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Literature
Interviews with writer of creative fiction and non-fiction about their new books.
October 13, 2026
A Bunch of Fives
Danny Bradigan survived brutal fighting in Afghanistan and fought as a professional boxer, but a bullet finally puts him in a coma. Part of his recove…
October 13, 2026
How to Date A Fanatic
In How to Date a Fanatic (HarperVia, 2026), a novel by Aruni Kashyap, a young professor searches for connection and love during a time of political an…
October 12, 2026
A Real Animal
Her clothes shredded and disrobed by her own teeth, Lucy finds herself draped over a high tree branch in the quad of her college, naked but unafraid, …
October 12, 2026
March 1917
In this latest Books for Better Understanding video from Notre Dame Press, David Carlson facilitates a conversation between Marian Schwartz and Dan Ma…
October 12, 2026
Butter Road
Jaclyn Gilbert's Butter Road (Acre Books, 2026) is a searing novel about a community irrevocably transformed by gun violence. In 2006, a gunman entere…
October 12, 2026
Samantha: The Next Chapter
Samantha: The Next Chapter (American Girl Publishing, 2026). From American Girl and New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis comes the next chapt…
October 9, 2026
Mistranslation
In upstate New York in 2001, nine-year-old twins Sabina and Camilla spend the summer weathering the moods of their erratic mother while finding themse…
October 9, 2026
Dish
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with award-winning author Nancy Jo Cullen about her new novel, Dish (Wolsak & Wynn, 2026). In this…
October 8, 2026
11.1 Indie Presses and the Literary Ecosystem
Meg Reid and Will Evans join Mesha Maren to consider what makes up a literary ecosystem. As leaders of two nonprofit independent presses,Hub City Writ…
October 7, 2026
The Calamity of Desire and Other Stories
The seven stories and novella that comprise The Calamity of Desire, Judith Dancoff’s debut collection of short fiction, each focus on a famous painter…
October 6, 2026
The Art of Conjuring
“I hear whispers: Have you seen her? The woman who is not a woman, she is a walking museum. Have you seen her wares?” The narrator of SL Carroll’s rad…
October 5, 2026
If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Malon Edwards about his book, If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes (Fireside Fiction Company, 2023). …
October 4, 2026
Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere
Through a postcolonial lens, Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere (Liverpool, 2025) explores the various ways in which francophone writers, visua…
October 4, 2026
Wickhills
The novel Wickhills follows Ferec, an experienced secret agent with an encyclopedic knowledge of his home city, the titular Wickhills. His job is a da…
October 4, 2026
The Stitches Between Us
Taylor D. Lott's The Stitches Between Us (Hawes & Jenkins, 2025) tells the story of Theo, a quiet, imaginative boy growing up in a home where sens…
October 3, 2026
Still
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Joanna Cockerline about her acclaimed novel, Still (The Porcupine's Quill, 2025). Longlisted for …
September 30, 2026
The Immortal Woman
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Su Chang, author of The Immortal Woman (House of Anansi, 2025). A sweeping generational story of…
September 29, 2026
River of Dreams
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Robin Blackburn McBride about her novel, River of Dreams (Guernica Editions, 2026). A near-tragic…
September 28, 2026
The Fall-Down Effect
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Liz Johnston about her eagerly anticipated debut novel, The Fall-Down Effect (Book*hug, 2026). T…
September 28, 2026
Now I'm Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself
Now I'm Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself (Black Lawrence Press, 2026) is a collection of ten playfully strange and unsettling stories, some …