Claire Nicholls

Tell me about this person.

And a lot of that comes from her friendship with this woman, Trish.

They've been best friends since high school.

But Trish is kind of everything that Cannon's not, right?

Trish constantly interrupts Cannon, takes up all the airspace.

What's happening in the relationship between Trish and Cannon?

Leelai, this is a beautiful looking graphic novel, all in black and white.

Can you tell us what your tools of the trade are?

And what is the process?

Is it pictures first, words first, or a bit of both?

It is so huge that a graphic novel has won this prize.

And there'll be lots of people, Lee, who've never picked up a graphic novel.

I'd love you to make the case for why we should all read more graphic novels.

I think like a lot of

And they can start with your book.

It's called Canon.

Congratulations, Leelai.

That's Leigh Lye, the winner of this year's Stella Prize for her graphic novel, Canon.

And thanks for listening to this bonus episode of the book show.

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