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After Canada Reads Part 2 – The Conclusion
Here’s Part 2 and the exciting conclusion of After Canada Reads! Tania’s Liesl from Fifth Business and Rianne’s Nao from A Tale For The Time Being were eliminated in Part 1. Who will be the last character standing? Jason’s Murasaki … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale For the Time Being, Anakana Schofield, Best Female Character in Canadian Literature, book debate, Canada Reads, Canadian literature, Chorus of Mushrooms, Fifth Business, Hiromi Goto, Katherena Vermette, Malarky, Robertson Davies, ruth ozeki, The Break
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After Canada Reads Part 1
The day is finally here! Part 1 of After Canada Reads is up and ready for your ears! What titles made it through the first and second rounds of debate and voting? What titles were eliminated? Stop asking all of … Continue reading
Posted in CanLitNews, Opinions, Podcast, Uncategorized
Tagged A Tale For the Time Being, Anakana Schofield, Best Female Character in Canadian Literature, book debate, Canada Reads, Canadian literature, Chorus of Mushrooms, Fifth Business, Hiromi Goto, Katherena Vermette, Malarky, Robertson Davies, ruth ozeki, The Break
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Write Reads #48 The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan by Robert Hough
Hey there, Buccaneers! Why don’t ye get yerself settled in like and have an earfull of our Historical Fiction Pick podcast? You can plunder and pillage our thoughts . . . um, or something. Henry Morgan: Admirable Swashbuckler or Glorified … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, CanLitNews, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged A Tale For the Time Being, Anakana Schofield, Best Female Character in Canadian Literature, Book Club Podcast, Brown, Canada Reads 2017, Canadian historical fiction, Canadian literature, Chorus of Mushrooms, Fifth Business, Hiromi Goto, Kamal Al-Solaylee, Katherena Vermette, Malarky, Robert Hough, Robertson Davies, ruth ozeki, The Break, The man who saved henry morgan
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Write Reads #17 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
It’s no mystery how we felt about our mystery pick: We really liked it. Have a listen to find out all of the reasons why, and, as a bonus, a discussion about the ongoing controversy surrounding Adult Fiction and Young … Continue reading
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Tagged #yegbookclub, A Tale For the Time Being, Adult Fiction vs. Young Adult Fiction, Alan Bradley, believable child narrators, book club, Canadian literature, Canadian Mystery, CBC Book Club, Fifth Business, George Eliot, Jonas Jonasson, Matt Haig, Middlemarch, My Life in Middlemarch, podcast, Rebecca Mead, Red Planet Blues, Robert J. Sawyer, Robertson Davies, ruth ozeki, Terry Fallis, The Best Laid Plans, The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, The Humans by Matt Haig, The Radleys, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Thomas Trofimuk, Up and Down, Waiting for Columbus
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Things That Make You Go, “Hmmmm.”
A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, mentioned in Episode 9 of our podcast, has been selected for the Man Booker Prize short list. We’re not saying that Tania’s opinion holds that much sway, but it really makes … Continue reading
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