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Canada Reads American Style

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  • Two friends -- one American, one Canadian -- who share a love for CBC’s Canada Reads and Canadian literature! https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
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  • Book Chat #18

    Book Chat #18
    Jun 15 2024

    Rebecca and Tara share their latest reads!

    Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):

    • The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila
    • The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
    • Autokrator by Emily A. Weedon
    • The Street by Ann Petry
    • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
    • Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy by Ali Velshi

    Tara (@onabranchreads):

    • The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley
    • Indian Burial Ground; Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
    • The Shining; Salem's Lot by Stephen King
    • The Residence; The Damned by Andrew Pyper
    • Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
    • Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon
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    49 mins
  • Interview - Leslie Shimotakahara and Sisters of the Spruce

    Interview - Leslie Shimotakahara and Sisters of the Spruce
    Jun 10 2024

    Rebecca welcomes Canadian author Leslie Shimotakahara, whose third novel, Sisters of the Spruce, is on Quill & Quire's "2024 Spring Preview: Fiction" and the 49th Shelf's "Most Anticipated: Our 2024 Spring Fiction Preview." Her memoir, The Reading List, won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize and has been translated into Japanese, and her fiction has been shortlisted for the KM Hunter Artist Award. She has written two other critically acclaimed novels, After the Bloom and Red Oblivion.

    Leslie’s writing has appeared in the National Post, World Literature Today, and Changing the Face of Canadian Literature, among other anthologies and periodicals. She completed a PhD in English at Brown University, after which she returned to her hometown of Toronto, where she now resides with her husband.

    https://leslieshimotakahara.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/leslieshimotakahara/

    https://caitlinpress.com/Books/S/Sisters-of-the-Spruce

    Highlighted books:
    • From Slave Girls to Salvation: Gender, Race, and Victoria's Chinese Rescue Home, 1886-1923 by Shelly D. Ikebuchi
    • We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
    • Within the Barbed Wire Fence: A Japanese Man's Account of his Internment in Canada by Takeo Ujo Nakano
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    23 mins
  • Interview - Barbara Black and Little Fortified Stories

    Interview - Barbara Black and Little Fortified Stories
    May 28 2024
    Tara interviews author Barbara Black, a self-described "serial artist", who was born in North Vancouver, B.C. and currently resides in Victoria, B.C. As a writer and editor, Barbara has worked in journalism, public relations, government policy, education, and the arts. As a creative writer, Barbara has explored the genres of poetry, fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction, and libretto. As a classically trained vocalist, she has performed in both the classical and jazz worlds, in both vocal ensembles and as a soloist with an orchestra. She is also a composer and most recently, collaborated as a lyricist and librettist. Barbara's short story collection Music from a Strange Planet debuted in 2021 to critical acclaim (Barbara discussed the collection on the podcast dated February 12, 2022). Her most recent book, Little Fortified Stories (Caitlin Press), was released on May 17, 2024. https://barbarablack.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bblackwrites/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21410142.Barbara_Black Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarablackwriter Links to journals, authors, and books mentioned:

    https://www.ekphrastic.net/

    https://megpokrass.com/about/

    The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing by Adam Moss

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/192723955-the-work-of-art
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    27 mins
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