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The Book of Records: Madeleine Thien, Memory, and the Music of Time

The Book of Records: Madeleine Thien, Memory, and the Music of Time

Update: 2025-09-05
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Our conversation today is with Madeleine Thien, Giller Prize-winning author of the novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing, as well as librettist of the opera Chinatown. Madeleine's newest novel, The Book of Records, is a sweeping and time-bending, deeply humane work that weaves together lives across centuries.

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Episode Credits:

Madeleine Thien - Author, The Book of Records

Ashley Daniel Foot - Host

Mack McGillivray - Editor


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The Book of Records: Madeleine Thien, Memory, and the Music of Time

The Book of Records: Madeleine Thien, Memory, and the Music of Time

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