Leaves and Trees, Girls and Women

2024-10-15T10:26:31-04:00

The other day I wrote about the pair of Heinemann Classics I’ve read this year. Maybe you’ve seen their quintessential orange and black and white covers. They look a little like the vintage Penguins some people collect. But mostly I’ve been reading contemporary African writers. Sometimes, after Bill made

Leaves and Trees, Girls and Women2024-10-15T10:26:31-04:00

June 2024: #ReadIndigenous (5 of 5)

2024-06-20T16:02:01-04:00

Today’s discussion includes four more books by Indigenous authors adding to the previous days’ bookchat (one, two, three, four), sparked by Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21st. In Joseph Kakwinokanasum’s My Indian Summer (2022) the chapters are named for songs from Hunter’s youth: from “Love Will Keep us Together”

June 2024: #ReadIndigenous (5 of 5)2024-06-20T16:02:01-04:00

June 2024: #ReadIndigenous (3 of 5)

2024-06-20T15:22:13-04:00

Last time, I wrote about three books by Indigenous writers (three prior, four before that), and today I’m writing about three more: a work of art and history, a memoir, and a novel. Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson’s Picking up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of

June 2024: #ReadIndigenous (3 of 5)2024-06-20T15:22:13-04:00

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2023

2024-04-03T18:58:08-04:00

Last year I read 11 of the longlisted titles for The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and with the recent announcement of the 2024 longlist I was prompted to reflect on 2023’s selections. Three of the short story collections I’ve already written about—Talia Laksmni Kolluri’s What We Fed to

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 20232024-04-03T18:58:08-04:00

Five Canadian Books: #CanadaReads 2024

2024-03-04T09:18:06-05:00

This morning, the 23rd edition of Canada Reads program launches. I’ve missed the voice of a career writer in the program in recent years and now, with Heather O’Neill’s inclusion (whose Lullaby for Little Criminals was a previous Canada Reads winner) as a champion, my affection for the program’s

Five Canadian Books: #CanadaReads 20242024-03-04T09:18:06-05:00
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