<p>Toronto is a bustling city on Lake Ontario which is growing at an astonishing rate. Almost a third of Torontonians have arrived in the last decade and more than half were born outside of Canada. The city’s Mohawk name is , which means “the place on the water where the trees are standing".
Noah Richler explores the fictional landscape of the city with four ... Show More
Jan 1
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - The Palace of Illusions
Harriett Gilbert welcomes bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni into the World Book Club studio to discuss her internationally acclaimed novel, The Palace of Illusions.A luminous reimagining of the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharat, The Palace of Illusions traces the li ... Show More
1h 7m
Dec 1
Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl
Harriett Gilbert welcomes bestselling author Philippa Gregory into the World Book Club studio to discuss her celebrated historical novel, The Other Boleyn Girl.This novel, about to celebrate its 25th anniversary, is a vivid portrayal of ambition, love, and betrayal in the Tudor C ... Show More
55m 8s
Nov 1
Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, The Serial Killer
Harriett Gilbert welcomes Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite into the World Book Club studio to discuss her internationally bestselling debut, My Sister, the Serial Killer — a darkly comic thriller that has captivated readers around the globe.This is the story of two sisters, Ko ... Show More
50m 40s
Jun 2024
What Toronto lost in the St. Anne's fire
<p><strong>Guests: </strong>John Degen, novelist, and Peter Gorman, Deputy People's Warden at St. Anne's</p> <p>On June 9, a catastrophic four-alarm fire destroyed St. Anne's Anglican Church in Toronto's Little Portugal neighbourhood. The flames turned valuable paintings that wer ... Show More
22m 20s
Apr 2023
6: The World's Biggest Small Town
<p>To understand how Tamara 'Strawberry' Greene's life ended, you have to understand where it began. In this episode, host, writer and producer Christy Strawser visits the streets of Detroit with historian Ken Coleman and they hit all the hotspots in the lives of Kwame Kilpatrick ... Show More
48m 47s
<p><strong>Guest:</strong> <a href= "https://www.thestar.com/users/profile/shawn-micallef/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Shawn Micallef</a>, contributing columnist and author of "Stroll: Pyschogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto"</p> <p>In 2010, journalist Shawn Micallef first ... Show More