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Canada Reads American Style

Canada Reads American Style

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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44:57

Our 2024 Top Ten Books

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/12/31

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

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58:10

Book Chat 22

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/12/08

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

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31:15

Tara's Holiday Picks!

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/11/22

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

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41:55

Top Canadian Authors Continued

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/11/17

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

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42:48

Book Chat #21

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/10/26

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

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46:40

Interview - Brett Popplewell and Outsider: An Old...

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/10/19

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

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22:13

Interview - Sydney Leigh and Instagoner

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/10/09

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

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32:03

Interview - Sarah Raughley and The Bones of Ruin Trilogy

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/10/02

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

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01:02:25

Book Chat #20

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/09/29

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

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53:32

Eden Mills Writers' Festival Wrap-Up

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/09/13

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

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42:44

Interview - Hollay Ghadery and Widow Fantasies

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/09/06

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

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56:55

Book Chat #19

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/08/22

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

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38:57

When Place is a Character

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/08/16

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 /

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31:26

Interview - Susan Wadds and What the Living Do

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/08/08

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)

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29:50

Interview - Michael Redhead Champagne and We Need...

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/08/01

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,

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28:41

Reader Repartee with Katie

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/07/29

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):

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40:14

Interview - Emily A. Weedon and Autokrator

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/07/09

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

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30:27

Interview - Marion Agnew and Making Up the Gods

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/07/09

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

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37:40

2024 Goals - Midyear Review

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/07/04

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

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48:37

Book Chat #18

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/06/15

Rebecca and Tara share their latest reads!Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Autokrator by Emily A. Weedon The Street by Ann Petry The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy by Ali Velshi Tara (@onabranchreads): The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley Indian Burial Ground; Sisters of the Lost Nation by

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