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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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31:09

2024 CBC’s Canada Reads Short List

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/01/12

Rebecca and Tara are thrilled to discuss the CBC's Canada Reads Short List! Bad Cree by Jessica Johns Denison Avenue by Christina Wong & Daniel Innes Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Shut Up You're Pretty by Téa Mutonji The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou Rebecca: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara: @onabranchreads

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36:00

2024 Goals

Canada Reads American Style ·

2024/01/03

Happy New Year! Rebecca and Tara review their 2023 reading goals and set new challenges for 2024! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Finding Edward by Sheila Murray The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (All-New Third Edition) Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur 2024 Inclusive Picture Book Read Along Challenge by @readingwithredandthemagpie Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Rebecca - Daphne duMaurier Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë The Price of

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01:07:52

2023 Wrap Up

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/12/31

Rebecca and Tara wrap up their 2023 reading year! They also encourage you to follow @river_street_writes on Instagram if you're interested in CanLit, Canadian authors, and small Canadian presses. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Denison Avenue by Christina Wong; illustrated by Daniel Innes Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine Skid Dogs by Emelia Symington-Fedy Cravings by Garnett Kilberg Cohen Where the Falcon Flies by Adam Shoalts Richard Wagamese Greenwood by Michael Christie Ted Kennedy: A Life by

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34:14

2024 CBC’s Canada Reads Long List

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/12/14

Rebecca and Tara are excited to discuss the 2024 Canada Reads Long List (before the New Year!) and predict the Short List contenders! Let the holiday book shopping begin! https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-canada-reads-2024-longlist-is-here-1.7056323 Rebecca: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara: @onabranchreads

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58:06

Book Chat #13

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/12/12

Rebecca and Tara are back with another book chat after a busy fall season! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): In Search of April Raintree (40th Anniversary Edition) by Beatrice Mosionier Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging by Mariam Pirbhai Cravings by Garnett Kilberg Cohen Keeper'n Me; Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese March (Book One, Book Two, Book Three) by John Lewis A Promised Land by Barack Obama Tara (@onabranchreads): I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac,

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43:56

Interview - Adam Shoalts and Where the Falcon Flies

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/12/11

Rebecca is excited to have professional explorer and best-selling author Adam Shoalts as a return guest on the podcast. Adam is a geographer and historian and holds a Ph.D. from McMaster University. He has participated in numerous archaeological digs and undertakes solo expeditions in the most remote wilderness areas. He is the Westaway Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In this episode, Adam will discuss his fifth and latest book, Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400

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31:34

Interview - Lee Thompson, author, editor, publisher

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/12/01

Since the podcast began, Rebecca has wanted to interview an editor to better understand their role in working with authors. On today's episode, she chats with author, editor, and publisher Lee D. Thompson. Lee was born and raised in Moncton, New Brunswick and has had fiction published in five anthologies and in more than a dozen literary journals across Canada and the US. His most recent novel, Apastoral: A Mistopia, was published last year and won the fiction prize at the 2022 New Brunswick Book

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40:34

Interview - Jeremy John and Robert’s Hill / Christmas...

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/11/25

Rebecca and Tara combine two great Christmas-related subjects. First, an interview with Canadian author and storyteller extraordinaire Jeremy John (@jjjeremyjohn)! Robert’s Hill (Or the Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories The Strange Grave of Mikey Dunbar: and Other Stories to Make You Poop Your Pants The Death Swing at Falcon Lake: and S'more Summer Stories to Make You Poop Your Pants (available May 2024) Second, Tara (@onabranchreads) shares her recommended Christmas or winter

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36:48

Non-Fiction November!

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/11/17

Rebecca and Tara celebrate Non-Fiction November by sharing some of their highly anticipated non-fiction reads! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): A Promised Land by Barack Obama Skid Dogs by Emelia Symington-Fedy Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s by Gary Gulman Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall Green Book (film) starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her

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22:40

Interview - Jerrod Edson and The Boulevard

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/11/10

Tara is excited to welcome Jerrod Edson to discuss his latest book, The Boulevard. Jerrod was born in St. John, New Brunswick and raised in the Kennebecasis Valley of southern New Brunswick. He graduated from Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, with a BA in English lit and history, studied journalism at Sheridan College, Oakville, ON, and received his teaching degree in 2007 from York University, Toronto, ON. Jerrod received the David Adams Richards Prize for Fiction for his book The Moon is

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38:21

Podcasters and YouTubers We Follow

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/10/28

Rebecca and Tara share their favorite podcasts and YouTube content creators. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Currently reading: The Boulevard by Jerrod Edson NPR's Book of the Day (pod) NYT-The Book Review (pod) What're You Reading w/Kyle Johnson (pod) Book Cougars (YT) Bookworm Adventure Girl (YT) ThePoptimist (YT) Tara (@onabranchreads): Currently reading: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Next Chapter (CBC pod) What Should I Read Next? (pod) The Currently Reading

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34:23

Book Chat #12

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/10/18

Rebecca and Tara discuss their latest reads in Book Chat #12. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): https://canine.org/ A Promised Land by Barack Obama Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow A Quality of Light by Richard Wagamese Aesop's Fables Where the Falcon Flies by Adam Shoalts Shelterbelts by Jonathan Dyck (WFPBC is Nov. 1, 2023 at 7:00pm CT) To sign up for the Winnipeg Free Press Book Club https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/book-club Tara (@onabranchreads): The Wake: The Deadly Legacy of a Newfoundland

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37:57

Scotiabank Giller Prize Wrap Up

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/10/08

Tara wraps up her latest Scotiabank Giller Prize reading goal. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Where the Falcon Flies by Adam Shoalts Tara (@onabranchreads): How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur Stray Dogs: Stories by Rawi Hage Pure Color by Sheila Heti In the City of Pigs by André Forget Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson We Measure

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31:33

Creepy Books!

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/10/01

Rebecca and Tara kick off October with some of their favorite creepy books! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Little Amal https://www.walkwithamal.org/ The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine The Merciless series; Survive the Night, The Haunted, The Unleashed by Danielle Vega A Quality of Light by Richard Wagamese Tara (@onabranchreads) The Marigolds by Andrew S. Sullivan The Daughter of Dr. Moreau by We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix Camp Damascus

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28:54

Interview - Lucy E.M. Black and The Brickworks

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/09/27

Rebecca is excited to chat with author Lucy E.M. Black about her historical novel, The Brickworks, which is a compelling story about two Scotsmen who emigrate to the US and Canada and have a passion for engineering, industrialization, and community. Lucy has also authored The Marzipan Fruit Basket, a collection of short stories, Eleanor Courtown, a work of historical fiction, and Stella’s Carpet, a novel about intergenerational trauma. Instagram: @lucyemblack Website:

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46:12

Book Chat #11

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/09/18

Rebecca and Tara chat about the Eden Mills Writers' Festival and their latest reads. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta Try Not to be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda by Michael Hingston Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell Black Water Sister by Zen Cho Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black Tara (@onabranchreads): The Circle by Katherena Vermette Holi-FATE

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29:27

Eden Mills Writers’ Festival

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/09/01

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! https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/festival-sunday/schedule/ Author sessions they plan to attend: Rebecca: Michael Melgaard, Not That Kind of Place Zalika Reid-Benta, River Mumma Brett Popplewell, Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain, and the Search for a Hidden Past Don Gillmor, To the River: Losing My

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46:35

Book Chat #10

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/08/23

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

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33:49

Stephanie Domet and Afterwords Literary Festival

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/08/05

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. Websites: https://www.afterwordsliteraryfestival.com/ Tickets go on sale September 8, 2023 for the

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25:11

Fantasy Fiction Redux

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/07/31

Tara is back from vacation and wants to share her take on fantasy fiction! The Lions of Al Rassan; The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin Between Earth and Sky series by Rebecca Roanhorse The Midnight Bargain; Witchmark by C.L. Polk Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree https://www.thehugoawards.org/ The cozy fantasy series Rebecca couldn't remember is the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. Rebecca's

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