Books & Ideas Audio

Books & Ideas Audio

Exhilarating conversations and ideas from the world’s greatest storytellers and luminaries. From the esteemed vaults of the Vancouver Writers Fest, located in beautiful British Columbia.

Latest Episode

Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation with Ian Hanomansing (01.08.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Robert Macfarlane: Is A River Alive? 04.07.2025
  • Tanya Talaga: The Knowing 01.06.2025
  • Chinatown: Past and Future 02.05.2025
  • Timothy Caulfield: The Certainty Illusion 01.04.2025
  • Canisia Lubrin and Dionne Brand in Conversation 07.02.2025
  • Honouring Murray Sinclair: With Tanya Talaga and Shelagh Rogers 14.12.2024
  • Ali Velshi and Ian Hanomansing in Conversation 01.09.2024
  • Andrey Kurkov: Diary of an Invasion 02.08.2024
  • Wade Davis: Beneath the Surface of Things 02.07.2024
  • Michelle Good: Truth Telling 01.06.2024
  • Celeste Ng: Our Missing Hearts 01.05.2024
  • The Poetry Bash 01.04.2024
  • Sheila Heti: Alphabetical Diaries 01.03.2024
  • Zadie Smith in Conversation with Madeleine Thien 01.02.2024
  • Naomi Klein: Doppelganger 02.12.2023
  • Margaret Atwood in Conversation 01.09.2023
  • Pierre Jarawan in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel 01.08.2023
  • Yellowface: R. F. Kuang 01.07.2023
  • On Freedom: Maggie Nelson 01.06.2023
  • Writing in America Today 01.05.2023

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