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Write Reads #18 The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
Kirt’s June pick, the merits and flaws of democracy, Tania’s immorality, and Canadian federal politics are discussed vigorously in this installment. The discourse becomes so heated that Tania requested that some of her inflammatory comments be edited out entirely! Who … Continue reading
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Tagged A Bird in the House, By Blood We Live, Canadian federal politics, crows teaching their youngsters how to fly, Daytripper, Fabio Moon, fiscal conservatism, Glen Duncan, Hellgoing, humour, humour in Middlemarch, John Milton, King Leary, Leacock Award Winner, Lynn Coady, Margaret Laurence, Mary Doria Russell, Matt Kindt, Mayor of Calgary, Medicine Walk, Middlemarch, Mind MGMT, My Life in Middlemarch, Naheed Nenshi, Paradise Lost, Paul Quarrington, Pinocchio Vampire Slayer, political idealism, political satire, Red Planet Blues, Richard Wagamese, Robert J. Sawyer, Telulla Rising, Terry Fallis, The Best Laid Plans, The Last Werewolf, The Sparrow, Up and Down, Van Jensen
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National Aboriginal Awareness Month
This post should have been on Monday as Saturday, June 21st was National Aboriginal Day here in Canada, but I was distracted by my birthday celebrations, and it slipped my mind. At any rate, the entire month is devoted to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Picks, CanLitNews, Kirt, Opinions, Uncategorized
Tagged Aboriginal authors, book club, First Nations authors, Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, National Aboriginal Awareness Day, National Aboriginal Awareness Month, National Aboriginal Day, Native authors, podcast, Sanaaq, Terry Fallis, The 49th Shelf, The Best Laid Plans, The University of Manitoba Press
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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
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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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Kirt’s June Pick: Round Two
I’m still trying to decide which book to do for my birthday month. In four days Tania and I will be recording the podcast for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, and I will then announce the final … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Bradley, Alen Mattich, book club, Book Club Podcast, book picks, Killing Pilgrim, Medicine Walk, Richard Wagamese, Steven Galloway, Terry Fallis, The Best Laid Plans, The Confabulist, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
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Kirt’s June Pick
June is the month of my birth, so I get to choose which book we read for our July 7th podcast. One problem: Too many books! How does a Kirt choose just one of them?! Well, this Kirt has narrowed … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Bradley, Alen Mattich, BC interior, Emma Donoghue, Frog Music, Harry Houdini, Kerry On Can Lit, Killing Pilgrim, Leacock Award Winner, Marko della Torre, Medicine Walk, Ojibway, Reading in Bed, Richard Wagamese, Steven Galloway, Terry Fallis, The Best Laid Plans, The Cellist of Sarajevo, The Confabulist, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Widow Tree, Yugoslavia, Zagreb Cowboy
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