On the first episode of Stay Reading, we were joined by Artistic Producer, Artistic Director and Curator Umbereen Inayet (@umbereene) and Colour Analyst, Host and Producer Akil Augustine (@akilaugustine). Our conversation covered the meaning we can draw in our lives from superheroes (Watchmen), finding disruption through public art (Cultured Magazine), a tangent into the theme of death (The Untethered Soul) and an unexpected poetry reading.

On our second episode of Stay Reading, we had Marketing and Branding Strategist Mark Nabeta (@marknabeta) and the VP of Six Shooter Records Allison Outhit (@sixshooterrecords). We started out talking about the pleasure of taking time out to read the newspaper, then discussed the role of literature in decolonization and had a conversation on sports that stretched from the cost young people are paying in their pursuit of professional sports to a recollection of the unforgettable Raptors championship parade.

On episode three of Stay Reading, we had Actor, Model and Podcaster Kiran Rai (@kay__ray) and Photographer Neil Watson (@saviourofprint) in conversation. We opened with a window into how literature can open your eyes to the experience of identities outside of your own, touched on the aspiration and enjoyment offered by travel guides, discussed modern voices that are revitalizing poetry and geeked out on the texture and pleasure of print.