In this -- the second live episode of Getting Lit With Linda held at the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival and co-sponsored by the Quebec Writers' Federation -- Linda speaks with Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashi, Beaver Clan, of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation) about their book, Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, A White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation. The book has been receiving all manner of recognition. Here are some examples of the awards it has garnered:

• Winner – 2023 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
• Winner – 2023 John W. Dafoe Book Prize
• Winner – 2023 High Plains Book Award for Indigenous Writer
• Winner – 2022 Manitoba Historical Society Margaret McWilliams Book Award for Local History
• Winner – 2023 Quebec Writers’ Federation Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction and Concordia University First Book Prize.

And deservedly so. In this interview, Douglas and Andrew explain how and why we have arrived at the present moment and how there is hope for finding the pathway toward meaningful reconciliation.

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What does the work of painter Renoir and his paintings of full-bodied women (2.15; 12.34), and tanning beds (2:30) have to do with the Quebecois author Marie Claire Blais (3:15) and La Belle Bette/Mad Shadows (3:20)? Have a listen to today’s episode to find out …

In this episode, Linda looks at Blais’s Mad Shadows and its historical importance to Quebec. Among other subjects, she also references:

Value Village, Holt Renfrew 1:3; 11:58 )

Sheila Fischman (3:45)

New Yorker (4:47; 16:11)

Margaret Atwood (4:58; 16:24 )

Andre Gide, Andre Breton (5:22; 17:04 )

Karen Kain, Veronica Tennant (6:08; 18:02)

Elle magazine (11:43)

Fluevog Shoes (11:48)

Quel est le rapport entre l'œuvre du peintre Renoir et ses tableaux de femmes épanouies (2.15 ; 12.34), et les lits de bronzage (2:30), et l'auteure québécoise Marie Claire Blais (3:15) et La Belle Bette/Mad Shadows ( 3:20) ? Écoutez l'épisode d'aujourd'hui pour le découvrir...

Dans cet épisode, Linda se penche sur La Belle Bette et son importance historique pour le Québec. Parmi d'autres sujets, elle fait également référence à :

Value Village, Holt Renfrew (1:3 ; 11:58)

Sheila Fischman (3:45)

New Yorker (4:47 ; 16:11)

Margaret Atwood (4:58 ; 16:24 )

André Gide, André Breton (5:22 ; 17:04 )

Karen Kain, Veronica Tennant (6:08 ; 18:02)

Elle magazine (11:43)

Chaussures Fluevog (11:48)

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In this episode, Linda and Bryn Turnbull discuss her new historical novel, The Paris Deception - and what it means to represent women's lives historically when there has been inadequate records or representation for them.

Linda considers the Indigo Girls and their song about Virginia Woolf - and listening attentively to the voices of women through time. Turnbull alludes to The Monuments Men (both the movie and the book) and her novel as an equivalent for women to such a story. Among other topics, we address

• necessary deceptions (18.56)
• significant visual art work still missing since the Second World War (21.30)
• women are scapegoats during Second World War (27)

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