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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 #47 The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
We hope you enjoyed our Kids’ Pick as much as we did. Have a listen to what we had to say and let us know what you thought. Be warned, though: Just because the podcast is about a kid’s book … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, CanLitNews, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged 49th Shelf, Adam gidwitz, Andre Alexis, book club, Canadian historical fiction, Canadian literature, CBC, Chris Hadfield, Grand menteur, jean marc ah-sen, Kenneth Oppel, Kids' Books, podcast, Robert Hough, The Darkest Dark, The Hidden keys, the inquisitor's tale, The man who saved henry morgan, The Mysterious fragrance of the yellow mountains, The nest, Yasuko Thanh
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Write Reads #25 The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
Hot on the heels of gaining a bunch of new listeners, Tania and Kirt tread in tricky territory in this one. The Orenda is probably one of the “biggest” books we’ve tackled. Do we bring anything new to the table? … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged And the Birds Rained Down, book bloggers, book podcasts, booktube, Canada Reads, Canadian historical fiction, Canadian history, Guy Gavriel Kay, historical accuracy, Jason Purcell, Jocelyne Saucier, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell, Joseph Boyden, Marisha Pessl, Michael Hingston, More Than This, native stereotypes, Niccolo Machiavelli, Patrick Ness, Scott McCloud, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Susanna Clarke, The Dilettantes, The Edmonton Journal, The Heavy Blanks, The Inconvenient Indian, The Orenda, The Prince, The Sculptor, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Thomas King, Tigana, violence, vloggers, Yukio Mishima
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Book Trailer for Serafim and Claire by Mark Lavorato
This is very cool. Mark also composed and performed the music for the trailer. If I (Kirt) ever finish writing a novel, and manage to get it published, I want to do something like this to promote it. And now … Continue reading
Write Reads #12 Triggers by Robert J. Sawyer and Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The adult speculative fiction vs. young adult speculative fiction cage match is finally here! Who came out on top? Privacy and secrets: good or bad? At what point does security become oppression? There’s lots of good stuff in this one, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged Canadian historical fiction, Canadian speculative fiction, Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather by Pierre Szalowski, homeland security, Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, privacy, terrorism, The Far Side of the Sky by Daniel Kalla, The Humans by Matt Haig, Triggers by Robert J. sawyer
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