Books & Ideas Audio
Exhilarating conversations and ideas from the world’s greatest storytellers and luminaries. From the esteemed vaults of the Vancouver Writers Fest, located in beautiful British Columbia.Podcasts
Naomi Klein: Doppelganger
Published: Dec. 1, 2023, 11:03 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 39 seconds
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Margaret Atwood in Conversation
Published: Sept. 1, 2023, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 9 seconds
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Pierre Jarawan in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
Published: Aug. 1, 2023, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 18 seconds
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Yellowface: R. F. Kuang
Published: July 1, 2023, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 30 seconds
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On Freedom: Maggie Nelson
Published: June 1, 2023, 4:30 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 11 seconds
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Writing in America Today
Published: May 1, 2023, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 4 seconds
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The Poetry Bash
Published: April 3, 2023, 7 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 32 seconds
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Run Towards the Danger with Sarah Polley
Published: March 1, 2023, 6 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 28 seconds
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Writing History: Nadifa Mohamed and Nathan Harris
Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 28 seconds
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Ian Rankin in Conversation with Charles Demers
Published: Jan. 1, 2023, 6 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 31 seconds
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Her Image on the Mirror: A Tribute to Mavis Gallant
Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 3 seconds
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Try Not to Be Strange: Michael Hingston
Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 36 seconds
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Namwayut: Chief Robert Joseph
Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 11:28 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 44 seconds
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Binge: Douglas Coupland in Conversation
Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 5:14 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 47 seconds
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Spotlight on the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
Published: Aug. 1, 2022, 1:54 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 39 seconds
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2022 Festival Reading List Special
Published: July 1, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 26 seconds
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Hook, Line, and Sinker
Published: June 1, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 1 second
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The Threads of Family and Resilience
Published: May 1, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 26 seconds
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Susan Orlean in Conversation with Mark Medley
Published: March 31, 2022, 6:02 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 3 seconds
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Caribbean Masterpieces With Myriam Chancy and Cherie Jones
Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 27 seconds
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Lauren Groff in Conversation with John Freeman
Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 53 seconds
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Omar El Akkad in Conversation with Mark Medley
Published: Nov. 25, 2021, 8:06 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 11 seconds
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Saga Boy: Antonio Michael Downing in Conversation with Barbara Chirinos
Published: Oct. 24, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 25 seconds
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China Unbound: Joanna Chiu in Conversation with Doug Saunders
Published: Oct. 22, 2021, 9:29 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 32 seconds
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Jordan Abel in Conversation with Tanya Talaga
Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 55 seconds
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The Winter Book Club with Ethan Hawke
Published: June 18, 2021, 7:17 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 13 seconds
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Chimes of Freedom: Yaa Gyasi & Colson Whitehead
Published: May 11, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 38 seconds
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Writing Country (2015) with Roxane Gay, Shilpi Somaya Gowda, Marlon James and Viet Thanh Nguyen
Published: April 6, 2021, 6:26 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 40 seconds
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in Conversation with Dionne Brand
Published: March 16, 2021, 10 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 33 seconds
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Walter Mosley in Conversation with Jael Richardson
Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 9:06 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 36 seconds
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Margaret MacMillan in Conversation with Kathryn Gretsinger
Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 5:21 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 51 seconds
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An Evening with Emma Donoghue
Published: Nov. 26, 2020, 4:10 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 21 seconds
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Marilynne Robinson in Conversation with Ian Williams
Published: Oct. 24, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 24 seconds
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 1 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 21 seconds
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Ayad Akhtar in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 1 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 44 seconds
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Beverley McLachlin in Conversation with Laura Lynch
Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 4:44 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 58 seconds
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Bina, Bunny & The Idiot
Published: July 21, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 55 seconds
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Tanya Talaga in Conversation with Jael Richardson
Published: June 19, 2020, 4:37 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 25 seconds
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Desmond Cole in Conversation with Barbara Chirinos
Published: June 4, 2020, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 30 seconds
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Margaret Atwood in Conversation with Cherie Dimaline
Published: May 12, 2020, 6:04 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 51 seconds
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Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation with Lisa Christiansen
Published: April 24, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 41 seconds
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Lindy West in Conversation with Hannah McGregor
Published: March 8, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 23 seconds
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Marlon James in Conversation with Ian Williams
Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 3:18 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 seconds
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