Interview

Talking with the actor and comedian also known as Neil Hamburger about keeping a repellent character authentic, the joys of creating intricate meta-comedy, and coping with a room full of boos.

The author of Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks and, most recently, Slade House, on supernatural forces and the ice in his heart.

Talking to the author of Paulina & Fran about forging female friendships, the connections you have to your partner's exes, and writing an appropriate orgasm metaphor.

Talking with the author of The Well-Dressed Wound about the appeal of evil, the sexual proclivities of cereal mascots, and how much fucking there must have been during the Civil War.

Margaret visits the Hazlitt Studio to talk about The Heart Goes Last, the prison industrial complex, and the market for furniture you could fuck.

Talking with the Hard Core Logo and Highway 61 director about his new film, Hellions, the joys of a hard-ass editor, the miseries of Can-con, and the inherent strangeness of childbirth.

Talking to the author of In The Country about expatriate communities, Filipino and otherwise, the protection fiction can offer, and the holes migration can leave in your experiences.

Talking to the poet and critic about his new book of poetry, Pink Trance Notebooks, identifying with "wounded speakers," and the mind as a demonically possessed Siamese twin.

Talking about rape culture, the overblown fear of false accusations, and using humour to make the unthinkable thinkable with the author of Asking For It.