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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 #24 Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
With plenty of time to read Us Conductors we hope that you are now ready to listen to our thoughts on this really terrific novel, and perhaps share some of your own thoughts with us. We cover a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged Albert Glinsky, Alexis Kienlen, andy weir, book club, Canadian literature, Chorus of Mushrooms, daily rituals, daniel coyle, Hiromi Goto, jim taylor, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell, Joseph Boyden, mason currey, Material Girl, podcast, psychology of dance, Quarks Shoes, Reading in Bed, Sean Michaels, Susanna Clark, the martian, The Orenda, the talent code, The Wandering Bibliophile, Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now, U2, Us Conductors, Walk Off the Earth
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Write Reads #23 Half World by Hiromi Goto
Tania and Kirt wrap up the year with some taking stock, looking back, and fondly remembering. We also end 2015 with a fantastic, and fantastical, novel. Half World generated a lot of topics for us to cover. We talk about … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged Blind Spot, Butcher's Crossing, Canadian Fantasy Fiction, Canadian speculative fiction, Chorus of Mushrooms, Emma Donoghue, Frog Music, Giller winner, Half World, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami, Hiromi Goto, Jacqueline Baker, Japanese fantasy, Japanese mythology, Jim Zub, John Williams, Laurence Miall, Martha Baillie, Nicole Lundrigan, Sean Dixon, Sean Michaels, Steve Cummings, The Broken Hours, The Girls Who Saw Everything, The Shape I Gave You, The Widow Tree, Us Conductors, Wayward, Young Adult
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Currently Reading – Half World by Hiromi Goto
In case you missed it, we’re reading Hiromi Goto’s Half World for our Spec Fic pick. It’s also a YA title, so this is a “two birds with one stone” type of deal. Maybe a gift idea for the YAs … Continue reading
Posted in Book Picks, Kirt, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged book club, Book Club Podcast, book pick, Half World, Hiromi Goto, speculative fiction, YA
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Write Reads #22 Blind Spot by Laurence Miall with Guest Host Alexis Kienlen
Hoorray! We finally did it, and it was worth the wait (in our humble opinion). Alexis Kienlen proved to be yet another excellent guest host, and we, again, thank her for joining us. We had a lot to say about … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged 13, Alberta, Alexis Kienlen, Blind Spot, book club, Canadian fiction, Edmonton, grief, Gurcharan Singh Bhatia, Half World, Hiromi Goto, Laurence Miall, podcast, She Dreams in Red, Truth Love Non-Violence, unlikable protagonist
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