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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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Interview - Tyler Hellard and Searching for Terry...

Canada Reads American Style ·

2026/02/10

Rebecca welcomes Canadian Tyler Hellard, the author of Searching for Terry Punchout, a funny, heartwarming novel published in 2018 by Invisible Publishing that will be defended on CBC’s Canada Reads by Steve “Dangle” Glynn beginning April 13, 2026.(https://invisiblepublishing.com/product/searching-for-terry-punchout/?srsltid=AfmBOorr4I4nKSYii0VC97AkHUZzFN7b4XOqjmVDik46RSnQWhXeiC6B) : A 2026 CBC Canada Reads Selection Shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon Canada First Novel Award Shortlisted for the 2019

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39:16

Interview - Marcello Di Cintio and Precarious: The...

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2026/02/06

Rebecca welcomes award-winning Canadian author Marcello Di Cintio for his third podcast visit to discuss his latest book, Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers, published by Biblioasis in September 2025.A Globe 100 Best Book of 2025 • One of The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025 • Winner of the 2024 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Book Award https://www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-releases/precarious-the-lives-of-migrant-workers/ In 2023, after weeks of investigation, United Nations Special

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34:13

Alice Fitzpatrick and the Meredith Island Mysteries

Canada Reads American Style ·

2026/02/01

Join Tara for a captivating interview with Alice Fitzpatrick and discover her connection with Carol Burnett and notable Canadian poet George Bowering.Alice is the author of the Meredith Island Mysteries, which include Secrets in the Water and A Dark Death. The Meredith Island Christmas Mystery, A Killing Cold, will be released June 2026. The traditional mystery appeals to Alice's fascination with what makes seemingly ordinary people commit murder. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, but dreams of a

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24:24

2026 CBC’s Canada Reads Short List

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2026/01/23

With the announcement of the five titles and defenders, Rebecca and Tara make their predictions for the winner of the 25th Anniversary edition of CBC's Canada Reads! Per the CBC website: "This year's edition will air April 13 to 16 on CBC TV, CBC Radio, CBC Listen, CBC Gem and CBC Books. It will also be on YouTube and available as a podcast."https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2026-contenders-9.7040200 The defenders, titles, and authors: Filmmaker and actor Elle-Máijá

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43:56

Book Chat 31

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2026/01/22

Rebecca and Tara are back with Book Chat #31. Included are the books they are currently reading as well as their first recommendations of the New Year! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Patrick Bird Mysteries: Opposite Sully's Gym #2; The Road to Heaven #1 by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson The Breakwater; Sisters of the Spruce by Leslie Shimotakahara To Touch the Water; The Solace of Open Spaces; A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck by Lightning by Gretel

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20:05

Hidden Gems with Garnett Kilberg Cohen

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2026/01/14

Welcome to the podcast's first Hidden Gems episode of 2026! This is a special feature Rebecca and Tara offer in which they invite guests to recommend authors or titles that may be new to their listeners. Today’s guest is author and retired professor Garnett Kilberg Cohen from Chicago, IL.Garnett is the author of four short story collections: Cravings; Lost Women, Banished Souls; How We Move the Air; and Swarm to Glory. Her chapbook, Passion Tour, was published by Finishing Line Press. Her writing

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26:29

2026 CBC’s Canada Reads Long List

Canada Reads American Style ·

2026/01/08

It's that time of year again when Rebecca and Tara try to predict which five books will make CBC's Canada Reads Short List for 2026! Adding to the excitement is that this year is the 25th anniversary of the debate, so they are hoping for an entertaining look back to find the one book all of Canada should read!https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/canada-reads-2026-longlist-9.7029177 A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt Celestina's House by Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez Crossroads by Kaleb

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33:16

Old Goals - New Goals

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2026/01/01

Happy New Year!! Rebecca and Tara summarize the success of their 2025 goals and introduce new challenges for 2026!If you have any comments or suggestions that you would like to share with Rebecca and Tara or you are interested in joining their monthly virtual book chat, please email them at craspod2019@gmail.com

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34:50

2025 Reading Wrap Up

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2025/12/31

Rebecca and Tara hope you had a fantastic year of reading! And they wrap up their 2025 by answering the following questions: Favorite non-fiction book Favorite quote Happiest book A book that made you cry Most surprising read Most read genre Most read author Favorite reading experience What book do you wish you had buddy read Scariest/creepiest book Favorite fictional character Favorite setting or location First and last book of 2025 If you have any comments or suggestions that you would like to

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46:23

Book Chat 30

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2025/12/24

Rebecca and Tara close out 2025 with their 30th Book Chat! Rebecca is all about Narnia and C.S. Lewis and Tara ruminates on whether to DNF or finish the book she is currently reading.Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Stories for Winter and Nights by the Fire by British Library Women Writers The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Tara (@onabranchreads): Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing by Lili Taylor Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo 107 Days

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42:59

Interview - Liisa Kovala and Like Water for Weary Souls

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2025/12/23

Tara has a fascinating chat with Liisa Kovala, a Finnish Canadian author, book coach, and former teacher about historical fiction, cozy mysteries, sisu, her book coaching, podcast, and coffee. Her latest novel is, Like Water for Weary Souls. https://www.liisakovalabookcoach.com/ "In Nolin Creek, the water runs deep and the secrets run deeper. In the harsh landscape of a Depression-era Northern Ontario mining town, Finnish immigrant sisters Hanna and Essi Kivi scrape together a living as domestic

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39:09

Holiday Recommendations!

Canada Reads American Style ·

2025/11/14

Rebecca reveals her 2025 secret reading goal to Tara! And she and Tara offer their best reading recommendations for the holiday season! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia #4) by C.S. Lewis The Godfather by Mario Puzo An English Murder by Cyril Hare A Holiday By Gaslight: A Victorian Christmas Novella by Mimi Matthews Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry Tara (@onabranchreads): Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by

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37:51

Interview - Adam Shoalts and Vanished Beyond the Map:...

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2025/11/09

Rebecca is excited to chat with professional explorer Adam Shoalts about his latest book, Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell. https://adamshoalts.com/literature/: Voted by over 200 Independent Bookstores as one of the “Must Read Books” of the Year (Canadian Independent Booksellers Association) Globe and Mail #1 National Bestseller/Toronto Star #1 National Bestseller CBC #1 National Bestseller "In 1910, legendary explorer Hubert Darrell vanished in the uncharted

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54:24

Book Chat 29

Canada Reads American Style ·

2025/11/07

Rebecca and Tara return after a two-month hiatus and are ready to share the best of their recent reads!Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): My Life: Growing Up Native in America edited by IllumiNative The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia #3) by C.S. Lewis The Road to Heaven (Patrick Bird Mystery #1) by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson Mad Dog and the Sea Dragon by Lisa de Nikolits Foster by Claire Keegan Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell Tara

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35:08

Interview - Merilyn Simonds and Walking with Beth:...

Canada Reads American Style ·

2025/11/05

Tara chats with a special guest, the prolific and award-winning Canadian author Merilyn Simonds regarding her latest book, Walking with Beth: Conversations with My 100-year-old Friend.https://merilynsimonds.com/ "In the spring of 2021, Merilyn Simonds asked her friend Beth Robinson if she’d like to go for a walk. Simonds had just turned 70, still active, still writing, but entering what struck her as a mysterious, even frightening stage of life. Beth, a smart, vibrant woman who’d held a job

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30:50

Interview - Barbara Joan Scott and The Taste of Hunger

Canada Reads American Style ·

2025/11/03

Rebecca is excited to speak with award-winning Canadian author Barbara Joan Scott about her debut novel, The Taste of Hunger.https://freehand-books.com/product/the-taste-of-hunger/#tab-description "In Saskatchewan in the late 1920s, a fifteen-year-old Ukrainian immigrant named Olena is forced into marriage with Taras, a man twice her age, who wants her even though she has refused him. Stuck in a hardscrabble life with a husband she despises, starved for a life of her own choosing, at every turn

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35:07

Interview - Lucy E.M. Black and A Quilting of Scars

Canada Reads American Style ·

2025/10/30

Rebecca is excited to welcome back to the podcast Canadian author Lucy E.M. Black regarding her new historical novel, A Quilting of Scars, with its unforgettable main character, Larkin Beattie. https://nonpublishing.com/a-quilting-of-scars "Filled with the pleasure of recognizable yet distinctively original characters and a deftly drawn sense of time and place, A Quilting of Scars brings to life a story of forbidden love, abuse and murder. Pulsing with repressed sexuality and guilt, Larkin Beattie

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22:22

Interview - David Giuliano and The Upending of...

Canada Reads American Style ·

2025/10/27

Tara is excited to chat with Canadian author David Giuliano, who lives on the north shore of Lake Superior. His storytelling has been compared to Miriam Toews and Elizabeth Strout in its emotional insight and narrative warmth. His books include The Undertaking of Billy Buffone, winner of the 2022 Bressani Prize; the bestselling Postcards from the Valley; and the cancer memoir It's Good to Be Here. His latest book is The Upending of Wendall Forbes from Latitude 46 Publishing. Reading

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22:47

Interview - Emily A. Weedon and Hemo Sapiens

Canada Reads American Style ·

2025/09/24

Tara chats with Emily Weedon, a Canadian author and screenwriter, currently living in Toronto. Her web series Chateau Laurier was the most awarded web series in 2023 and won a Canadian Screen Award. Her debut novel Autokrator reimagines gender and power in society against the backdrop of a dystopian world. Her new novel, Hemo Sapiens, will be released into the world on September 30, 2025 from Dundurn Press. It is an erotic noir thriller that reimagines vampires through a lens of female sexuality and

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20:11

Interview - Jen Sookfong Lee and The Hunger We Pass Down

Canada Reads American Style ·

2025/09/18

Tara speaks with Canadian author Jen Sookfong Lee regarding her latest novel, The Hunger We Pass Down, which is available September 30, 2025 from Erewhon Books.Jen was born and raised in Vancouver's East Side and now lives with her son in North Burnaby. Her memoir, Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart, was a finalist for the 2024 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award and the City of Vancouver Book Award, was named a best book of 2023 by the Globe and Mail and Apple Books Canada, and was a Today

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