Episodes 47
Avg. Duration 21m
Activity Moderate
Since Feb 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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A short form podcast in which authors of new books enthuse about the old books that inspired their works.

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Free Bonus Bookspo: My New Book is Out!

Mar 16, 2026 33m

After I had Sharon Bala on my podcast in January to talk about her amazing new novel Good Guys, she reached out to ask if I would like her to interview me on the pod when my own book came out, and my…

Season 4, Episode 8: Shani Mootoo

Feb 25, 2026 34m

Purchase STARRY STARRY NIGHT from your local indie bookstore https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781771669566/Buy tickets for the March 5 Toronto launch of Definitely Thriving:…

Season 4, Episode 7: Renée Belliveau

Feb 18, 2026 21m

Purchase A SENSE OF THINGS BEYOND from your local indie bookstore https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781774714522/Buy tickets for the March 5 Toronto launch of Definitely Thriving:…

Season 4, Episode 6: Sarah Louise Butler

Feb 11, 2026 18m

Purchase RUFOUS AND CALLIOPE from your local indie bookstore https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781771624572/Purchase my book, Definitely Thriving:from your local bookshop:…

Season 4, Episode 5: Nadia Ragbar

Feb 04, 2026 24m

Purchase The Pugilist and the Sailor from your local indie bookstore https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781778430718/Purchase my book, Definitely Thriving:from your local bookshop:…

Season 4, Episode 4: Lauren Carter

Jan 28, 2026 21m

Purchase THE LONGEST NIGHT from your local indie bookstore https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781990601958/My book, Definitely Thriving:from your local bookshop:…

Season 4, Episode 3: Sharon Bala

Jan 21, 2026 23m

Purchase GOD GUYS from your local indie bookstore https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9780771005237/My book, Definitely Thriving:from your local bookshop:…

Season 4, Episode 2: Eva Jurczyk

Jan 14, 2026 28m

Purchase 6:40 to Montreal from your local indie bookstore https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781552455074/Read Eva Jurczyk's essay "My character, my cancer and how my art reflects my life"…

Season 4, Episode 1: Kate Cayley

Jan 07, 2026 24m

Purchase Property from your local indie bookstore https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781552455074/My book, Definitely Thriving: from your local bookshop:…

Season Three, Episode 10: Bianca Marais

Jun 25, 2025 23m

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 novel, A MOST PUZZLING MURDER, is a book she wrote to…

Season Three, Episode 9: Heather Birrell

Jun 18, 2025 22m

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 teacher goes into labour during a Toronto high school…

Season Three, Episode 8: Teri Vlassopoulos

Jun 11, 2025 20m

Teri Vlassopoulos is back, following up her celebrated novel ESCAPE PLANS with LIVING EXPENSES, a novel about sisterhood, family, infertility, and more. Vlassopoulos talks to me about the story…

Season Three, Episode 7: Catherine Bush

Jun 04, 2025 24m

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. She tells me about how she, like many writers, began…

Season Three, Episode 6: Uzma Jalaluddin

May 28, 2025 28m

Worlds collide in the latest BOOKSPO, in which Uzma Jalaluddin contemplates her pivot from romance writing to crime fiction. Or was it actually a pivot after all? It turns out that Jalaluddin’s…

Season Three, Episode 5: Rebecca Fisseha

May 21, 2025 27m

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 trope and gives it real stakes, harnessed to actual…

Season Three, Episode 4: Lindsay Zier-Vogel

May 14, 2025 23m

In our conversation, Lindsay Zier-Vogel lays out the creative threads she wove together to create her second novel, The Fun Times Brigade, which included some people’s lacklustre response to her work…

Season Three, Episode 3: Greg Rhyno

May 07, 2025 21m

Last year, Greg Rhyno won my heart forever with his (unlicensed) PI Dame Polara, reluctantly solving crimes in an evocatively rendered Toronto. Even better? Who By Fire was the first in a series,…

S3E2 Season Three, Episode 2: Mikka Jacobsen

Apr 30, 2025 26m

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 everything I love about her voice returns in her latest…

Season Three, Episode 1: Su Chang

Apr 22, 2025 21m

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.com/home and log in. Click on your personal icon…

BOOKSPO Bonus: On Learning to Talk About Abortion with Heather Marshall, Bestselling Author of LOOKING FOR JANE

Jan 20, 2025 7m

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’re here. Part of my Substack project is my podcast,…

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