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    Banner image with a background photo of a woman playing piano. Over a dark blue foreground bar, text reads Interview with Ian Colford Author of The Confessions of Joseph Blanchard. Open Book logo bottom left, author photo of Ian Colford on the right
    December 18, 2023

    Ian Colford on Writing His Third Novel, a Dark Tale of Power and Obsession

    Ian Colford's The Confessions of Joseph Blanchard (Guernica Editions) is a novel that looks squarely at our most firmly-held collective taboos. Set in Halifax, the titular Joseph Blanchard is ill and ...

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