Debut author Leah Ranada joined us this week to talk about her book THE CINE STAR SALON, as well as the parasocial relationships you develop with hairdressers and what stressful job works best for a protagonist.

Join Leah Ranada and fellow NeWester Andy Zuliani for their Zoom launch on October 19th: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ranada-and-zuliani-double-launch-tickets-168048277923

Leah is also featuring at the Royal City Literary Arts Society's Tellers of Short Tales event on September 23rd: https://www.facebook.com/events/1178586539631662

Grab your copy of THE CINE STAR SALON here: https://newestpress.com/books/cine-star-salon-the

Kieran Egan joined us for a chat about his new novel TENURE, the story of a gangster who goes up against the biggest racket of all: academia.

Come join the TENURE launch on Monday, October 4th, with special guests A.J. Devlin and Sam Wiebe: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tenure-launch-tickets-167938417327

Pick up your own copy of TENURE here: https://newestpress.com/books/tenure

Carol Harvey Steski came on the show to discuss her debut poetry collection rump + flank, and along the way we talked about the politics of bodies and our favourite fonts.

Come see Carol read online on September 22nd! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rump-flank-launch-tickets-166821988057?fbclid=IwAR0AmRE5QIs2GdRJGjs3Htw00szdlyVvpWknoRAAsfRFi7YdQAQ2yd4Osk8

Grab a copy of rump + flank here!

Glen Huser came on the show to talk about his new book BURNING THE NIGHT, as well as his first book GRACE LAKE and how they both came about. We also talk about depicting visual art in prose form, as well as changing attitudes between his first book for adults and his latest.

Come see Glen read with Danial Neil on May 10th!

Grab a copy of BURNING THE NIGHT here!

Kevin Holowack joins us to speak about his debut novel LIGHT ON A PART OF THE FIELD, as well as how to write the past vibrantly and the portrayal of artistic frustration. 

Grab a copy of Kevin's book here!

Sign up for Kevin's May 5th launch with Karen Hofmann here!

Check out Kevin's latest album here!

Karen Hofmann joined us to talk about her new novel A BRIEF VIEW FROM THE COASTAL SUITE, as well as Vancouver real estate and which child she likes the best.

Come see Karen live on Zoom on May 9th! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kh2-double-launch-tickets-149776847583?fbclid=IwAR0cUDp6K8-562GqonhTsdjY0vGLSfkOX-iln3i2bWuIfBhL7jUoPzE-RE4

Pick up a copy of A BRIEF VIEW FROM THE COASTAL SUITE here!

Danial Neil joined us to talk about his new novel DOMINION OF MERCY, as well as overarching corporate control of our lives and the Scottish underworld. Fun topics!

Pick up a copy of DOMINION OF MERCY here!

The podcast is back to talk to authors from NeWest's Spring 2021 season. First up is Nisha Patel, who joined us on the show to talk about her debut poetry collection COCONUT, as well as the differences between spoken word and written, chapbooks and other books, and India and Canada.

Check out Nisha's Virtual Book Tour here!

Buy a copy of COCONUT here!

After a little bit of computer trouble on our end, John O'Neill was finally able to come by the show and talk about his new short story collection GOTH GIRLS OF BANFF. Along the way, we talked about German Expressionism, H.P. Lovecraft and corsets.

Pick up GOTH GIRLS OF BANFF from our site here: http://newestpress.com/books/goth-girls-of-banff

Check out Don Gorman's Google Map of indie bookstores across Canada.

D.B. Carew hopped on to Skype for a chat about his new book The Weight of Blood, sequel to 2014's The Killer Trail. We also talked about the odds of meeting a psychopath among other fun things. 

Register for the November 17 Zoom event here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/124157956791