Miriam Toews and Octavia Bright

In her first work of non-fiction, A Truce That Is Not Peace, acclaimed novelist Miriam Toews works outwards from a question asked of her at a literary festival in Mexico City – ‘Why do you write?’ – in a dazzling exploration of grief, guilt, futility and creativity.

Toews was in conversation with Octavia Bright, author of This Ragged Grace.