Interview - Caitlin Galway and A Song for Wildcats @canadareadsinspired

Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Rebecca is excited to interview Canadian author Caitlin Galway on this latest episode. Caitlin is a novelist and short fiction writer whose work can be classified as literary realism, surrealism, and magical realism. A Song for Wildcats, her new short story collection published by Dundurn Press, has been named an Indigo Best Book of 2025, and was featured as a must-read in The Globe and Mail, and a most anticipated book in The Toronto Star. She has been the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.
caitlingalway.wixsite.com/caitlin-l-galway
dundurn.com/authors_/t156375/p149069-caitlin-galway
instagram.com/c.l.gals
Caitlin's books:

A Song for Wildcats:

A Song for Wildcats
Heatstroke
The Islanders
The Wisp
The Lyrebird's Bell

Bonavere Howl

Other books discussed:

Her Body Among Animals by Paola Ferrante
We Do Not Part by Han Kang
Oxford Soju Club by Jinwoo Park
The Immortal Woman by Su Chang

Interview - Caitlin Galway and A Song for Wildcats

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