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Misconduct of the Heart by Cordelia Strube
Misconduct of the Heart by Cordelia StrubeECW Press, April 2020Audiobook (18 hours; Dreamscape Media, 2020) read by Eve PasseltinerA witty, wise novel about moving forward and opening your heart after experiencing trauma.Stevie Tree lives in a "crappy Scarborough triplex with paint peeling off th...
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Misconduct of the Heart by Cordelia StrubeECW Press, April 2020Audiobook (18 hours; Dreamscape Media, 2020) read by Eve PasseltinerA witty, wise novel about moving forward and opening your heart after experiencing trauma.Stevie Tree lives in a "crappy Scarborough triplex with paint peeling off th...
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The Last High by Daniel Kalla
The Last High: A Thriller by Daniel KallaSimon & Schuster, May 2020A medical thriller about the opioid crisis, set in Vancouver.Who would have guessed that as part of the Shadow Giller project I would read three books in a row that are partly set in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vanc...
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The Last High: A Thriller by Daniel KallaSimon & Schuster, May 2020A medical thriller about the opioid crisis, set in Vancouver.Who would have guessed that as part of the Shadow Giller project I would read three books in a row that are partly set in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vanc...
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No Going Back by Sheena Kamal
No Going Back by Sheena KamalAudiobook [9 hours] read by Bahni TurpinHarperAudio, April 2020Third in a series featuring Vancouver private detective Nora Watts, a woman of mixed heritage -- a Palestinian mother and an Indigenous father -- who is (somewhat unsuccessfully) dealing with past trauma. ...
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No Going Back by Sheena KamalAudiobook [9 hours] read by Bahni TurpinHarperAudio, April 2020Third in a series featuring Vancouver private detective Nora Watts, a woman of mixed heritage -- a Palestinian mother and an Indigenous father -- who is (somewhat unsuccessfully) dealing with past trauma. ...
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Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Five Little Indians by Michelle GoodHarper Perennial, April 2020How do residential school survivors cope with the trauma they've experienced? In this heartbreaking, hopeful novel, Michelle Good brings five characters to life to answer that question. Kenny, Lucy, Maisie, Howie and Clara have ...
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Five Little Indians by Michelle GoodHarper Perennial, April 2020How do residential school survivors cope with the trauma they've experienced? In this heartbreaking, hopeful novel, Michelle Good brings five characters to life to answer that question. Kenny, Lucy, Maisie, Howie and Clara have ...
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Dominoes at the Crossroads by Kaie Kellough
Dominoes at the Crossroads: Stories by Kaie KelloughEsplanade, January 2020Pieces of short fiction about Canadian identity as part of the African diaspora -- short stories, autobiographical fiction, science fiction, spy thriller, memoir, metafiction, history, historical fiction: whatever form thi...
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Dominoes at the Crossroads: Stories by Kaie KelloughEsplanade, January 2020Pieces of short fiction about Canadian identity as part of the African diaspora -- short stories, autobiographical fiction, science fiction, spy thriller, memoir, metafiction, history, historical fiction: whatever form thi...
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The Library of Legends by Janie Chang
The Library of Legends by Janie ChangAudiobook [11 hours] read by Emily Woo Zeller HarperCollins, April 2020Compulsively readable historical fiction with fantastical elements.The story opens in September 1937 in Nanking during the second Sino-Japanese war: The...
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The Library of Legends by Janie ChangAudiobook [11 hours] read by Emily Woo Zeller HarperCollins, April 2020Compulsively readable historical fiction with fantastical elements.The story opens in September 1937 in Nanking during the second Sino-Japanese war: The...
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Good Citizens Need Not Fear by Maria Reva
Good Citizens Need Not Fear: Stories by Maria RevaKnopf Canada, March 2020A collection of interconnected, darkly funny stories set in Ukraine, both before and after the fall of the USSR. The people are mostly residents in a poorly-built ten-storey apartment building. One of the ongoing characters...
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Good Citizens Need Not Fear: Stories by Maria RevaKnopf Canada, March 2020A collection of interconnected, darkly funny stories set in Ukraine, both before and after the fall of the USSR. The people are mostly residents in a poorly-built ten-storey apartment building. One of the ongoing characters...
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The Wild Heavens by Sarah Louise Butler
The Wild Heavens by Sarah Louise ButlerDouglas & McIntyre, March 2020Nature writing, in the form of a novel about the limits of human understanding about our place in this world.Alternating chapters switch between Sandy Langley's account of her day spent following the tracks of a sasquatch in...
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The Wild Heavens by Sarah Louise ButlerDouglas & McIntyre, March 2020Nature writing, in the form of a novel about the limits of human understanding about our place in this world.Alternating chapters switch between Sandy Langley's account of her day spent following the tracks of a sasquatch in...
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The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue Audiobook [9 hours] read by Emma Lowe HarperCollins, July 2020Set over three intense days in a short-staffed maternity/fever ward in Dublin during the deadly 1918 flu epidemic: this novel's content resonates strongly in our contemporary time of pandemic.Abou...
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The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue Audiobook [9 hours] read by Emma Lowe HarperCollins, July 2020Set over three intense days in a short-staffed maternity/fever ward in Dublin during the deadly 1918 flu epidemic: this novel's content resonates strongly in our contemporary time of pandemic.Abou...
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My Giller Shortlist Prediction with Reading Envy
Last month I had a conversation with Jenny Colvin on her Reading Envy podcast, talking about three books that wowed me. I believe all three deserve to be on the Giller shortlist. Jenny spoke about two great books she had recently read, including one that is eligible for the Giller. You can f...
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Last month I had a conversation with Jenny Colvin on her Reading Envy podcast, talking about three books that wowed me. I believe all three deserve to be on the Giller shortlist. Jenny spoke about two great books she had recently read, including one that is eligible for the Giller. You can f...
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Why, Oh Why Did I Agree to Be on the Shadow Giller Jury?
Initially, I was thrilled to be asked to join the Shadow Giller jury this year (2020) for the first time. And then, as soon as I accepted the honour, I wondered why on earth I said yes. It's not the reading of dozens of Canadian books that I find daunting. I LOVE CanLit and read a lot of it every...
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Initially, I was thrilled to be asked to join the Shadow Giller jury this year (2020) for the first time. And then, as soon as I accepted the honour, I wondered why on earth I said yes. It's not the reading of dozens of Canadian books that I find daunting. I LOVE CanLit and read a lot of it every...
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July 2020 Reading Round-Up
Highlights from my reading in July include seven novels for adults -- six of them in audiobook format -- plus one collection of short stories. Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi SwarupAudiobook [12 hr] read by Vikras AdamOceans, glaciers, rivers, islands, mountains and valleys: all of these, ...
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Highlights from my reading in July include seven novels for adults -- six of them in audiobook format -- plus one collection of short stories. Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi SwarupAudiobook [12 hr] read by Vikras AdamOceans, glaciers, rivers, islands, mountains and valleys: all of these, ...
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June 2020 Reading Round-Up
Lots of Canadian content and Black authors in my reading this month. Here are some highlights, starting with three audiobooks that are perfect for family listening.Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X KendiAudiobook read by the authorsA remix of Ibram X Kendi's N...
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Lots of Canadian content and Black authors in my reading this month. Here are some highlights, starting with three audiobooks that are perfect for family listening.Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X KendiAudiobook read by the authorsA remix of Ibram X Kendi's N...
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May 2020 Reading Round-Up
Of the 30 books I read this month, these are the highlights:Flèche by Mary Jean ChanMary Jean Chan grew up in Hong Kong and moved to England as a teenager. She competed in the sport of fencing, which is where the title of this brilliant poetry collection comes from. Flèche, which sounds like 'fle...
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Of the 30 books I read this month, these are the highlights:Flèche by Mary Jean ChanMary Jean Chan grew up in Hong Kong and moved to England as a teenager. She competed in the sport of fencing, which is where the title of this brilliant poetry collection comes from. Flèche, which sounds like 'fle...
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April 2020 Reading Round-Up
Audiobooks, comics, novellas and short stories: that's what has been hitting the spot lately. Here are some highlights from my reading life in April, plus one audiobook that's a cure for sleepless nights:The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories edited by Jay RubinTranslations by various peopleI...
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Audiobooks, comics, novellas and short stories: that's what has been hitting the spot lately. Here are some highlights from my reading life in April, plus one audiobook that's a cure for sleepless nights:The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories edited by Jay RubinTranslations by various peopleI...
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