Book Chat #19 Canada Reads American Style podcast

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Tara chats with Joanne Jackson, an award-winning author of three novels: The Wheaton (2019); A Snake in the Raspberry Patch (2023), winner of the Crime Writers of Canada's Best Crime Novel set in Canada and short listed for the Saskatchewan Book Awards; and her latest novel Sunset Lake Resort (2024) published by Stonehouse Publishing. Regardless of what weather Saskatchewan throws at her, she can often be found walking outside. Joanne's recommendations: The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins The Husband's Secrets by Liane Moriarty. https://www.joannejackson.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/joannejacksonauthor/ https://www.stonehousepublishing.ca/store/sunset-lake-resort…

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Book Chat 24 39:44

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Rebecca and Tara chat about their latest reads, some of which include CBC's Canada Reads titles for the 2025 debates airing March 17-20 on CBC TV, CBC Radio, and CBC Books (website and YouTube). Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): How We Move the Air by Garnett Kilberg Cohen Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper American War; What Strange Paradise; One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew The Immortal Woman by Su Change Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey Lost Women, Banished Souls by Garnett Kilberg Cohen Tara (@onabranchreads): Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich God Isn't Here Today by Francine Cunningham Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell…

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Love Stories 34:55

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Rebecca and Tara celebrate some of their favorite Love Stories in all their different forms in honor of Valentine's Day. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead Cam & Beau by Maria Cichosz The Magic of Ordinary Days by Ann Howard Creel https://www.hallmarkfamily.com/the-magic-of-ordinary-days Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf Griffin & Sabine Trilogy: Griffin & Sabine; Sabine's Notebook; The Golden Mean by Nick Bantock Tara (@onabranchreads): The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage by Carol Off The Outlander; Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin The River by Peter Heller The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black Leaving Earth by Helen Humphreys The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite…

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Interview - Dr. Louise Ells and Lies I Told My Sister 31:01

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Rebecca is excited to speak with author Dr. Louise Ells. Louise is the author of Lies I Told My Sister, published in 2024 by Latitude 46 Publishing. She was born and raised in Northeastern Ontario. After years of travel, she moved to Cambridge, England where she earned her PhD in Creative Writing. Louise teaches at universities and colleges in England and Canada and currently lives north of Toronto, where she can often be found in her library surrounded by books and snuggled up with her cats. https://www.louiseells.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/louiseellsauthor/?hl=en https://store.latitude46publishing.com/products/lies-i-told-my-sister Recommendations: Waiting for a Star to Fall by Kerry Clare A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott Treed: Walking in Canada's Urban Forests; Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon Cottagers and Indians by Drew Hayden Taylor Death of Persephone: A Murder by Yvonne Blomer Poet Joy Williams Vandals by Alice Munro: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/10/04/vandals…

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Interview - Adelle Purdham and I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I've Told Myself 42:25

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Tara is excited to chat with Adelle Purdham, who is an educator, parent disability advocate and author of the memoir-in-essays I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I've Told Myself published by Dundurn Press in 2024. It was named a Fall 2024 Most Anticipated Memoir & Biography by Indigo and 49th Shelf. Her prose and poetry appear in literary journals, anthologies, magazines, newspapers and online. Adelle has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and is a qualified French teacher. She currently woks as a Seasonal Part-time Faculty member at Trent University where she teaches creative writing in her hometown, Nogojiwanong (Peterborough), ON. https://adellepurdham.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/adellepurdham/?hl=en https://www.dundurn.com/ Recommended titles: Shut Away: When Down Syndrome Was a Life Sentence by Catherine McKercher An Astonishment of Stars: Stories by Kirti Bhadresa The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros…

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2025 CBC’s Canada Reads Short List 24:38

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Rebecca and Tara discuss CBC's Canada Reads Short List, how well they did in selecting what would make the short list, and who they predict will win based on the slightest amount of research possible and their gut feelings. https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canada-reads-2025-contenders-1.7431920 The Contenders: Olympic gold medalist Maggie Mac Neil champions Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey Podcaster and wellness advocate Shayla Stonechild champions A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louisa Plummer Heartland actor Michelle Morgan champions Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper Thriller writer Linwood Barclay champions Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston Pastry chef Saïd M'Dahoma champions Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew…

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Book Chat 23 55:05

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Rebecca and Tara are back for their first book chat of 2025! They share the titles they've read recently and want to recommend. Stay tuned to the end where a bit of CBC's Canada Reads pops into the discussion. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables) by L.M. Montgomery Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1); A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) by Becky Chambers Lies I Told My Sister by Louise Ells https://www.louiseells.ca/ Arctic Predator: The Crimes of Edward Horne Against Children in Canada's North by Kathleen Lippa Tara (@onabranchreads): Sunset Lake Resort by Joanne Jackson Grandfather of the Treaties: Finding Our Future Through Wampum Covenant by Daniel Coleman A Different Hurricane by H. Nigel Thomas The Reinvention of Love by Helen Humphreys…

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Interview - Erin Steele and Sunrise over Half-Built Houses: Love, Longing and Addiction in Suburbia 29:15

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Rebecca is excited to speak with Canadian author Erin Steele. Her queer coming-of-age and addiction memoir, Sunrise over Half-Built Houses: Love, Longing and Addiction in Suburbia (Caitlin Press) was published in Canada in 2024 and will be available in the US on February 21, 2025. Erin also writes “ On Being Human” on Substack. She was a 2022 Writing by Writers fellow and is published in Human Parts, WordWorks, and other online publications. She lives in Kelowna, BC Canada. https://erinsteele.com/ https://www.instagram.com/erinsteelewrites/ https://caitlinpress.com/Contributors/S/Steele-Erin…

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2025 CBC's Canada Reads Long List 32:13

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The day everyone has been waiting for!! CBC Books has released the long list for the 2025 Canada Reads debates and Rebecca and Tara offer their predictions for the five books that will compete for the title! Tara suggests at the end that their predictions are submitted as a podcast rather than as two individuals. It seems they are looking to raise the odds on how many they get right! lol (The asterisk below highlights the titles they predict will be announced on January 23, 2025 for the short list.) • The Whispers by Ashley Audrain* • Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey* • A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louisa Plummer • What I Know About You by Éric Chacour, translated by Pablo Strauss* • The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue • When the Pine Needles Fall by Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, with Sean Carleton* • Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper* • The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard** • Jennie’s Boy by Wayne Johnston • Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott • Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew • However Far Away by Rajinderpal S. Pal* • Clyde Fans by Seth • Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder* • All Our Ordinary Stories by Teresa Wong* For extensive detail and ongoing coverage, see https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/the-canada-reads-2025-longlist-is-here-1.7421861…

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Our 2025 Reading Goals 26:43

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Happy New Year!! Rebecca and Tara sum up their 2024 goals and introduce their reading goals for 2025! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): 2024: Brothers Grimm; Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur; Inclusive Picture Book Challenge; 12 classic women authors 2025: Complete Anne of Green Gables and The Chronicles of Narnia series and read more Redwall; read children's books that have "mischievous, clever, independent girl characters"; track "mood reads" Tara (@onabranchreads): 2024: Giller Long List; Agatha Christie; Helen Humphreys 2025: Carol Shields Prize for Fiction; Agatha Christie; Helen Humphreys; weed physical TBR; read more short stories Mentioned: https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/ https://www.instagram.com/carolshieldsprize/ https://www.riverstreetwriting.com/ https://www.instagram.com/river_street_writes/…

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Our 2024 Top Ten Books 44:57

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As Rebecca and Tara close out 2024 and a great year of reading, they share their Top Ten list of books! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Ginny Ross Series by Heather Stemp: Amelia & Me; Under Amelia’s Wing; Beyond Amelia The Street by Ann Petry My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Sisters of the Spruce by Leslie Shimotakahara Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele Making Up the Gods by Marion Agnew Eleanor Courtown by Lucy E.M. Black James by Percival Everett Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain, and the Search for a Hidden Past Tara (@onabranchreads): Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast by John Vaillant Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper; The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan; Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder by Julia Zarankin I'm So Glad we Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop My Body is Distant by Paige Maylott The Knowing by Tanya Talaga Coexistence by Billy-Ray Belcourt James by Percival Everett Followed by the Lark by Helen Humphreys All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whittaker Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo Rebecca and Tara want to thank all of you for listening to and supporting the podcast this past year or longer. They look forward to creating more fun and interesting content in 2025!…

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Book Chat 22 58:10

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Rebecca and Tara have lots of books to share since their last book chat! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holliday The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain Skid Dogs by Emelia Symington-Fedy The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry The Pearl by John Steinbeck Passing by Nella Larsen Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit Tara (@onabranchreads): Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys My Body is Distant: A Memoir by Paige Maylott The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1 and 2: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island by Kent Monkman, Gisele Gordon I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I've Told Myself by Adelle Purdham All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby…

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Tara's Holiday Picks! 31:15

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Tara shares her holiday reading list! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Precious Cargo: My Year of Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077 by Craig Davidson Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit Passing by Nella Larsen The Street by Ann Petry Tara (@onabranchreads): The Queen by Nick Cutter The Saturday Night Ghost Club; Rust and Bone: Stories by Craig Davidson The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict The Christmas Countdown by Holly Cassidy Author Hannah Mary McKinnon The Christmas Party by Karen Swan Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen…

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Top Canadian Authors Continued 41:55

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Rebecca and Tara shared their Top Ten Canadian Books of the 21st Century on YouTube Live on August 24, 2024 but decided they wanted to share additional authors and titles that they highly recommend. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit The Pearl by John Steinbeck Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense; Driven: the Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers; Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers by Marcello Di Cintio The Lost Ones; In the Grip of It; It All Falls Down; No Going Back; Fight Like a Girl by Sheena Kamal The Red Chesterfield; Fall from Grace; A Killing Winter; Blood Red Summer; The Traitors of Camp 133 by Wayne Arthurson Tara (@onabranchreads): I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I Told Myself by Adelle Purdham The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict The Doctor's Sweetheart and Other Stories by L.M. Montgomery Fayne; Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald The Fionavar Tapestry series; The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay The Spoon Stealer; Nosy Parker by Lesley Crewe Fallsy Downsies by Stephanie Domet Hollay Ghadery Helen Humphreys…

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Book Chat #21 42:48

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Rebecca is back from a two-week road trip and shares her stops along the way and only two books. Tara, on the other hand, had a great month of reading! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Loudmouth Books: https://loudmouthindy.com/ / https://www.instagram.com/loudmouthindy/ President Benjamin Harrison House: https://bhpsite.org/ Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library: https://presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/ Dana-Thomas House (Frank Lloyd Wright): https://dana-thomas.org/ Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum: https://marktwainmuseum.org/ Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum: https://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/ Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum: https://ameliaearharthangarmuseum.org/ Amelia & Me; Under Amelia’s Wing; Beyond Amelia by Heather Stemp Cahokia Mounds World Heritage & State Historic Site: https://cahokiamounds.org/ Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library: https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/ The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow Tara (@onabranchreads): Invisible Prisons by Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer I'm So Glad We Had This Time by Maurice Vellekoop Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo Sugaring Off by Fanny Britt with Susan Ouriou The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman Don't forget to check out Rebecca and Tara's latest "Reading from Our Shelves" on YouTube: https://studio.youtube.com/video/uAq2aptzpLc/edit…

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Interview - Brett Popplewell and Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past 46:40

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Rebecca is excited to chat with author Brett Popplewell about his latest book, Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past. Brett is an author and journalist who joined Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication in 2017. His articles have been recognized by the National Magazine Awards Foundation in best short feature, profiles, investigative reporting, longform writing, sports and travel. He has written for Bloomberg Businessweek, Mother Jones, The Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Sportsnet, Maclean’s, The Walrus and more. He is the co-author of The Escapist: How One Man Cheated Death on the World’s Highest Mountains . Published in 2016). https://brettpopplewell.ca/ https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443457859/outsider/ https://thewalrus.ca/churchill-portrait/…

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Interview - Sydney Leigh and Instagoner 22:13

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Tara chats with author Sydney Leigh about her latest novel, Instagoner, published on August 27, 2024 by Level Best Books; it is the first book in the Bark and Blog Mystery series. When lifestyle blogger Emily finds the body of the local controversial talk show host who also happens to be her arch-nemesis, she enlists the help of her online audience, her best friend and barista Fitz, and furry, four-footed roommate Murray who help solve the crime. Sydney spent several years running a seasonal business, allowing her to spend the cold months in cool places. She now spends her work time thinking about murder and writing cozy mysteries. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers and served on the board of Crime Writers of Canada from 2018-2021. Highlighted books: The True Love Experiment; The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack Murder Road by Simone St. James Peril in Pink by Sydney Leigh https://sydneyleighbooks.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sydneyleighauthor/…

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Interview - Sarah Raughley and The Bones of Ruin Trilogy 32:03

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Tara interviews author Sarah Raughley about her trilogy, The Bones of Ruin (The Bones of Ruin, The Song of Wrath, The Lady of Rapture), as well as her new novel, The Queen's Spade, out January 14, 2025. Sarah grew up in southern Ontario writing stories about freakish little girls with powers because she secretly wanted to be one. She is a huge fangirl of anything from manga to sci/fi fantasy TV to Japanese role-playing games. As a writer, Sarah has been nominated for the Aurora Award for Best Young Adult novel and works in the community doing writing workshops for youths and adults. As an academic, Sarah has a PhD in English. She has taught at McMaster University and acted as a postdoctoral fellow at The University of Ottawa. She currently teaches creative writing at Lakehead University. Her research concerns representations of race and gender in popular media, youth culture and post colonialism. Highlighted titles: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor July's People by Nadine Gordimer Legendborn; Bloodmarked; Oathbound (3/2025) by Tracy Deonn Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi Basara by Yumi Tamura Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi Sugar Sugar Rune by Moyoco Anno The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda Fushigi Yugi by Yuu Watase Bleach by Tite Kubo https://sarahraughley.com/ https://www.instagram.com/s_raughley/…

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Book Chat #20 1:02:25

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Rebecca and Tara close out September with what they are currently reading and what they've read since their last book chat. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of The Kingdom of Redonda by Michael Hingston The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Little Moons by Jen Storm Not Cancelled: Canadian Caremongering in the Face of Covid-19; Life After Loss: Reflections on Moments of Grace and Courage in Grief by Catherine Kenwell Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell The Circle by Katherena Vermette Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall Tara (@onabranchreads): Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder by Julia Zarankin The Circle; Real Ones by Katherena Vermette Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich Wild Dogs by Helen Humphreys The Women by Kristin Hannah The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black Pay the Piper by George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus The River; Burn by Peter Heller…

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival Wrap-Up 53:32

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Rebecca and Tara chat about their great day at the annual Eden Mills Writers' Festival in Eden Mills, Ontario. Check out the link below for the entire day's lineup of authors and titles discussed on the podcast. https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/featured-writers/ Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall Tara (@onabranchreads): Instagoner (A Bark and Blog Mystery Series) by Sydney Leigh God Isn't Here Today by Francine Cunningham Tear by Erica McKeen…

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Interview - Hollay Ghadery and Widow Fantasies 42:44

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Tara talks with Hollay Ghadery, an award-winning Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer living in rural Ontario on Anishanaabe land. Fuse, her acclaimed memoir of mixed-race identity and mental illness, was published by Guernica Editions' Microland imprint in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for nonfiction/memoir. (Check out Rebecca's interview with Hollay on the January 11, 2023 episode.) Her debut collection of poetry, Rebellion Box, was released with Radiant Press in April 2023. Her short fiction collection, Widow Fantasies, will be released on September 1, 2024, with Gordon Hill Press. Hollay is also the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township as well as the founder of and senior publicist with River Street Writing, a team of creatives who aim to produce and celebrate amazing writers. Books, authors highlighted: Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook by David Galef Through the Sad Wood Our Corpses Will Hang by Ava Farmehri Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa The Boulevard by Jerrod Edson Poet Bronwen Wallace Most of All the Wanting by Amanda Merpaw Whylah Falls by George Elliott Clarke A Simple Carpenter by David Margoshes Author Adele Wiseman Off the Tracks: A Meditation on Train Journeys in a Time of No Travel by Pamela Mulloy The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits by Ben Berman Ghan The Mona Lisa Sacrifice (The Book of Cross #1) by Peter Roman Publishers: Radiant Press https://radiantpress.ca/ Latitude 46 https://latitude46publishing.com/ Wolsak & Winn https://www.wolsakandwynn.ca/ Literary Festivals: The Word on the Street Toronto https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/ Eden Mills Writers' Festival https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/ The & Festival https://theampersandreview.ca/the-festival-2024 Wordstock Sudbury https://wordstocksudbury.ca/…

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Book Chat #19 56:55

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Rebecca and Tara share their latest good reads! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Golden Boys: The Winnipeg Falcons of 1920 by Paul Keery; illustrated by Michael Wyatt https://shop.teachmag.com/collections/frontpage/products/golden-boys-the-winnipeg-falcons-of-1920 Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay Tara (@onabranchreads): Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts Real Ones: A Novel by Katherena Vermette The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan Merlin Bird ID: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren Road Ends by Mary Lawson The Puppet Master (Major Crimes #3) by Sam Holland The God of the Woods by Liz Moore…

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When Place is a Character 38:57

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Rebecca and Tara highlight books they've read in which the location or place is a distinct character in the novel. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Governor Gretchen Whitmer Widow Fantasies by Hollay Ghadery Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez / Scarborough, Ontario Brother by David Chariandy / Scarborough, Ontario Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay / Hanging Rock, Victoria, Australia The Street by Ann Petry / Harlem, New York City My Ántonia by Willa Cather / Nebraska Denison Ave by Christina Wong / Chinatown, Kensington Market Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill / Toronto The Lost Ones (Nora Watts series) by Sheena Kamal / Vancouver The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty / Vacca Vale, Indiana Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah / Montreal Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan / Flint, Michigan The Break by Katherina Vermette / Winnipeg's North End Tara (@onabranchreads): Death & Other Inconveniences by Lesley Crewe Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir by Julia Zarankin Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life by Jonathan Van Ness Road Ends by Mary Lawson Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper / Northern Ontario, Cottage Country The Dry by Jane Harper / Australia River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta / Toronto Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery / Prince Edward Island Galore by Michael Crummey / Newfoundland David Adams Richards / New Brunswick…

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Interview - Susan Wadds and What the Living Do 31:26

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Tara chats with Canadian Susan Wadds, author of What the Living Do. Winner of the Writer's Union of Canada's Prose Contest in 2016, Susan's award-winning work has appeared in The Blood Pudding, Room, Quagmire, Waterwheel Review, Funicular, WOW--Women on Writing, and many more. The first two chapters of her debut novel, What the Living Do, (Regal House Publishing, 2024), won the Lazuli Group's Prose Contest, and were published in Azure Magazine. Susan is a certified Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) workshop facilitator. She lives on a quiet river in South-Central Ontario with an odd assortment of humans and cats. https://www.instagram.com/deepamwadds/ https://writeyourwayin.ca/about-me/ https://regalhousepublishing.com/susan-wadds/ Reading Recommendations: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano The Stones of Burren Bay by Emily de Angelis Unrest by Gwen Tuinman Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel by Lisa Cron…

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Interview - Michael Redhead Champagne and We Need Everyone 29:50

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Rebecca chats with author Michael Redhead Champagne about his first children’s book, We Need Everyone, which premiered with HighWater Press in January 2024. Michael is working towards a revolution that dismantles harmful systems and builds up new ones based on justice, equity and love. A community leader from Winnipeg's North End with family roots in Shamattawa First Nation, Michael is host, helper, published author, on-screen personality and sought-after public speaker. He happily shares his words, wisdom and welcoming energy across Canada and around the world. He loves family friendly jokes, Tetris, Stevie Wonder music and celebrating the successes of others. https://www.michaelredheadchampagne.com/ https://www.instagram.com/northendmc We Need Everyone Free Teacher Guide: https://www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/T/Teacher-Guide-for-We-Need-Everyone Community Resources: https://fearlessr2w.ca/ https://necrc.org/ https://www.facebook.com/MBHealthCoal/ Upcoming Graphic Novel--Little by Little You Can Change the World by Sonya Ballantyne: https://www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/L/Little-by-Little Recommended Title--Tipiskawi Kisik: Night Sky Star Stories by Wilfred Buck: https://mfnerc.org/product/tipiskawi-kisik-night-sky-star-stories/…

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Reader Repartee with Katie 28:41

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Rebecca welcomes Katie from Whitehorse, Yukon Canada to answer the Five Reader Repartee Questions. How did you become a reader? What book do you wish you could read again for the first time? Which author, living or dead, would you like to meet in person and why? What fictional character would you like to meet and why? What are you currently reading? Katie's responses include: CNIB (Canada): https://www.cnib.ca/en/library-services-people-who-are-blind?region=on LEO (Michigan): https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/bureau-of-services-for-blind-persons/btbl On Fragile Waves by E. Lily Yu Sara Hildreth: https://www.instagram.com/fictionmatters/ and https://www.instagram.com/novelpairingspod/ Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau The Foghorn Echoes; Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir by Danny Ramadan The Philistine by Leila Marshy Shawn Breathes Books: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXA The Book of Ramallah: A City in Short Fiction edited by Maya Abu al-Hayat If you would like to be featured on a future episode of Reader Repartee, contact Rebecca through her Instagram account: @canadareadsamericanstyle…

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Interview - Emily A. Weedon and Autokrator 40:14

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Rebecca chats with the author of Autokrator, Emily A. Weedon. Emily is a debut novelist and a screenwriter from Toronto Canada. Her web series Chateau Laurier was the most awarded web series on the entire planet in 2023 and won a Canadian Screen Award. Her novel Autokrator released by Cormorant Books in April 2024 is already receiving acclaim for its thoughtful messages, especially about women's health in a fractious world, for its wild creativity, and its driving pace as a story. Other titles mentioned: Eris by Larry Gaudet Serotonin; The Map and the Territory; Submission by Michel Houellebecq https://emilyweedon.com/ https://www.cormorantbooks.com/emily-a-weedon https://www.instagram.com/emily.weedon.creates/ Immediately after their discussion, Emily shared the following news with Rebecca: "Dundurn Press Acquisitions Editor Russell Smith has acquired world rights to award-winning screenwriter and AUTOKRATOR author Emily A. Weedon’s HEMO SAPIENS, an erotic noir thriller, pitched as a sleek THE HUNGER meets a twisted HANNIBAL, that reimagines vampires through a lens of female sexuality and anthropology, wherein a homicide detective, while exposing a secret society of bloodthirsty women, will do anything to protect his wife and unborn child from a mysterious and powerful femme fatale for the ages. Publication is expected for Fall 2025."…

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Interview - Marion Agnew and Making Up the Gods 30:27

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Rebecca interviews author Marion Agnew. Marion is a dual US/Canadian citizen, who moved north mid-life, after a career in technical writing and editing. MAKING UP THE GODS (Latitude 46, Sudbury, 2023) is her first novel. Her previous book, REVERBERATIONS: A DAUGHTER’S MEDITATIONS ON ALZHEIMER’S (Signature Editions, Winnipeg, 2019) was shortlisted for the Louise de Kiriline Lawrence award for nonfiction. She lives on the Lake Superior shoreline, a grateful guest in Robinson-Superior Treaty territory, home of the Anishinaabe (Fort William First Nation) and Metis peoples. https://www.marionagnew.com/ (includes citations to Marion's fiction and essays, short and collected) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marionagnew/ Currently reading: Fuse; Rebellion Box; Widow Fantasies by Hollay Ghadery If Sylvie Had Nine Lives by Leona Theis…

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2024 Goals - Midyear Review 37:40

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Rebecca and Tara provide an update on their 2024 goals! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur 2024 Inclusive Picture Book Read Along Challenge @readingwithredandthemagpie My Ántonia by Willa Cather The Street by Ann Petry The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin February by Lisa Moore Tara (@onabranchreads): The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan Merlin bird ID app 2023 Giller Books: Away from the Dead by David Bergen Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan The Island: Stories by Dionne Irving Wait Softly Brother by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis Helen Humphreys: The Lost Garden The Frozen Thames Followed by the Lark Leaving Earth Currently reading: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker…

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Book Chat #18 48:37

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