After cleaning up at the Canadian Screen Awards in May, North of North returns for season two with nine awards under its belt including Best Comedy Series. In this episode, co-stars Anna Lambe and Maika Harper join the show to talk about the series, the stories it tells and the role books and reading play in their busy lives. Plus, author Ashley Audrain opens up about her novel The Push being named by the New York Times as one of the top 50 thriller novels of the 21st century.

Books discussed on this week's show include:

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

The First Peoples by Maika Harper

Thou Shalt Do No Murder by Kenn Harper

The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Death of Us by Abigail Dean

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