
Off The Shelf with Morgann Book #41: The 10-Year Journey to Never Been Better by Leanne Toshiko Simpson
This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Leanne Toshiko Simpson to talk about her novel Never Been Better and the deeply personal journey behind it. From living with bipolar disorder to navigating creativity, teaching, and storytelling, Leanne shares what it really looks like to build a life and career while managing mental health.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Introduction
2:15 - Teaching Creative Writing at U of T
6:00 - What Leanne Does Day to Day
10:25 - Being Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder
11:55 - What Do Books Get Wrong About Mental Health?
17:22 - Favourite Mental Health Romances
21:25 - Never Been Better
32:10 - Writing The Ending of Never Been Better
34:55 - CBC Canada Reads
36:55 - What’s Next
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