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EPISODE · May 16, 2026 · 28 MIN

Interview - Dr. Nora Gold and Doubles

from Canada Reads American Style · host Canada Reads Inspired

Rebecca welcomes Dr. Nora Gold to the podcast to discuss her latest work, Doubles, a novella published by Guernica Editions in May 2026, as well as the importance and relevance of novellas in the literary canon. https://guernicaeditions.com/en-us/products/doubles "Doubles takes place in 1968 in an institution for troubled youth, and is told from the perspective of a brilliant, spunky, 12-year-old girl who is obsessed with math. Engagingly written and often funny, this novella explores how a sensitive young teenager changes over a six-month period from a polite, quiet “good girl” into a delinquent. Although set in the past, Doubles has direct relevance to today, with our recently heightened awareness of the harsh reality in some of our residential institutions during that era (including for Indigenous children, but not only)." Recommended: https://bookshop.org/lists/stunning-novellas Embers by Sándor Márai; Carol Brown Janeway (translator) https://www.noragold.com/ https://www.noragold.com/portfolio/jewish-fiction-com/ https://www.instagram.com/noragold1818/    

Rebecca welcomes Dr. Nora Gold to the podcast to discuss her latest work, Doubles, a novella published by Guernica Editions in May 2026, as well as the importance and relevance of novellas in the literary canon. https://guernicaeditions.com/en-us/products/doubles "Doubles takes place in 1968 in an institution for troubled youth, and is told from the perspective of a brilliant, spunky, 12-year-old girl who is obsessed with math. Engagingly written and often funny, this novella explores how a sensitive young teenager changes over a six-month period from a polite, quiet “good girl” into a delinquent. Although set in the past, Doubles has direct relevance to today, with our recently heightened awareness of the harsh reality in some of our residential institutions during that era (including for Indigenous children, but not only)." Recommended: https://bookshop.org/lists/stunning-novellas Embers by Sándor Márai; Carol Brown Janeway (translator) https://www.noragold.com/ https://www.noragold.com/portfolio/jewish-fiction-com/ https://www.instagram.com/noragold1818/

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