Welcome to Quillcast, a new podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, the first in a two-part series on non-fiction authors, Andrew Westoll speaks about his experience writing The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary (HarperCollins Canada).

Andrew Westoll is a Toronto journalist and former primatologist. In The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary, which was recently longlisted for the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and named one of Q&Q‘s 2011 books of the year, he writes about a group of chimpanzees living out their last days in a Quebec animal sanctuary after enduring years as the subjects of medical testing.

Scroll down to listen to the episode, and click on the thumbnails to view photos of the Fauna Sanctuary chimps:

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Yoko <i>Photo: Frank Noelker</i>

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Rachel <i>Photo: Frank Noelker</i>

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Spock <i>Photo: Kim Belley</i>

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Maya <i>Photo: Fauna Sanctuary</i>

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Sue Ellen <i>Photo: Frank Noelker</i>

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Pepper <i>Photo: Frank Noelker</i>

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Petra <i>Photo: Frank Noelker</i>

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Chance <i>Photo: Frank Noelker</i>

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Regis <i>Photo: Frank Noelker</i>

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Jethro <i>Photo: Frank Noelker</i>

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