Episode XXXV of Reader’s Delight features Andre Narbonne, Matt Joudrey, and Christopher Butt, as well as What’s In A Name with Meghan from River Bookshop in Amherstburg, Ontario,

Andre Narbonne joins me to talk about his most recent work, the postmodernist historical fiction novel, Those Are Pearls (2026, Palimpsest Press), the importance of love in its many forms as a theme, the use of multiple perspectives in the novel, and then reads an excerpt from the book.
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Book: Those Are Pearls
Review: The Andre Narbonne Interview, The Seaboard Review

Matt Joudrey and I talk about his work, including his new book Marmalade Parade (2026, Guernica Editions), and we discuss experimental writing, particularly in dialogue, as well as memory as our most important but most unreliable faculty, then Matt shares an excerpt from the novel.
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Book: Marmalade Parade
Media: CTV News

Christopher Butt appears on the show to talk about his short fiction collections, In The Lair of the Kraken (2023, DarkWinter Press) and The Wreckhouse (2026, DarkWinter Press), the influence of East Coast cultural mythology on his writing, and then reads “The Modern Prometheus” from his first collection.
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Books: In the Lair of the Kraken, The Wreckhouse
Facebook: Chris Butt
Instagram: @chrisbutt77

Meghan from River Bookshop in Amherstburg, Ontario swings by to tell us about River Bookshop, and the origin of the store’s name.