Inspired by today's Canada Reads debates, I find myself wondering: is it kinda disappointing when a book that has already been recognized internationally by readers and prize committees receives yet another award, and, if so, should the judges take every opportunity to look for another deserving title because those old
Today marks the launch of 2010's Canada Reads, which obviously I find intensely interesting, but it might not seem as fascinating if you're not following (live or via podcast), so I'm planning to pull out a more universal book-related, reading-related question that's raised in each day's debates -- rather than
Image links to Pickle Me This, home of the Challenge Martha Ostenso's Wild Geese (1925) This feels, to me, like the quintessentially Canadian novel, the sort that I can imagine being assigned by English teachers (well, except for a couple of scenes that would have undoubtedly ruffled
Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees (1996) Image links to Canada Reads 2010 This is a re-read for me, and the last of the books I've been reading and re-reading with 2010's Canada Reads in mind. I heard a few people commenting on how hard (even how
M.G. Vassanji's The Book of Secrets (1994) Have you read M.G. Vassanji yet? I chose this one as part of my glimpse into a pocket of Canlit missed in 1994 but I was really just looking for an excuse to read more of his work, which I had intended to
