Emma Donoghue on the long shadow of the Irish famine
Emma Donoghue discusses her Scotiabank Giller Prize–longlisted novel The Wonder, and comedian Steve Patterson writes a sternly worded letter to baseball.
On this episode: (1) Emma Donoghue on fasting, famine and children in peril (2) Emma Donoghue's five favourite page-to-screen adaptations (3) Randy Boyagoda on the story of a restaurant owner, a waitress and a self-help guru (4) Steve Patterson on the letters he didn't know where to send (5) Diane Schoemperlen on falling in love with a prison inmate, and then writing a book about it (6) Lorraine Klaasen on the book she felt compelled to finish reading.