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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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Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Shauna and Rebecca review the second book in their Love & Laughter series, The Switch by Canadian author Lynsay Sands. Shauna loved the humor and atypical ending, while Rebecca felt it was a formulaic romance. Spoiler alert: the two describe full details about the story from beginning to end.
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Award-winning author Wayne Arthurson join Shauna and Rebecca and other Bookstagram friends for a lively discussion about The Red Chesterfield and the Leo Desroches mystery series. The women try to draw out answers on some of the red herrings in The Red Chesterfield, but Wayne remains resolute that it is up to each reader to decide. This is why it is such a great read--so much to discuss!
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Shauna and Rebecca are happy to have Tara (@onabranchknitsandread) from Ontario join them to discuss the first book in their Love & Laughter series. Shauna and Tara offer up their own questions, while Rebecca cheats and uses the ones at the end of the e-book. How many maple leafs will each one assign to Ayesha at Last?
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Join Shauna and Rebecca for a lighter fall season--a season of Love & Laughter! They will be reading and discussing the following:
September -- Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
October -- The Switch by Lynsay Sands
November -- The Woefield Poultry Collective by Susan Juby
December -- Son of a Critch by Mark Critch (apologies to Mark Critch for Rebecca twice calling him Bill Critch!)
Leacock Medal for the best in Canadian Literary Humour: https://www.leacock.ca/
Rebecca also highly recommends that everyone read Parts by Tedd Arnold for the best laugh of 2020. Yes, the bar is low this year, but the laughs are a guarantee high!!
https://www.uzmajalaluddin.com/
Instagram: @critchmark
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/parts-by-tedd-arnold/
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Shauna and Rebecca review the quirky, weird, and humorous award-winning novella, The Red Chesterfield by Wayne Arthurson. Rebecca points out her favorite red herring, while Shauna raises one that stops Rebecca in her tracks! Spoiler alert--they both divulge specific details of the story, so listener beware!
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Shauna and Rebecca are excited to chat with Wayne Arthurson about his quirky, award-winning novella, The Red Chesterfield. Rebecca then gushes about his Leo Desroches mystery series and hopes that everyone rushes out to read the three-book series (Fall from Grace, A Killing Winter, Blood Red Summer) so that the final "spring" book will come to fruition!
Follow Wayne on Instagram - @waynethurson
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Shauna and Rebecca close out CBC's Canada Reads 2020 with their perspective of the competition. Was it really female vs. male? Was there a secret alliance? Could we all have behaved better? Join them for a no-holds-barred chat.
In the second half of the podcast, Shauna and Rebecca introduce their project to close out 2020 with "Giggles & Kisses"! They plan to read two romances (Rebecca says, "ugh!" and Shauna is excited to get the chance to critically review her genre) and two humorous books (three of the four titles are identified). They hope you will read along and join them for a monthly review from September through December.
Update and correction: the series has been renamed "Love & Laughter" and Ayesha at Last's main character is Ayesha Shamsi but was written by Uzma Jalaluddin.
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Ali Hassan, host of CBC's Canada Reads 2020 competition joins us for some insider discussion on what happens during the show!
Ali Hassan
Website: https://standupali.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/standupali/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/standupali
Twitter: https://twitter.com/standupali
Canada Reads American Style
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canadareadsamericanstyle/
Podcast: https://canadareadsamericanstyle.podbean.com/
Jolene
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookwormadventuregirl/
Website: https://www.bookwormadventuregirl.com/
Larissa
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.bookmom/
Sarah
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sareshears/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SarahStitchesx/videos
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
A winner is crowned in the last installment of CBC's Canada Reads 2020 competition. Tune in to hear our take on the event!
*Please note that this audio is from our YouTube channel where we streamed live during the week of the competition (July 20-23)
Canada Reads American Style
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canadareadsamericanstyle/
Podcast: https://canadareadsamericanstyle.podbean.com/
Jolene
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookwormadventuregirl/
Website: https://www.bookwormadventuregirl.com/
Larissa
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.bookmom/
Sarah
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sareshears/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SarahStitchesx/videos
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Alayna Fender defender of Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles joins the Canada Reads American Style Crew in Recapping Day 3 of CBC's Canada Reads 2020 Competition.
*Please note that this audio is from our YouTube channel where we streamed live during the week of the competition (July 20-23)
Alayna Fender
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missfenderr/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MissFenderr
Bookstagram (Instagram)
Shauna and Rebecca: https://www.instagram.com/canadareadsamericanstyle/
Jolene: https://www.instagram.com/bookwormadventuregirl/
Larissa: https://www.instagram.com/the.bookmom/
Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sareshears/
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
George Canyon defender of From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle joins the Canada Reads American Style Crew in Recapping Day 2 of CBC's Canada Reads 2020 Competition.
*Please note that this audio is from our YouTube channel where we streamed live during the week of the competition (July 20-23)
George Canyon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgecanyon/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaP2dDEeMAmoLKUen6XNW9w
Bookstagram (Instagram)
Shauna and Rebecca: https://www.instagram.com/canadareadsamericanstyle/
Jolene: https://www.instagram.com/bookwormadventuregirl/
Larissa: https://www.instagram.com/the.bookmom/
Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sareshears/
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Akil Augustine defender of Radicalized by Cory Doctorow joins the Canada Reads American Style Crew in Recapping Day 1 of CBC's Canada Reads 2020 Competition.
*Please note that this audio is from our YouTube channel where we streamed live during the week of the competition (July 20-23)
Akil Agustine: https://www.instagram.com/akilaugustine/
Bookstagram (Instagram)
Shauna and Rebecca: https://www.instagram.com/canadareadsamericanstyle/
Jolene: https://www.instagram.com/bookwormadventuregirl/
Larissa: https://www.instagram.com/the.bookmom/
Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sareshears/
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Rebecca and Jolene discuss their buddy read, All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward by Tanya Talaga, but they also delve into current affairs affecting BIPOC in North America. Both are strong in their commitment as allies in the struggle for equality in the US and Canada.
You can find more about Jolene and her passion for books on Instagram: @bookwormadventuregirl as well as her website and blog: www.bookwormadventuregirl.com
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Shauna asks, "How great are Canadian authors?!" because Rebecca reached out to author Karen McBride a day after she finished reading Crow Winter and she agreed to chat with them. Please excuse Rebecca's gushing over this wonderful story about a young Indigenous woman returning home and the trickster crow, Nanabush, who helps reveal her family's secrets.
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Shauna and Rebecca take an interview break from authors and Canada Reads defenders to chat with publisher Bruce Walsh, formerly of the University of Regina Press. In June 2020, Bruce will begin his new role as publisher of House of Anansi Press, which was "founded in 1967 with a mandate to publish Canadian writers." https://houseofanansi.com/ A few of their current titles include: Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga (CBC's Canada Reads 2018 longlist); Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles (CBC's Canada Reads 2020 selection); and The Break by Katherena Vermette (CBC's Canada Reads 2017 selection).
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads