Conversations and Podcasts
The Chat on 49th Shelf: How does one explore the fraught bonds of human connection within the compressed landscape of the short story? Acclaimed novelist Catherine Bush shows us how with her virtuoso debut collection Skin (Goose Lane), a book which highlights the author’s mastery of form and deep empathy for the messy moral quandaries we often find ourselves navigating.
Short Story Today with Jon DiSavino: Toronto author Catherine Bush writes about intimacy and connection – but ventures far beyond the human-to-human. She explores the indefinable realm where it may be possible for the natural world to reveal to us the sublime nature of all things – if we have the courage to see.
Bookspo with Kerry Clare: Today’s BOOKSPO ventures beyond the human as I talk to Catherine Bush about her sixth book, which is also her first short story collection, Skin … a collection that’s rich and eclectic (in terms of form and approach), but with fascinatingly recurring touchpoints, which reflect Bush’s preoccupations as a thinker and an author over the years.
Ontario Morning with Nav Nanwa: A Story Collection Born in Isolation: In her first collection of short fiction, acclaimed author Catherine Bush explores intimacy, ecology, and human connection in a changed world. Skin was written during the pandemic from an old schoolhouse in Eastern Ontario, a place that deeply influenced these stories of unusual desire and disquiet. She discusses how the pandemic shaped her writing, what it means to fall in love with the wind, and why touch has become such a powerful subject.
All Lit Up, The Short of It with Catherine Bush: For Short Story Month, we interview much-loved Canadian novelist Catherine Bush whose first short story collection Skin was just published by Goose Lane Editions. The stories in her debut pose burning questions about humanity’s reaction to the oncoming threat of climate-based disaster, the horror and absurdity of our new realities, and the hopefulness and complications of human touch and intimacy.
The Resilient Writers Radio Show with Rhonda Douglas, Writing with Intimacy and Tenderness
Excerpts
An excerpt from “Benevolence: An East Village Story”, All Lit Up
An excerpt from “Animals”, The Miramichi Reader
Other Mentions
Skin on the Hamilton Review of Books Independently Published Bestsellers List for April 2025
CBC 14 Canadian Short Story Collections to Read for Short Story Month, May 2025