Bookspo
Episodes
Season Three, Episode 10: Bianca Marais
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I can’t think of a better way to close out BOOKSPO Season 3 than with a visit with novelist and literary podcast queen, Bianca Marais, whose new nov...
Season Three, Episode 9: Heather Birrell
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The propulsive read of the summer is here with Heather Birrell’s novel, BORN, a novel whose premise is the question: What happens when an English te...
Season Three, Episode 8: Teri Vlassopoulos
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Teri Vlassopoulos is back, following up her celebrated novel ESCAPE PLANS with LIVING EXPENSES, a novel about sisterhood, family, infertility, and mor...
Season Three, Episode 7: Catherine Bush
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s BOOKSPO ventures beyond the human as I talk to Catherine Bush about her sixth book, which is also her first short story collection, SKIN. Sh...
Season Three, Episode 6: Uzma Jalaluddin
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Worlds collide in the latest BOOKSPO, in which Uzma Jalaluddin contemplates her pivot from romance writing to crime fiction. Or was it actually a pivo...
Season Three, Episode 5: Rebecca Fisseha
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The rom-com is made new again, fresh and sparkling, in Rebecca Fisseha’s ONLY BECAUSE IT’S YOU, a novel that takes the fake relationship/marriage ...
Season Three, Episode 4: Lindsay Zier-Vogel
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our conversation, Lindsay Zier-Vogel lays out the creative threads she wove together to create her second novel, The Fun Times Brigade, which inclu...
Season Three, Episode 3: Greg Rhyno
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, Greg Rhyno won my heart forever with his (unlicensed) PI Dame Polara, reluctantly solving crimes in an evocatively rendered Toronto. Even b...
Season Three, Episode 2: Mikka Jacobsen
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve admired Mikka Jacobsen’s craft ever since I read her essay collection, MODERN FABLES, a couple of years ago, and was thrilled to see that eve...
Season Three, Episode 1: Su Chang
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Season Three of BOOKSPO launches here! But if podcasts aren’t your thing, you can opt out of receiving BOOKSPO notifications. Go to https://substack...
BOOKSPO Bonus: On Learning to Talk About Abortion with Heather Marshall, Bestselling Author of LOOKING FOR JANE
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit kerryreads.substack.comHello everyone, especially my new subscribers. I’m so glad you’...
BOOKSPO Bonus: Our first fight, reading while married, and Louise Penny's THE GREY WOLF
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit kerryreads.substack.comThank you for being a part of Seasons 1 and 2 of BOOKSPO. This bo...
Season Two, Episode 12: Andrew Forbes
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve made it to another Season Finale! Thank you for coming with me on this podcasting journey this year, and helping me reach the milestones of 24...
Season Two, Episode 11: Jenny Haysom
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a huge fan of books about houses and home, I fell in love with Jenny Haysom’s debut novel KEEP and was swept away by this story of three lives co...
Season Two, Episode 10: Priya Ramsingh
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New BOOKSPO, and this time we’re talking about THE ELEVATOR, by Priya Ramsingh, a book about modern love that read like a breeze, but also tackles i...
Season Two, Episode 9: Richard Van Camp
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve been so looking forward to sharing my conversation with Richard Van Camp, whose childhood obsession with the works of Stephen King (and so many...
Season Two, Episode 8: Kirti Bhadresa
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My conversation with Kirti Bhadresa begins with reflections about our mutual friend Melanie Masterson, who died in December 2021 after years of living...
Season Two, Episode 7: Anne Hawk
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marilynne Robinson’s debut novel never actually came to mind while I was reading Anne Hawk’s THE PAGES OF THE SEA (which The Guardian called “ev...
Season Two, Episode 6: Jennifer Whiteford
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oh my goodness, this is a good one, a conversation beginning with Jennifer Whiteford expounding on the literary qualities of the mixtape, music (both ...
Season Two, Episode 5: Suzy Krause
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of BOOKSPO is brought to you by COPIBEC, and their new three-part podcast series COPYRIGHT ACT: A CENTURY OF STORIES, a fascinating journ...
Season Two, Episode 4: Marissa Stapley
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a really special BOOKSPO for me, to have the opportunity to share a conversation with my friend Marissa Stapley, who has followed up her New Y...
Season Two, Episode 3: Alice Zorn
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
COLOURS IN HER HANDS is a brand new Montreal novel from Alice Zorn (following 2016’s FIVE ROSES), a story of family, art, community and good intenti...
Season Two, Episode 2: Ayelet Tsabari
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ayelet Tsabari’s SONGS FOR THE BROKENHEARTED is out this week in North America, and I’m so thrilled for the opportunity to talk to her about this ...
Season Two, Episode 1: Corinna Chong
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
BOOKSPO is back for a spectacular second season, kicking off with Corinna Chong and her latest, BAD LAND, a novel which, she tells me, began with a cu...
BOOKSPO Season 2: The Teaser
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
First episode drops Wednesday September 5… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi...
Episode 12 (and Season Finale!): Andrea Warner
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We break ALL THE RULES (okay, there was only ever one rule, but still) with our season finale and the magnificent Andrea Warner’s appearance on the ...
Episode 11: Deepa Rajagopalan
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Deepa Rajagopalan is the author of the short story collection PEACOCKS OF INSTAGRAM, a book that’s so great it’s got me accosting strangers in the...
Episode 10: Michelle Hébert
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of BOOKSPO is guaranteed to put a song in your head, as Michelle Hébert tells me all about how revisiting Emma Donoghue’s 1997 story c...
Episode 9: Adrienne Gruber
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, wow, get ready for Adrienne Gruber’s amazing conversation about her fourth book, which is also her first essay collection, MONSTERS, MARTYRS AND...
Episode Eight: Robin Lefler
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Okay, buckle up for this one. Robin Lefler’s sophmore novel NOT HOW I PICTURED IT is the shipwreck rom-com you’ve been waiting for, a pitch perfec...
Episode Seven: Leslie Shimotakahara
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m thrilled to be bringing you my conversation with award-winning writer Leslie Shimotakahara about her new novel SISTERS OF THE SPRUCE, set ...
Episode Six: Emily Austin
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What a delight to bring you this conversation with Emily Austin about her beautiful and hilarious new novel INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SPACE, how some in...
Episode Five: Waubgeshig Rice
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m talking with Waubgeshig Rice about his new novel MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES, which came out in Canada last fall and was just published...
Episode Four: Ashley Tate
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This time I’m talking with Ashley Tate, bestselling debut author of TWENTY-SEVEN MINUTES, about how reading Iain Reid’s smash hit novel I’M THIN...
Episode Three: Shawna Lemay
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another week, another BOOKSPO pairing. I’m so excited to bring you my conversation with Shawna Lemay all about how a chance encounter with Annie Di...
Episode Two: Charlene Carr
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome BACK to BOOKSPO. This time I’m talking to novelist Charlene Carr (“the Canadian Jodi Picoult,” in case you didn’t know) about her new ...
Episode One: Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of BOOKSPO begins with a splash as I’m joined by the authors of brand new mystery novel BURY THE LEAD, co-written by bestsellers K...
BOOKSPO: The Teaser
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kerryreads.substack.com/subscri...