How I Wrote This

S3 Season 3: Brooklyn Trailer

An introduction to Season 3 of the podcast, this time featuring authors based in Brooklyn, New York, USAFollow on Instagram @HowIWroteThisthePodcastPromotional support from the Quebec Writers’…

S3 Bonus: Adelle Waldman reads from Help Wanted

S3E6 Adelle Waldman

Adelle Waldman is the author of two novels: Help Wanted, published in 2024, and The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. which was named one of the year’s best books in 2013 by The New Yorker, The Economist,…

S3E5 Christina Cooke

S3E4 Joseph O’Neill

Joseph O’Neill has written a family history and five novels including This is the Life, The Breezes, Netherland (which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the…

S3 Bonus: Hilary Leichter reads from Terrace Stories

Hilary Leichter is the author of two novels and a lecturer at Columbia University. In this bonus content, listen to her reading from her latest, Terrace Stories. For an in-depth conversation with…

S3E3 Hilary Leichter

Hilary Leichter’s debut novel Temporary, tells the story of a woman’s adventures in the gig economy,  something with which she has years of experience. Now a lecturer at Columbia University, she…

S3 Bonus: Daniel Allen Cox reads from I Felt the End Before It Came

Daniel Allen Cox is the author of five books. In this bonus content, listen to him reading from his memoir, I Felt the End Before It Came For an in-depth conversation with Daniel, see Episode…

S3E2 Daniel Allen Cox

Since 2008, Daniel Allen Cox has published four novels and a memoir-in-essays. He was a finalist for the 2023 Grand Prix du livre de Montréal for his memoir, I Felt It Before the End Came: Memoirs of…

S3 Bonus: Jennifer Egan Reads from The Candy House

Jennifer Egan is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of seven books. In this bonus content, listen to her reading from her latest novel, The Candy House. For an in-depth conversation with Jennifer,…

S3E1 Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan is the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist of A Visit from the Goon Squad and the author of six other books as well as many nonfiction articles including a year-long series about…

Bonus special: 2024 Giller Prize Trailer

Introductions to the longlisted titles, readings by their authors, and insights into how these books were made.Follow on Instagram @HowIWroteThisthePodcast

Part 3: 2024 Giller Prize Special

The 2024 Giller Prize shortlist was announced on October 9 and five books and authors remain. Four of the shortlisted authors join Pamela to read excerpts from their books and tell her more about…

Part 2: 2024 Giller Prize Special

We’re working our way through the finalists for the 2024 Giller Prize. In Episode 2 of this three-episode series, we hear from: Claire Messud (This Strange Eventful History), Jane Urquhart (In Winter…

Part 1: 2024 Giller Prize Special

The 2024 Giller longlist celebrates the best in Canadian fiction. Twelve titles were selected from 112 books published between Oct.1. 2023 and Aug. 16, 2024. In this mini-series, which is a departure…

S2E10 Season 2 : Berlin Trailer

An introduction to Season 2 of the literary podcast about authors, their books, and the story behind their stories. This season takes place in Berlin.Follow on Instagram…

S2E8 Shaena Lambert

Sheana Lambert has published two collections of short stories, The Falling Woman and Oh, my darling and two novels, RadianceandPetra and been nominated for literary prizes including  the Rogers…

S2E7 Wiebke von Carolsfeld

Wiebke von Carolsfeld grew up in Berlin, studied book binding in Cologne, and apprenticed at the publisher Kiepenheuer & Witch shortly after they’d acquired the rights to The Satanic Verses. When…

S2E6 Behzad Karim Khani

Behzad Karim Khani is an author whose explosive debut novel Hund, Wulf, Schakal (Dog, Wolf, Jackal) tells a story of violence on the streets of Berlin, and the lives of two immigrant brothers from…

S2E5 Jenny Erpenbeck

Jenny Erpenbeck is one of Germany’s most celebrated authors. She’s written four novels that have been translated into English, a memoir, several short stories, plays, and a few librettos, including…