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Write Reads #51 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler
Welcome back, gang! Here is our Canadian Literature Classic. We hope you enjoy our discussion. Do you lean more towards Tania’s reading of the novel or Kirt’s? If Duddy is the apprentice then who is his mentor? Let us know. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, CanLitNews, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged Aboriginal History Month, Book Club Podcast, Canada, Canadian literature, Classic, Guy Gavriel Kay, humour, Indigenous History Month, Michael Chabon, Montreal, Moonglow, Mordecai Richler, River of Stars, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The hidden Life of Trees, Thomas King, Truth and Reconciliation Report
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Write Reads #39 Birdie by Tracey Lindberg with Laura from Reading In Bed
We’re actually on time with the podcast for a change. The fates conspired to allow us to get together with Laura from Reading In Bed for her third stint as guest host. Things went as swimmingly as they always do … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged Alberta Readers' Choice Award, Beachcombers, Birdie, book club, Book Club Podcast, Can-Lit, Canada Reads 2016, Canadian literature, Charlotte Bronte, Dan Simmons, even this page is white, Fall of Hyperion, Frugal Gourmet, how to be a domestic goddess, Hyperion, interference, Joseph Boyden, Josh Radnor, Laura Frey, Margaret Laurence, Michael Chabon, michelle berry, Nigella Lawson, Outline, podcast, Rachel Cusk, Reading in Bed, Son of France, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the diviners, The Orenda, Todd Babiak, Tracey Lindberg, Urban Peasant, Villette, vivek shraya
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Victoria Day Self-Challenge Update
Well, I must say that I am impressed with my follow-through abilities as of late. I was certain that by September 1st I would have to hang my head in shame because I had failed to meet my own challenge. … Continue reading
Kirt’s Fantasies Revealed!
If you were looking for titillation, you’re going to be disappointed. The countdown to our second guest hosted podcast, with Laura from Reading in Bed, has begun. I’m really looking forward to it. I think that our discussion of Frog … Continue reading
Trying Not To Fear The Reaper
It has been a hard week for literary types. We have lost Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Alistair Macleod. While I am sometimes drawn to the cult of relentless positivity, I am just as often repelled by it, and I find … Continue reading
Posted in Kirt, Opinions, Uncategorized
Tagged Alistair MacLeod, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, immortality, Michael Chabon, Miriam Toews, Patrick deWitt, Steven Galloway
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