Rebecca and Tara discuss the upcoming Eden Mills Writers' Festival in Eden Mills, Ontario, which takes place on Sunday, September 10, 2023 and runs from noon to 5:30 pm. Tickets are on sale now!
Brett Popplewell, Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain, and the Search for a Hidden Past
Don Gillmor, To the River: Losing My Brother
Gabriel Allahdua, Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada
Tara:
Jessica Johns, Bad Cree
Ali Hassan, Is There Bacon in Heaven?
Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado About Nothing
Amy Jones, Pebble & Dove
Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero
Janika Oza, A History of Burning
Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers
Katherena Vermette, The Circle
Tara also highlighted @trishtalksbooks September TBR challenge on Bookstagram. It's not too late to join in!
Rebecca and Tara shared the news that they are planning to launch a patreon account in January 2024 to grow their bookish community!
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Rebecca and Tara chat about their most recent reads!
Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):
George: A Magpie Memoir by Frieda Hughes
The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Felix Castor series by Mike Carey
Everyone Here is Lying; The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
The Break; The Strangers; The Circle by Katherena Vermette
Migrations; Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Tara (@onabranchreads):
I Have Some Questions for You; The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
A History of Burning by Janika Oza
Care of: Letters, Connections, and Cures by Ivan E. Coyote
Much Ado about Nada; Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
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Tara chats with our guest Stephanie Domet about two of her favourite things — literary festivals and books!
Stephanie Domet is the co-founder and co-executive director of the Afterwords Literary Festival based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is also an award-winning author of two books — Homing and Fallsy Downsies — and is currently at work on her third novel, Good Birds Don’t Fly Away.
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison
Monoculture by Sue Goyette
Alice Munro
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Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
The Final Empire (Mistborn #1); Tress of the Emerald Sea; Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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Rebecca and Tara chat about their latest reads, including a few titles to celebrate Disability Pride Month, celebrated annually in July.
Also, Teach Media, an educational media company and publisher of graphic novels, reached out to Rebecca and is offering their followers a special 20% discount at their online bookstore for No Reason to Apologize with the code: CanLit20. The discount will be active through August 14, 2023. https://shop.teachmag.com/
The Centaur's Wife; Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan E. Coyote
Message in a Bottle: Ocean Dispatches from a Seabird Biologist by Holly Hogan
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
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Rebecca and Tara review their 2023 Reading Goals at the halfway point in the year.
Rebecca:
The Boxer by Kat Fink
Aesop's Fables
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel
The Strangers by Katherena Vermette
A Quality of Light; Keeper'n Me by Richard Wagamese
The Bingo Hall Detectives; The Village Hall Vendetta by Jonathan Whitelaw
Vancouver Noir published by Akashic Books
Tara:
Echo Man by Sam Holland
We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie
Son of a Critch by Mark Critch (memoir and tv series)
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (August 1, 2023)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Author Emily Henry
Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle
Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads
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Rebecca and Tara chat about their home bookshelves. How many books do they have? Where are they shelved? How are they organized? Check out their Instagram accounts below to see photographs of their bookshelves!
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Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads
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Rebecca and Tara welcome Bookstagram friend Trish (@trishtalksbooks) to chat about their next best reads. Also, check out Trish's blog and subscribe to her newsletter!
Trish :
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality by Lindsay Wong
The Betrothed by Allessandro Manzoni, translated by Michael F. Moore
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
This is How We Love; February by Lisa Moore
A Dress Made from Light by Sheri Doyle (Instagram: @the.river.pages)
Lostboy: True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
Rebecca @canadareadsamericanstyle:
True North Rising: My 50 Year Journey with the Inuit and Dene Leaders Who Transformed Canada's North by Whit Fraser
Ted Kennedy: A Life by John A. Farrell
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Rebecca chats with author Wilson Coneybeare, a proud Canadian-American, to discuss his first novel, A Feast of Wolves. It is a page-turning political thriller set in the US and imagines a modern day French revolution, complete with guillotine on the steps of the capitol.
Also, of interest to Canadians, he is the son of Rod Coneybeare, who played Jerome and Rusty on the beloved CBC children’s show, “The Friendly Giant.”
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What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri
The Indian Lake Trilogy by Stephen Graham Jones:
My Heart is a Chainsaw
Don't Fear the Reaper
The Trees by Percival Everett
Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle
Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads
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Rebecca and Tara welcome Laura from the wonderful independent book store, The Book Keeper in Sarnia, Ontario to answer the Five Reader Repartee Questions. Laura's responses include:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Stephen King
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
Frodo from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle
Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads
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Rebecca and Tara welcome Ann from The Book Keeper, a wonderful independent bookstore in Sarnia, Ontario.
Ann's books:
Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour by Rickie Lee Jones
Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas by Yoru Sumino
Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love & Karaoke by Rob Sheffield
Coke Machine Glow by Gordon Downie
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Tara's books:
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore
Enter the Body by Joy McCullough
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Rebecca's books:
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell
The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe
Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle
Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads
Ann's Instagram: @lowbrow.and.literate.ish
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Rebecca and Tara chat with Canada Reads host Ali Hassan about the 2023 debates! Books Ali mentions include Reproduction by Ian Williams and An Actor's Companion: Tools for the Working Actor by Seth Barrish.
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