Leanne Toshiko Simpson's debut novel is a rom-com about mental illness
CBC Arts | Posted: April 16, 2024 3:39 PM | Last Updated: April 16
The Canadian writer talks to Q's Tom Power about her first book, Never Been Better
Leanne Toshiko Simpson is looking at romantic comedy through a new lens. The fourth-generation Japanese Canadian writer has just released her debut novel, Never Been Better, which tells a love story set at a psychiatric facility. Simpson lives with bipolar disorder and has spent time in a psych ward herself. She sits down with Q's Tom Power to tell us why she wanted to use the rom-com format to talk about mental illness.
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Interview with Leanne Toshiko Simpson produced by Ben Edwards.