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“Simple Recipes”

“Simple Recipes”

Madeleine Thien

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 17, 2026

How Madeleine Thien Organizes Her Bookshelves, Among Other Things

How Madeleine Thien Organizes Her Bookshelves, Among Other Things

Simple Recipes">A Questionnaire With the Author of Simple Recipes

By Madeleine Thien | September 15, 2026

Emily St. John Mandel, Leigh Bardugo, Kate Atkinson and more: 20 new books out today!

Emily St. John Mandel, Leigh Bardugo, Kate Atkinson and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | September 15, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Jen Calleja, Tezer Özlü, Georgi Gospodinov and More

By Diana Arterian | June 20, 2025

Madeleine Thien on Writing a Love for This World

Madeleine Thien on Writing a Love for This World

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 2, 2025

What Spinoza's Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

What Spinoza's Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

Madeleine Thien on Using Fiction to Find the Many Rooms Within Ourselves

By Madeleine Thien | May 20, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Here are all the winners of the 2024 Canadian Writers' Trust literary prizes.

By Brittany Allen | November 20, 2024

Mean to Belong?">Casey Plett: What Does It
Mean to Belong?

By Literary Hub | December 17, 2020

Madeleine Thien">WATCH: Adania Shibli in Conversation with
Madeleine Thien

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 9, 2020

Yoko Tawada: 'Language is a Living Thing'

Yoko Tawada: 'Language is a Living Thing'

The Emissary in Conversation With Madeleine Thien ">The Author of The Emissary in Conversation With Madeleine Thien

By Literary Hub | April 1, 2020

Heritage Month"> Reading Women: What to Read for Asian Pacific<br

Reading Women: What to Read for Asian Pacific<br

Heritage Month">

Heritage Month">Reading Women: What to Read for Asian Pacific
Heritage Month

Guest Fran del Rosario">Sachi Argabright and Kendra Winchester with Special
Guest Fran del Rosario

By Reading Women | May 1, 2019

Why Do Writers Keep Multiple Copies of Books Around?

Why Do Writers Keep Multiple Copies of Books Around?

Melissa Febos, Carmen Maria Machado, and More on Their Beloved Editions

By Betsy Robinson | March 6, 2018

22 of Your Favorite Writers on What to Read This Summer

22 of Your Favorite Writers on What to Read This Summer

Celeste Ng, Rumaan Alam, Lauren Groff, Catherine Lacey and More

By Emily Temple | June 21, 2017

Words Can Erase and Distort: An Interview with Madeleine Thien

Words Can Erase and Distort: An Interview with Madeleine Thien

When language is in conflict with the very things we need it for

By David Chariandy | May 26, 2017

The 60 Best Book Covers of 2016, As Chosen By Designers

The 60 Best Book Covers of 2016, As Chosen By Designers

As chosen by the best book cover designers in the business

By Emily Temple | December 21, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Awards and Aftershocks

Five Books Making News This Week: Awards and Aftershocks

Madeleine Thien, Rebecca Solnit, Megyn Kelly, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | November 15, 2016