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CBC RADIO

“Who was the woman Kafka loved?” on the show BOOKENDS, September 14, 2025, hosted by Mattea Roach, listen here for free

“Tuesday afternoon book club” on the show HERE AND NOW, September 9, 2025, hosted by Ramraajh Sharvendiran, listen here for free.

CBC
”50 Canadian fiction books we're excited about this fall,” August 21, 2025, including LETTERS TO KAFKA

THE TORONTO STAR
”Summer Culture Preview: New books by Shari Lapena, Miriam Toews, Brian Stewart and other Canadians highlight our summer preview,” also viewable on PressReader, by Doug Brod, June 21, 2025, Books Section, page C13

LIT HUB
”Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More. Christine Estima on Breathing Fictional Life Into a Long-Overlooked Literary Figure,” September 12, 2025

ELECTRIC LIT
”8 Books That Explore the Love Letters of Literary Icons,” September 9, 2025

MEDIUM COOL

“HOW MY NOVEL BECAME AN OBSESSION,” September 8, 2025

CBC RADIO
”6 sizzling books to add to your summer reading list,” CBC Radio One and CBC.ca, June 21 2025, radio interview and online article.

LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK blog

Book review of LETTERS TO KAFKA, August 5, 2025, by “Daniel”

QUILL & QUIRE

“2025 Fall Fiction Preview” featuring LETTERS TO KAFKA, July 23, 2025, Cassandra Drudi

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Book review of LETTERS TO KAFKA, July 3, 2025

THAT SHAKESPEARIAN RAG
”31 Days of Stories, Day 3: ‘A Degree of Suffering Is Required’ by Christine Estima,” by Steven Beattie, review of THE SYRIAN LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, published May 3, 2025

CHATELAINE MAGAZINE

“Flying Solo,” by Sanam Islam, Spring 2025 print issue, pages 45-46, print interview and photoshoot. Also published online March 18, 2025 as “Why I’m Pursuing My Dreams Instead of Getting Married.”

CBC RADIO
”Re-imagining The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in James by Percival Everett,” aired February 8, 2025 during The Next Chapter’s new book club segment, with Antonio Michael Downing.

Aired February 8, 2025 on CBC Radio One, I, along with Antonio Michael Downing and JJ Lee, dive into Percival Everett's "James," a reimagining of "Huckleberry Finn" that addresses contemporary issues of race and identity. I discuss the cultural urgency of the narrative and how it reflects our current societal dynamics. I encourage you to consider how the book challenges traditional perspectives and invites us to confront our biases.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

“Travel with a twist: House-sitting enables this writer to see the world,” by Sadaf Ahsan, published in The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2025