Francophone authors Céline Curiol and Nancy Huston are interviewed by
Globe and Mail Books Editor Martin Levin. Michel Basilieres hosts.
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Michel Basilieres is an award-winning novelist and a frequent reviewer for the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. He has written

Céline Curiol is a journalist who has worked for various French media, including Libération, Radio France, and BBC Afrique. She presents her first novel, Voice Over, which Paul Auster commended as “one of the most original and brilliantly executed works of fiction by any contemporary writer I know of.”

Nancy Huston’s (Canada/France) books have won numerous awards, including the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, the Prix Elle (Quebec) and the Governor General’s Literary Award.The Mark of the Angel won the Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Martin Levin is Books Editor of the Globe and Mail, and an irregular blogger and reviewer as well. He has co-written a play about the world’s worst film director and contributed personal essays to a number of anthologies, most recently Great Expectations: Twenty-four True Stories about Childbirth.