The bestselling novelist and former Toronto Star columnist Linwood Barclay discusses his new book, Fear the Worst (Doubleday, 2009), with Joseph Planta; they discuss the gripping novel about a dad whose daughter vanishes, the Today Show, Margaret Laurence, and more.

The novelist and journalist Jim Lynch discusses his new novel, Border Songs (Knopf, 2009), with Joseph Planta.

One of Random House’s 2009 New Faces of Fiction, Andrea Gunraj, a community outreach worker for The Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children, talks to Joseph Planta about her debut book, The Sudden Disappearance of Seetha (Knopf, 2009).

The author Hannah Holborn discusses her debut short story collection, Fierce (Emblem, 2009), with Joseph Planta.

The author Alan Bradley discusses his first novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Doubleday, 2009), with Joseph Planta.

The author and journalist, a columnist for the Guardian newspaper, Chris Cleave discusses his new novel, Little Bee (Bond Street, 2009), that speaks to the asylum seeker and refugee experience in Britain and worldwide. It has been nominated for the Costa Novel Award, and was recently shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize.

Bestselling author Hugo Bonjean discusses his new novel, Seeds . . . of Germination . . . or Termination (Eagle Vision, 2008), with Joseph Planta, a timely book about terminator seeds and living sustainably set just under a century from today.

The acclaimed poet and author Patrick Lane discusses his new novel, Red Dog, Red Dog (McClelland & Stewart, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

The author and novelist Amitav Ghosh discusses his latest novel, Sea of Poppies (Viking, 2008), his career and writing, with Joseph Planta, a book that’s already been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Giller Prize-winning author David Bergen talks to Joseph Planta about his newest book, The Retreat (McClelland & Stewart, 2008).