<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
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
Oct 4
Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic
Harriett is joined by Silvia Moreno-Garcia to discuss her chilling bestseller Mexican Gothic. The story begins when Noemí Taboada, a glamorous socialite from 1950s Mexico City, receives a desperate letter from her cousin Catalina, claiming her new husband is poisoning her. Unsure ... Show More
1h 6m
Feb 2025
Emma Charlin, l'expatriée qui réinvente sa vie au Canada
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Comment prendre la décision de s'expatrier et quels défis cela implique-t-il pour une famille ? Dans cet épisode de "10 minutes, le podcast des Français dans le Monde", Gauthier Seys s'entretient avec Emma Charlin, une expatriée française vivant en Ontario, Canada, depuis 2017. ... Show More
13 m
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