The Bookish Narwhal

🎄 Merry Christmas in July! 🎄This episode, Kelly Farmer celebrates “ It’s a Fabulous Life .” We get into sapphic romances, writers clubs, the writing journey for an author, experimenting with other artistic mediums, spreading joy/happiness in the every day, and so much more! Follow Kelly on ⁠ Goodreads⁠ , ⁠ Instagram⁠ , Facebook , Twitter , BookBub , and visit ⁠her website⁠ . --- The Bookish Narw...

For this episode, we catch up with author Sarah C. Johns and chat about her debut novel, "The Sirens of Soleil City." We get real and unfiltered about so many things! We talk about defunct knees thanks to swimming breaststroke, generational differences in sisterhood, traditional relationships and gender roles, freedom and independence, finding your community, and (of course) our favourit...

This episode, Swati Hedge (the sweetest, most poetic human) author of " Match Me If You Can " and I have tons of giggles! We talk about Jane Austen’s “Emma”, coming to terms with sexual identity as an adult, manifesting a Netflix series, rose flavoured Ras Malai, and all things romance! From matchmaking, to finding love on your own terms, dating apps, meeting your person, & my love s...

Welcome to the new season! This episode, Anna Newallo unveils " The Devil Wears Orange ." We talk everything TDWO, sharing an elevator ride with Jeanne Beker, meeting Judy Blume, cancel culture, love triangles (are you #TeamJack or #TeamRashid?), and so much more! Follow Anna on Goodreads , Instagram (@annanewallo), and visit her website . --- The Bookish Narwhal Podcast is all about boo...

Season 2 will start airing on Friday 14 June! We have a ton of author interviews to share with you, including ones with Kelly Farmer, Rachel Dove, E.M. Williams, and more. Here come the books! --- The Bookish Narwhal Podcast is all about books, the people who write them, and their favourite desserts. My goal is to help readers diversify their bookshelves by sharing my diverse reads from authors wh...

S01E08: Chantel Guertin gets festive with "It Happened One Christmas" I got to fangirl a bit this week because my chat is with bestselling author Chantel Guertin! We talk about her upcoming novel "It Happened One Christmas" that comes out on Halloween (aka the 31 of October), all things Christmas (even Beavis and Butthead!), all things Canadian and French Canadian, author frien...

S01E07: September's Monthly Wrap Up It's that time again! Join me as we talk about the books read in September, ones coming out in October, the Christmas books I'm excited about, and even an audio review of Lynn Aslup's Tinderbox. What are you waiting for? Get comfortable, grab your dessert, and let's get literary (don't forget to leave me a voice message after the show)! E...

S01E06: Tu Vuong steps away to start "Coming Home" This week is a very special episode for me. I got to chat with author/inspiration/friend, Tu Vuong, about her debut collection of autobiographical poems titled, "Coming Home". This moving collection is about a young girl’s immigration story with her family from Vietnam to Canada as a civil war escalates following the collapse o...

S01E05: Vanessa Westermann decodes “Cover Art“  A sweet surprise for us all, this week I sat down with Canadian author Vanessa Westermann. We talk about chocolate more than the average bear, cottage countries better than Muskoka (in our humble opinions), women sleuths, Westermann’s origin story, and so much more! Get comfortable, grab your dessert selection, and let's get literary! Get her boo...

S01E04: Dahlia Adler is "Going Bicoastal" after the Monthly Wrap Up After a week off due to illness, we are back! This week, I chat with author Dahlia Adler about her latest book "Going Bicoastal" and after, I get into the monthly wrap up, upcoming September releases, personal goals, kindness, and why it's important to read diverse books. Get comfortable, grab your dessert,...

S01E03: Melissa Ferguson is "Famous for a Living" I got to sit down with author Melissa Ferguson. She writes those romcoms we all love, like Famous for a Living, Meet Me in the Margins, Cul-de-Sac War, and others. Aside from books, listen to this supermom juggle it all (literally) as we chat about country versus city living, character perceptions (from shallow to creepy), influencer anxi...

S01E02: Anne William gets Wild About You Listen to us forget words (like the pros we are) as I talk to author Anne William! Hit play and listen to us get into her "Wild About You" series, self-publishing, and that's not all. We get all "Julie Andrews" and discuss a few of our favourite things: Charlie N. Holmbeg's bad review songs, the Sea to Sky highway, LOTR, and Twil...

S01E01: Adele Griffin and "The Favor" Welcome to the first ever episode of The Bookish Narwhal Podcast; joining me this week is author Adele Griffin! Hit play and listen to us talk about everything from her newest release The Favor that hit bookstores in June, to family, books, bakeries, and even Easy Bake Ovens. We literally could not stop talking, honestly we said goodbye three times!...

☺ Welcome to The Bookish Narwhal Podcast! ☺ This is a new podcast about books and the people who write them.  → Want to be a guest on the show? Are you an author, publisher, or reader-of-books? Send an email to thebookishnarwhal@gmail.com and let's chat! → Do you love sharing book recs? Do you love talking about books? Leave me a message about anything bookish or send me an email. → Interact w...