq, "Gajarah" (GFB, 2025)
Stephanie Reents
Author of We Loved to Run and The Kissing List; recipient of multiple awards including the O. Henry Prize.
Author
Episode: Stephanie Reents, "We Loved to Run" (Hogarth, 2025)
Caitlin Galway
Author of "A Song for Wildcats" and "Bonavere Howl"
Dundurn Press
Episode: Caitlin Galway, "A Song for Wildcats: Stories" (Dundurn Press, 2025)

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Linda Wilgus, "The Sea Child" (Ballantine, 2026)
Q: Describe Isabel's strengths and weaknesses.
Isabel is passionate and headstrong but learns to connect with the locals, shedding her initial snobbery.
Linda Wilgus, "The Sea Child" (Ballantine, 2026)
Q: What drew you to the story that became The Sea Child?
I fell in love with Cornwall's folklore during visits and was inspired by the landscape and its mystical elements.
Sean Minogue, "Prodigals" (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025)
Q: What are you working on now?
Minogue mentions that he has just published his debut novel, Terminal Solstice, and is focusing on fiction, enjoying the control it gives him amid his busy life.
Sean Minogue, "Prodigals" (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025)
Q: How did you create Jen's character?
Minogue describes Jen as grossly underemployed and frustrated with her situation, embodying a character who is both powerful and stuck in her hometown identity.
Sean Minogue, "Prodigals" (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025)
Q: Where did this story, this play begin for you?
Minogue explains that it began with channeling voices from his youth that he didn't consciously seek out, and he realized he was writing about a specific phase of his life.

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