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Write Reads #68 Chop Suey Nation by Ann Hui
Welcome to the Quarantine Edition of Write Reads! It’s very similar to our regular podcast but we do some talking about virus naming conventions, social distancing, self-isolating, and the like. But mainly we discuss this really excellent book about Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania, Uncategorized
Tagged Ann Hui, Canadian literature, CanLit, Chinese Canadian history, Chinese food, chinese restaurants, Chop Suey Nation, non-fiction
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Write Reads #38 A Profession of Hope by Jenna Butler
Here we are back again so soon to talk about our non-fiction pick. We are having a very good track record with these picks. Neither Tania nor Kirt are big fans of non-fiction but our last two choices have been … Continue reading
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Tagged A Profession of Hope, Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology, book club, Can-Lit, Canadian literature, Consumed By Ink, environment, Eric Brende, Erin Bow, Fante Bukowski, Jenna Butler, Larch Grove Farm, My Year of Meats, Noah Van Sciver, non-fiction, Plain Kate, podcast, Reading in Bed, ruth ozeki, small-scale farming, The Wandering Bibliophile
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Write Reads #27 How Poetry Saved My Life by Amber Dawn
For a couple of kids who aren’t that big on non-fiction we sure did seem to enjoy this memoir. Please listen and let us know what you thought about the book, and about our thoughts on it. Announcements (in keeping … Continue reading
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Tagged activisim, All My Puny Sorrows, Amber Dawn, Andre Alexis, China Mieville, Emma Donoghue, Fall From Grace, Fifteen Dogs, Frog Music, Holly Black, How Poetry Saved My Life, John Vaillant, memoir, Miriam Toews, non-fiction, Perdido Street Station, poetry, queer identity, Reading in Bed, sex workers, Sub Rosa, The Jaguar's Children, wayne arthurson, Welcome to Bordertown
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Non-fiction 2015
♫ Morning’s here. The morning’s here. Sunshine is near. ♫ Anyone else been watching Friends since it became available on Netflix? Just me, then. Okay. Let’s get down to business. The voting for whether we list our books a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Dawn, Canadian literature, John Vaillant, non-fiction
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Write Reads #15 Blood: The Stuff of Life by Lawrence Hill
It sounds like we were out for blood in this one. However, Mr. Hill’s book comes away bloodied but not defeated. Okay. Enough blood references. Please feel free to weigh in with any counterarguments you may have to our points … Continue reading
Posted in Kirt, Podcast, Tania
Tagged 1491, A Fairy Tale, Bill Bryson, blood, Blood: The Stuff of Life, Charles C. Mann, Emma Donoghue, Frog Music, Gabrielle Zevin, geneology, Genome, heredity, Jim Harrison, Jonas T. Bengtsson, Katherine Rundell, Lawrence Hill, Massey Lecture Series, Matt Ridley, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, non-fiction, Pavement, Reading in Bed, Robin Sloan, Rooftoppers, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Terry Pratchett, The River Swimmer, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Toto
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