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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
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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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 #19 King Leary by Paul Quarrington with Guest Host, Rick from Another Book Blog @BlogAnotherBook
The Smidgling and Kirt welcome yet another guest host to the podcast, Rick from Another Book Blog, to discuss King Leary. What do we talk about? What don’t we talk about? The dearth of male book bloggers. Hockey. Humour. Canadian … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged Andre Sirangelo, Andrew Motion, Another Book Blog, Brandon Sanderson, By Blood We Live, Canadian mythology, Candian humour, Elantris, Fifth Business, Glen Duncan, hockey, hockey fans, humour, King Leary, Kurtis J. Wiebe, male book bloggers, Paul Quarrington, Pinocchio Vampire Slayer, Rat Queens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robertson Davies, Rosie Thomas, Sean Dixon, Silver, Steven Galloway, The Confabulist, The Girls Who Saw Everything, The Illusionists, The Last Broadcast, The Last Werewolf, The Ravine, Treasure Island, unreliable narrators, Van Jensen
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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
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
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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Write Reads #16 Frog Music by Emma Donoghue with Guest Host, Laura from Reading in Bed
We had a delightful time with our guest host, Laura from Reading In Bed. We hope that you’ll have a listen and be delighted with us. Frog Music generated a lot of discussion between the three of us. Feel free … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Alan Bradley, book club, Deadwood, Emma Donoghue, Fifth Business, Fisting, Frog Music, Lori Lansens 1493, Madame Bovary, podcast, Reading in Bed, Robertson Davies, San Francisco, The Fry Chronicles, The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, The Girls, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, The Miracles of Ordinary Men, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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