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Cherie Dimaline shares how working in the world of magic made her a better writer

The award-winning author talks about finding inspiration everywhere from cemeteries to Pinterest boards and mining some of her own experiences for her latest YA novel, Funeral Songs for Dying Girls.

She talks about her new novel Funeral Songs for Dying Girlsand how she sneaks social commentary into books

A composite image: on the left, the book cover for Funeral Songs for Dying Girls and a head shot of Cherie Dimaline on the right.
Cherie Dimaline's new YA novel is titled Funeral Songs for Dying Girls. (Penguin Random House Canada, Wenzdae Brewster)

Cherie Dimaline is an award-winning author who seems to move effortlessly between labels like "young adult"and "literary fiction."

She joins host Tom Power totalk about finding inspiration everywhere from cemeteries to Pinterest boards and mining some of her own experiences for her latest YA novel, Funeral Songs for Dying Girls.

The full interview with Cherie Dimalineis available onour podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview withCherie Dimalineproduced by Vanessa Greco.