Writers Out Loud: Chanel Sutherland and H. Nigel Thomas
The Quebec Writers’ Federation invites you to Writers Out Loud: Chanel Sutherland and H. Nigel Thomas.
CBC Radio’s Nantali Indongo sits down with two Vincentian-Canadian authors—H. Nigel Thomas, the winner of the 2022 Canada Council John Molson Prize for the Arts, and Chanel Sutherland, the winner of the 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize, the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize, and the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize—to discuss their recent books.
Thomas’s And Then Again Begin, the fourth and final novel in his No Safeguards Quartet, was published by Guernica Editions this April. Sutherland’s debut book, Layaway Child, a collection of short stories exploring Caribbean immigrant experiences, releases with House of Anansi this month.
Join us as we hear from these two esteemed Quebec-based authors.
Books by the authors will be available for purchase.
Part of QWF’s Writers Out Loud series of panel discussions, author interviews, and readings.
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About the Participants
Chanel Sutherland is a Vincentian Canadian writer of fiction and creative nonfiction. She won the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, which she was also longlisted for in 2022. Chanel is also the winner of the 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize and the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize, was named one of CBC Books 30 Writers to Watch in 2022, and was the recipient of QWF’s 2022 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship. Layaway Child (House of Anansi)—a short story collection exploring Caribbean immigrant experiences, especially those of girlhood—is her first book. Chanel lives in Montreal.
H. Nigel Thomas is a Vincentian-Canadian, a retired professor of United States literature, and the coordinator and a co-founder of Lectures Logos Readings. He’s also the author of numerous essays and fifteen books. His novel A Different Hurricane was shortlisted for the 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for fiction. Spirits in the Dark (1993) and No Safeguards (2015) were shortlisted for the Hugh MacLennan Fiction Prize. His short story collection Des vies cases was shortlisted for the Carbet des lycéens award. His awards include the Canada Council John Molson Prize for the Arts (2022) and the Quebec Writers’ Federation Judy Mappin Community Award (2021).
Nantali Indongo is the host-producer of The Bridge on CBC Radio One, which airs across the province from 3-4 p.m. on Saturdays and is also available on demand on CBC Listen and on SIRIUS XM. The one-hour program profiles the dreamers shaping arts and culture; delving into personal stories, and hot topics in the milieu with a guest’s curated selection of music. Born and raised in Montreal, Nantali started her career at CBC Quebec in 2010 as a writer-broadcaster and researcher with all of the current affairs programs, eventually becoming a radio producer. In March 2016, she produced the multi-platform series Real Talk on Race, which won local and national awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association. In 2019, Nantali won the Best Radio Host award at the Dynastie Gala. Her growth as a broadcaster led to opportunities to host other National Radio One and CBC Music programs as well as contribute to various Radio-Canada programs. Most recently, Nantali produced an internal 5 episode podcast series about inclusive work in journalism. After 17 years, she ended her journey as an emcee and vocalist with hip hop band, Nomadic Massive.