In this episode, writer Lily Wang joins Makda for a conversation about her poetry collection SATURN PEACH. They chat about the experience of being a mentor vs. a mentee, reflect on how it feels to look back on early writing, and explore the different elements that shape the visual language of a poetry collection.

This week on the pod, Makda is joined by author Ali Bryan for a conversation about her debut young adult novel THE HILL. They talk about family, feminism, and the freedom that comes with having choice — both in life and in writing.

Makda Mulatu chats with Amanda Leduc about her new novel THE CENTAUR'S WIFE and about what they find compelling about speculative fiction, the freedom of genre bending, and what accessibility looks like in a pre/post COVID world.

In this episode, poet and professor Dallas Hunt joins friend of the show Emily Riddle for a conversation about his new poetry collection CREELAND. They chat about who they write for, how they conceptualize contemporary Indigenous-settler relations, what it means to inhabit an Indigenous body, and more.

In this episode, poet Rebecca Salazar joins Glass Bookshop’s Matthew Stepanic to chat about her poetry collection sulphurtongue. They talk about how to organize a poetry collection, what it takes to be a good editor, using humor to tackle trauma, and more.

Matt Bowes, General Manager of Edmonton's NeWest Press, joins us for a conversation about why indies matter to the English Canadian literary landscape.

This week on the pod, we have our very own Matthew Stepanic interviewing Peter Counter, author of BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING, a collection of horror essays.

In this episode, poets Nisha Patel and Timiro Mohamed discuss storytelling, community building, and using art for activism, all through the lens of their experiences as the City of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate.

In this episode, Makda Mulatu interviews writer Jael Richardson about her debut novel GUTTER CHILD. Jael shares her insight on what it takes to craft a dystopia, the challenges of writing a novel over nearly a decade, and the implications of not having role models that look like you while coming of age.

In this episode we hear from poet James Lindsay, author of DOUBLE SELF-PORTRAIT and OUR INLAND SEA, about writing, reading, and psychoanalysis.