Lindy’s Magpie Reads
Looking back on 2022, my first year on booktube … plus pie charts!
updated
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01:42 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🎧 The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island by Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon; audiobook read by Gail Maurice; published by McClelland and Stewart
06:43 🏳️🌈🇫🇷🇨🇦 So Long Sad Love by Mirion Malle; translated by Aleshia Jensen; published by Drawn and Quarterly
10:11 🇨🇦 I’m Afraid, Said the Leaf by Danielle Daniel and Matt James; published by Tundra
11:44 🇨🇦 Out of the Dark by Julie Lawson; published by Nimbus
15:40 🇨🇦 The Capital of Dreams by Heather O’Neill; audiobook read by Paige McKinney; published by HarperCollins
19:14 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🎧 The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor; audiobook read by Landon Doak, Victoria Carr, and Belinda Corpuz; published by Random House Canada
21:47 🇹🇷 Walking on the Ceiling by Aysegul Savas; published by Riverhead
26:49 Outro: Still Life: Contemporary Painters by Amber Cresswell Bell
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Other mentions:
@shawnbreathesbooks Shawn and I had a conversation about the GG finalists:
youtu.be/IcC2susP_VA
Governor General Literary Awards website: ggbooks.ca
This Is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle, translated by Aleshia Jensen and Bronwyn Haslam
City of Victoria Book Prizes: victoriabookprizes.ca
Bookends podcast — Mattea Roach interviews Heather O’Neill (about The Capital of Dreams; scroll down to September 13 episode) and Aysegul Savas (about The Anthropologists; scroll to September 22 episode): cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-77-writers-and-company
@shawnbreathesbooks Shawn and I talked about the following books from the lists:
GG Fiction finalists:
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island, Volume 1 by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon, published by McClelland and Stewart
Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel, published by McClelland and Stewart
Naniki by Oonya Kempadoo, published by Dundurn Press
Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin, published by Knopf Canada
Her Body Among Animals: Stories by Paola Ferrante, published by Book*hug
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GG Nonfiction finalists:
Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott, published by Vintage Canada
Crooked Teeth by Danny Ramadan, published by Viking
Winipek by Niigaan Sinclair, published by McClelland and Stewart
The Walls Have Eyes by Petra Molnar, published by The New Press
The Age of Insecurity by Astra Taylor, published by House of Anansi
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GG Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books finalists:
Skating Wild on an Inland Sea by Jean Pendziwol and Todd Stewart, published by Groundwood
Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith, published by Groundwood
The Gulf by Adam de Souza, published by Tundra
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GG Translation finalists:
So Long Sad Love by Mirion Malle, translated by Aleshia Jensen, published by Drawn and Quarterly
Nights Too Short to Dance by Marie-Claire Blais, translated by Katia Grubisic, published by Second Story Press
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Other mentions:
Nishga by Jordan Abel
The Nature Book by Tom Comitta
Voodoo Hypothesis by Canisia Lubrin
The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott
Nights in the Underground by Marie-Claire Blais
Songs for Angel by Marie-Claire Blais
youtu.be/IcC2susP_VA
Governor General Literary Awards website: ggbooks.ca
@shawnbreathesbooks Shawn and I talked about the following books from the lists:
GG Fiction finalists:
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of North America, Volume 1 by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon, published by McClelland and Stewart
Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel, published by McClelland and Stewart
Naniki by Oonya Kempadoo, published by Dundurn Press
Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin, published by Knopf Canada
Her Body Among Animals: Stories by Paola Ferrante, published by Book*hug
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GG Nonfiction finalists:
Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott, published by Vintage Canada
Crooked Teeth by Danny Ramadan, published by Viking
Winipek by Niigaan Sinclair, published by McClelland and Stewart
The Walls Have Eyes by Petra Molnar, published by The New Press
The Age of Insecurity by Astra Taylor, published by House of Anansi
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GG Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books finalists:
Skating Wild on an Inland Sea by Jean Pendziwol and Todd Stewart, published by Groundwood
Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith, published by Groundwood
The Gulf by Adam de Souza, published by Tundra
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GG Translation finalists:
So Long Sad Love by Mirion Malle, translated by Aleshia Jensen, published by Drawn and Quarterly
Nights Too Short to Dance by Marie-Claire Blais, translated by Katia Grubisic, published by Second Story Press
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Other mentions:
Nishga by Jordan Abel
The Nature Book by Tom Comitta
Voodoo Hypothesis by Canisia Lubrin
The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott
Nights in the Underground by Marie-Claire Blais
Songs for Angel by Marie-Claire Blais
00:00 intro: t-shirt success
01:11 🇨🇦 PLAY: From Alaska by Sébastien Harrisson; translated by Leanna Brodie
02:15 tea festival
03:48 DNF: 🇨🇦 Mood Swings by Frankie Barnet
07:23 🇨🇦 Held by Anne Michaels; published by McClelland and Stewart
11:36 🇨🇦 Correspondences: A Poem and Portraits by Anne Michaels and Bernice Eisenstein: published by McClelland and Stewart
13:34 🇨🇦 You’re Gonna Love This by Dina Del Bucchia; published by Talonbooks
16:40 🇨🇦 Be a Good Ancestor by Leona Prince [Dakelh], Gabrielle Prince [Dakelh] and Carla Joseph [Cree]; published by Orca
19:16 🇨🇦 Skating Wild on an Inland Sea by Jean Pendziwol and Todd Stewart; published by Groundwood
20:31 🇬🇧🎧 Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell; audiobook read by Samuel West; published by Listening Library
22:38 🇨🇦🎧 In Winter I Get Up at Night by Jane Urquhart; audiobook read by Christine Horne; published by McClelland and Stewart
26:50 🇨🇦 Peacocks of Instagram by Deepa Rajagopalan; published by House of Anansi
29:03 Outro: accordion book of dye samples
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Other mentions:
An Indoor Kind of Girl by Frankie Barnet
On Earth as it is on Television by Emily Jane
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
My earlier review of Anne Michael’s Held is in this episode from December 2023: youtu.be/LvL4pC4Fdx0?si=aBt_Gzv39v0W5RXO
Third edition of IBBY’s Sea to Sea to Sea Canadian Indigenous Picture Books
ibby-canada.org/indigenous-picture-book-collection
Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award:
ibby-canada.org/todd-stewart-wins-the-2023-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award-for-skating-wild-on-an-inland-sea
Finalists for 2024 CCBC Awards: bookcentre.ca/news/2024-shortlists-for-the-ccbc-book-awards
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
Tim Hortons in literature: lindypratch.blogspot.com/2024/05/more-tim-hortons-references-2024-edition.html
@MarilynMayaMendoza
00:00 intro - Framed in September (thank you!)
01:41 Logwood dye project
05:46 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
08:17 🇨🇦 The Secret Pocket by Peggy Janicki [Dakelh] and Carrielynn Victor [Coast Salish-British]; published by Orca
10:38 🇨🇦 Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan [Cree-Taino]; published by Nancy Paulsen Books
13:32 🇨🇦🎧 The Knowing by Tanya Talaga [Anishnaabe-Polish]; audiobook read by the author; published by HarperCollins
15:55 🇨🇦 The Cello Suites: JS Bach, Pablo Casals and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece by Eric Siblin; published by House of Anansi
20:18 🇱🇦🇫🇷 Erased: An Actor of Color’s Journey Through the Heyday of Hollywood by Loo Hui Phang and Hugues Micol; translated by Edward Gauvin; published by NBM Graphic Novels
22:38 🇺🇸🎧 Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner; audiobook read by the author; published by Simon & Schuster
26:39 My Booker short list
27:37 8 plays at Stratford Ontario
36:28 Outro - Kent Monkman paintings
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Other mentions:
Framed in September hosts:
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
Hannah @HannahsBooks
Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
Heather @heathergregg9975
@heathergregg9975 Heather’s playlist collecting #FramedinSeptember videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyc8HWm3IRhCh7Vm55UeB_1_t7vrKlE1n&si=dmuXVRnBYQeX0nfZ
Violet Duncan’s brief pitch for Buffalo Dreamer: vimeo.com/1015835519?share=copy
Tanya Talaga talks to Mattea Roach on CBC Bookends: cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-77-writers-and-company
Jolene @BookwormAdventureGirl and the playlist for our Best Canadian Books project: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjliQQSI38qGXXzzNZ5PE5EPh_0YI3L-O&si=T1NBMAS20OCPLybo
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
#Shaketember Stratford festival plays:
Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare
Cymbeline - Shakespeare
Twelfth Night - Shakespeare
Something Rotten! - Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell
London Assurance- Dion Boucicault
Hedda Gabler - Henrik Ibsen
The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? - Edward Albee
The Diviners - Margaret Laurence, Vern Thiessen, Yvette Nolan
00:00 intro
00:45 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 Biography of X by Catherine Lacey; published by Picador
08:15 The Lover and the Thalia Book Club
10:47 🏳️🌈🇳🇱🎧 The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden; audiobook read by Stine Nielsen and Saskia Maarleveld; published by Simon & Schuster
13:10 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Disembark: Stories by Jen Currin; published by House of Anansi
15:50 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🎧 Real Ones by katherena vermette [Red River Métis]; audiobook read by katherena vermette, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, Sheila McCarthy, Tracey Nepinak, & Caleb Stull; published by Penguin Canada
21:00 🏳️🌈🇬🇧 Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner; published by Penguin Classics
26:42 Outro: pigeon courtship
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Other mentions:
Framed in September hosts:
@bouquinsbooks
@heathergregg9975
@anotherbibliophilereads
@HannahsBooks
Spinster September
Shorty September hosts:
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers
Straya September host:
@GunpowderFictionPlot
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
American War by Omar El Akkad
Thalia Book Club
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
@sarah-roadworthy
Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey
Francoise Mouly, Akhil Sharma & Kate Zambreno
Bad Houses by John Elizabeth Stintzi
Carleigh Baker
Julie Flett
Katherena Vermette explores the harm of pretendians on APTN: youtu.be/DJ1narQl0c8
Still Life: Contemporary Painters by Amber Cresswell Bell
@MarilynMayaMendoza Shorty September Struggles and Successes youtu.be/AlvZ2YvauC4?si=gLLgYjd6t08FTAfv
Shawn @shawnbreathesbooks
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02:11 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 How it All Ends by Emma Hunsinger; published by Greenwillow
05:46 🇺🇸 Art Club by Rashad Doucet; published by LB Ink
07:42 🇺🇸🇦🇷 Primer by Jennifer Muro, Thomas Krajewski & Gretel Lusky; published by DC Comics
08:48 🇪🇸 Degas and Cassatt: A Solitary Dance by Salva Rubio and Efa; translated from Spanish by Edward Gauvin; published by NBM
15:41 🇬🇧 Alison by Lizzy Stewart; published by Serpent’s Tail / Fantagraphics
18:08 Outro: scenes from Stratford
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Other Mentions:
#framedinseptember hosts:
@bouquinsbooks
@anotherbibliophilereads
@heathergregg9975
@HannahsBooks
#shortyseptember hosts:
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers
#shaketember hosts
@OldBluesChapterandVerse
@booksimnotreading
@adayofsmallthings
00:00 intro: art experience on a walk in Victoria
07:05 🇨🇦 An Indoor Kind of Girl: Stories by Frankie Barnet; published by Metatron
10:57 🇫🇷 The Lover by Marguerite Duras; translated from French by Barbara Bray; published by Pantheon
14:40 🇬🇧🎧 Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse & What to Do About It by Daniel Knowles; audiobook read by Christian Coulson; published by Books on Tape
21:00 🇬🇧 Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming; audiobook read by the author; published by Simon & Schuster
26:07 Outro: Corn roast
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Other mentions:
Framed! in September is hosted by:
@bouquinsbooks
@anotherbibliophilereads
@HannahsBooks
@heathergregg9975
Elisabeth’s walk from the library to the National Gallery in Ottawa:
youtu.be/vO_yhbuBhYs?si=jZn-BogIDAsgRA7k
Shorty September is hosted by:
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers
@sarah-roadworthy Sarah
Mood Swings by Frankie Barnet
Indian Winter by Kazim Ali
Committed by Suzanne Scanlon
Our Crumbling Foundation: Solving Canada’s Housing Crisis by Gregor Craigie
99 percent invisible podcast discussion of Power Broker:
99percentinvisible.org/club
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
00:00 intro Fox Bay Northern Fibre Arts Retreat at Lake Laberge
06:24 🇵🇸🇬🇧🎧 Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad; audiobook read by Nadia Albina; published by Recorded Books
12:37 🇨🇦 The Party Wall by Catherine Leroux; translated by Lazer Lederhendler; published by Biblioasis
17:23 🇨🇦 Walls: The Long History of Human Barriers and Why We Build Them by Gregor Craigie; illustrated by Arden Taylor; published by Orca
21:48 🇦🇺 A Kunwinjku Counting Book by Gabriel Maralngurra [Bininj] and Felicity Wright; published by Enchanted Lion
24:20 🇬🇧 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake; audiobook read by the author; published by Random House
28:40 Outro: more scenes from the fibre arts retreat
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Booktube events and people:
@bouquinsbooks Elisabeth’s Framed! in September announcement: youtu.be/_3oJceCIpBQ?si=egA7UzlVjaxKsFiH
@heathergregg9975 Heather cohost
@HannahsBooks Hannah cohost
@anotherbibliophilereads Greg cohost
And me, Lindy
@OldBluesChapterandVerse Jason’s Shaketember announcement youtu.be/f0zKkEUsA_w?si=lzguV8IEnZChabot
@booksimnotreading Kelly cohost
@adayofsmallthings Nicole cohost
Best Canadian Books of the 21st Century project
The 67 Best Canadian Books of the 21st Century
youtu.be/Z2dkguNlyFs
@BookwormAdventureGirl Jolene
And me, Lindy
20 Best French Canadian Books of the 21st Century #CanLit #WomenInTranslation
youtu.be/5qra7JDeA00
@GunpowderFictionPlot Scott’s Straya September #strayaSeptember2 youtu.be/ctjIp1PKeTo?si=ysXdnz2Ijdh_Mg6r
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Other mentions:
Fox Bay Retreat: foxbayretreat.com
Northern Fibres Guild: http://www.northernfibresguild.ca
Textile artist Bettina Matzkuhn’s website: http://www.bettinamatzkuhn.ca
Sharp Notions: Essays from the Stitching Life, edited by Marita Dachsel and Nancy Lee
I talked about Sharp Notions: Recent Reads January 31 2024: long books, short books, graphic novels, poetry, essays: 6 great books!
youtu.be/pG7lxYFxK2s
The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service, illustrated by Ted Harrison
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench and Brendan O’Hea
Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis by Gregor Craigie
Mushroom Rain by Laura Zimmermann and Jamie Green
- With a very big thank you to Shawn for arranging this conversation and for his expert editing of the video, then for kindly sharing it with me so that I can post it on my channel as well as his.
Douglas Bruton’s website: http://douglasrdb.blogspot.com
Laurie MacFayden’s website: http://www.lauriemacfayden.com
Shawn’s previous long form interview with Douglas: youtu.be/XpzEI-4yMo4?feature=shared
Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/56684838-blue-postcards
Other people mentioned:
Nancy Pearl
Other books mentioned:
I Remember by Joe Brainard
goodreads.com/book/show/35385.Joe_Brainard
With or Without Angels by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/61312223-with-or-without-angels?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_34
My chat with Lindy about this: youtu.be/TVgF2kBcSW8?si=q6qBRatuVHwWIpVu
Theory of Colours by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Charles Lock Eastlake (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/18225.Theory_of_Colours
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
Maria Jolas (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/20893524-the-poetics-of-space
Hope Never Knew Horizon by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/210525551-hope-never-knew-horizon
Woman in Blue by Douglas Bruton
Coming February 2025
And last, but not least: Framed! in September is an art readathon hosted by:
@bouquinsbooks
@anotherbibliophilereads
@heathergregg9975
@HannahsBooks
And me, Lindy
My announcement is here: Announcing: Framed! In September — an art readathon
youtu.be/60v2BB5RgDE
00:00 intro: Framed! in September
01:48 lots of talk about ice cream flavours
04:29 🇺🇸 Maya’s Song by Reneé Watson and Bryan Collier; published by Harper
07:19 🇺🇸 The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion by Ann Bausum; published by Peachtree
10:56 🇬🇧🎧 Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench and Brendan O’Hea; audiobook read by Barbara Flynn and the authors; published by Macmillan
15:47 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🎧 Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna; audiobook read by the author; published by HarperAudio
19:20 🇺🇸🎧 Mobility by Lydia Kiesling; audiobook read by Kelli Tager; published by Zando
22:22 🇮🇳 Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia; published by Henry Holt
25:43 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇹🇼 Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging by Jessica J Lee; published by Hamish Hamilton
29:20 🇬🇧 The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho; illustrations by Kate Milner; published by Candlewick
31:51 🇵🇱🎧 The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig; audiobook read by Alyssa Bresnahan; published by Recorded Books
34:39 Outro - Butchart Garden and Nostalgic Recorded Books outro
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Other mentions:
@MarilynMayaMendoza Phenomenal Woman readathon
Framed! in September art readathon hosts:
@bouquinsbooks
@HannahsBooks
@heathergregg9975
@anotherbibliophilereads
More about Framed! in September:
Shaketember announcement:
youtu.be/TeVhBpYUQhU?si=R8l_NyIwUNB-a4Hm
@sarah-roadworthy
Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J Lee
Seaweed by Miek Zwamborn
00:00 intro: Best Canadian Books of the 21st Century project
02:24 And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier; translated by Rhonda Mullins 2012 [Il pleuvait des oiseaux 2011]
04:48 Ru by Kim Thuy; translated by Sheila Fischman 2012 [Ru 2009]
06:58 Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette; translated by Rhonda Mullins 2017 [La Femme qui fuit 2015]
09:00 Kukum by Michel Jean [Innu]; translated by Susan Ouriou 2023 [Kukum 2019]
10:58 Un Thé dans la toundra par Joséphine Bacon [Innu], 2013
11:31 Enfants du lichen par Maya Cousineau Mollen [Innu], 2022
12:02 Les Superbes : une enquête sur le succès et les femmes par Léa Clermont-Dion et Marie-Hélène Poitras
13:04 Griffintown by Marie Hélène Poitras; translated by Sheila Fischman 2016 [Griffintown 2012]
14:04 May Our Joy Endure by Kevin Lambert; translated by Donald Winkler 2024 [Que notre joie demeure, Kevin Lambert, 2022]
16:35 The Return by Dany Laferrière; translated by David Homel 2011 [L’Enigme du retour 2009] - published outside Canada as The Enigma of the Return 2013
17:31 The Party Wall by Catherine Leroux; translated by Lazer Lederhendler 2016 [Le Mur mitoyen 2013]
18:09 Madame Victoria by Catherine Leroux; translated by Lazer Lederhendler 2018 [Madame Victoria 2015]
19:40 Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner; translated by Lazer Lederhendler 2007
20:24 Hunting Houses by Fanny Britt; translated by Susan Ouriou and Christelle Morelli 2017 [Le Cheval d’août 2015]
21:43 Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy Delisle; translated by Helge Dascher 2012, 2015, 2020
22:48 The Song of Roland [Paul à Quebec] by Michel Rabagliati; translated by Helge Dascher 2009
24:22 Songs for the Cold of Heart by Eric Dupont; translated by Peter McCambridge 2018 [La fiancée américaine 2012] - published in the US as The American Fiancée 2020
25:32 For Sure by France Daigle; translated by Robert Majzels 2013 [Pour sûr 2011]
26:34 My digression into francophone accents and dialects
30:30 The Dishwasher by Stéphane Larue; translated by Pablo Strauss 2019 [Le Plongeur 2016]
31:41 La Maison d’oubli, Reine de memoire #1 par Élisabeth Vonarberg 2005
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Other mentions:
Jolene @BookwormAdventureGirl
The 67 Best Canadian Books of the 21st Century
youtu.be/Z2dkguNlyFs
@bouquinsbooks Elisabeth’s top ten Canadian books of the 21st century youtu.be/w2djH_EIsU0?si=MJMxQbZezfltSuJ3
@JennieJohnston Jennie Johnston Deciding my top ten Canadian books:
youtu.be/TT8LWm9Z0EI?si=_g-x9LLO42IFk0bq
@canadareadsamericanstyle Rebecca of Canada Reads American Style picked Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau Lavalette as one of her top ten Canadian books: youtube.com/live/xlr0MXHlZ9o?si=qYXtVCMgpDPBhBlD
You Will Love What You Have Killed by Kevin Lambert; translated by Donald Winkler
The Future by Catherine Leroux; translated by Susan Ouriou
The Maerlande Chronicles [Chroniques du pays des mères] by Élisabeth Vonarberg
1. Read a book focused on art. (fiction or nonfiction)
2. Experience art.
3. (BONUS) Create art OR tell us about a piece of art you personally find meaningful.
00:00 Intro - all about Framed! in September
02:38 MUSIC:
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna
The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin
05:43 PAINTING/ VISUAL ARTS:
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti
Correspondences by Anne Michaels and Bernice Eisenstein
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
10:48 SHORTY SEPTEMBER / Framed! In September
Hope Never Knew Horizon by Douglas Bruton
Prairie Dresses Art Other by Danielle Dutton
Art Club by Rashad Doucet
13:55 SHAKETEMBER / Framed! In September
The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion by Ann Bausum
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench
17:15 STRAYA SEPTEMBER / Framed! In September
The Asparagus Wars by Carol Major
A Kunwinjku Counting Book by Gabriel Maralngurra and Felicity Wright
Still Life: Contemporary Painters by Amber Cresswell Bell
20:15 ARCHITECTURE:
How Was That Built? by Roma Agrawal
Walls: The Long History of Human Barriers and Why We Build Them by Gregor Craigie and Arden Taylor
May Our Joy Endure by Kevin Lambert; translated by Donald Winkler published September 2024
21:57 TEXTILES:
Embroidered Textiles: A World Guide to Traditional Patterns by Sheila Paine
Dorothy Grant: An Endless Thread by Dorothy Grant
23:36 GENERAL:
The Beauty of Everyday Things by Soetsu Yanagi; translated from Japanese by Michael Brase
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People and videos mentioned:
@bouquinsbooks Elisabeth’s top ten CanLit youtu.be/w2djH_EIsU0?si=DKOfOEEHQQno_qNX
and Elisabeth’s Framed! Pile of Possibilities youtu.be/BWvDmtaqdiw?si=qM_l5110sIJHo168
@heathergregg9975 Heather is a co-host of Framed! In September
@HannahsBooks Hannah is a co-host of Framed! In September
@anotherbibliophilereads Greg is a co-host of Framed! In September
@BookwormAdventureGirl Jolene and I talked about the Best Canadian Books of the 21st Century youtu.be/wTP4ZpLsdUI?si=peR_k-lRqjN25iaB
@karlalikestoread Karla’s Art-related books, favourites and recommendations: youtu.be/hv5bqmmMNbI?si=OC-vazs5w3IbWAgk
@readandre-read Angelia talks about Thunderclap and more: youtu.be/WXHvttTIrpY?si=i567HTByqBhPGFTH
@pastorytime2683 Bert and Siân’s Shorty September announcement youtu.be/E2FeGRVwHDk?si=bJEjiA1F3BS7277E
@TooManyHeathers Heather’s Shorty September announcement: youtu.be/6yb6BANMTiU?si=8NECS-bAghU4mUzf
@eyesonindie Sarah’s Best of 2023 youtu.be/-QeGnRwvjl8?si=J6-ron7Mnnfc_7XW
@OldBluesChapterandVerse Jason’s Shaketember announcement youtu.be/f0zKkEUsA_w?si=j3TUKjgPBds_J-17
@booksimnotreading Kelly’s Shaketember announcement: youtu.be/TeVhBpYUQhU?si=R8l_NyIwUNB-a4Hm
@adayofsmallthings Nicole’s Shaketember announcement: youtu.be/GO8Xmyn5JxA?si=Z6cVq5y3NCBVFDON
@GunpowderFictionPlot Scott’s #StrayaSeptember2 announcement: youtu.be/ctjIp1PKeTo?si=k2iIVkzdRhMuy7rC
00:00 intro: covid recovery; capsize experience; knitting and embroidery
04:53 🇺🇸🎧 This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud; audiobook read by Cassandra Campbell; published by Recorded Books
10:22 🇩🇪 Anna by Mia Oberländer; translated from German by Nika Knight; published by Fantagraphics
12:49 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 How It Works Out by Miriam Lacroix; published by Doubleday Canada
15:57 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 Fruiting Bodies by Kathryn Harlan; published by WW Norton
18:33 🇳🇿 Dawn Raid by Pauline Vaeluaga Smith; published by Levine Querido
24:00 🇬🇧🎧 Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor; audiobook read by Gwyneth Keyworth and others; published by Macmillan
27:18 🇺🇸🎧 Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham; audiobook read by the author; published by Books on Tape
30:40 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon; published by Vintage
34:55 Outro
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Other mentions:
Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Swan Suit by Katherine Fawcett
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
The Colony by Audrey Magee
Minorities in Shark Sciences: misselasmo.org
@shawnbreathesbooks Shawn’s standalone review of Committed by Suzanne Scanlon: youtu.be/fKvOGD-PBdk?si=VuzsRPe7L0ClZnhq
Thank you to Jolene @BookwormAdventureGirl for doing this project with me and to everyone who submitted your favourite Canadian books. Jolene did all the hard work. She compiled information into spreadsheets as it was received, and she also spent hours editing this video. Jolene, you’re the best! If you’re not already following Jolene‘s channel, do it now. You will find lots of Canadian content there, including two years worth of Reading Across Canada challenges.
TIME STAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:30 The Inspiration
03:29 Honourable Mentions
04:58 Stats
11:00 Books with 3 votes
26:27 Books with 4 votes
36:45 Books with 5 votes
39:44 Books with 6 votes
48:14 Books with 7 votes
51:41 Books with 8 votes
54:11 Books with 9 votes
56:21 Books with 10 votes
01:01:58 Books with 11 votes
01:08:14 Books with 14 votes
1:10:10 Books with 16 votes
1:11:32 Books with 21 votes
1:12:12 Books with 24 votes
1:13:23 Books with 26 votes
1:14:27 Books with 28 votes
1:15:43 Books with 33 votes
1:17:39 Final Thoughts
1:20:18 Outro
Link to a printable list of the 67 books:
drive.google.com/file/d/15UOX2SmWEwLiFJBIJrb2LafVFXFMl_OE/view?ts=66c17736
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards
The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart
A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
Still Life by Louise Penny
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Celia's Song by Lee Maracle
Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette; translated by Rhonda Mullins
Birdie by Tracey Lindberg
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson
Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
A History of Burning by Janika Oza
The Adversary by Michael Crummey
Galore by Michael Crummey
Sweetland by Michael Crummey
The Innocents by Michael Crummey
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Unless Carol Shields
Ru by Kim Thuy; translated by Sheila Fischman
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
The Birth House by Ami McKay
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
A Mind Spread Out On The Ground by Alicia Elliott
Noopiming by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) by Jocelyne Saucier; translated by Rhonda Mullins
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
Brother by David Chariandy
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
From The Ashes by Jesse Thistle
Ducks: Two Years in The Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
The Break by Katherena Vermette
Greenwood by Michael Christie
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
BOOKTUBERS & VIDEOS MENTIONED:
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks youtu.be/w2djH_EIsU0?si=Bjb6RbgxwctsuV5A
Jennie @JennieJohnston youtu.be/TT8LWm9Z0EI?si=aVqInbhlmiuKoKys
Laureen @booksatthebottomofthestair8446 youtu.be/y-D6fWyyAww?si=H5zKD35y1v1UciKS
00:00 intro: Best 21st CenturyCanadian Books project
01:45 🇨🇦 Phantompains: Poetry by Therese Estacion; published by Book*hug
04:44 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 A Dream Wants Waking by Lydia Kwa; published by Wolsak and Wynn
07:18 🇨🇦🎧 The Laundryman’s Boy by Edward YC Lee; audiobook read by Richard Lam; published by HarperAvenue
09:52 🇨🇦 Age 16 by Rosena Fung; published by Annick
12:39 🇨🇦🎧 Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis by Gregor Craigie; audiobook read by the author; published by Random House Canada
16:16 🇨🇦 The Gulf by Adam De Souza; published by Tundra
18:27 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Bad Houses: Stories by John Elizabeth Stintzi; published by Arsenal Pulp
21:27 🇨🇦🇮🇪🎧 Wild Houses by Colin Barrett; audiobook read by Damian Gildea; published by McClelland and Stewart
24:01 Outro
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While waiting for our video about the Best Canadian Books of the 21st Century, check out the top ten list videos created by these Canadian booktubers:
@bouquinsbooks Elisabeth’s best CanLit books of 21st century youtu.be/w2djH_EIsU0?si=q-gUhYSrGvtBBVnU
@JennieJohnston Jennie decides her top ten CanLit of the 21st century youtu.be/TT8LWm9Z0EI?si=j2dBlQtMMvZMLDKI
@booksatthebottomofthestair8446 Laureen’s Top Ten CanLit youtu.be/y-D6fWyyAww?si=Ssp9q25J9fmmGzup
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Other mentions :
@BookwormAdventureGirl Jolene describes our Best of 21st Century CanLit project: youtu.be/CUL6zHKBfZE?si=Fo-7iSFwf_Z0n6Ea
30 Canadian Writers Making Their Mark in 2024:
cbc.ca/books/cbc-books-writers-to-watch-30-canadian-writers-making-their-mark-in-2024-1.7280242
Books by Larissa Lai: When Fox Is a Thousand; Salt Fish Girl; Tiger Flu
@shawnbreathesbooks Shawn has author Edward YC Lee as a guest: youtu.be/ASJTIt-5lbA?si=Cwbkc8cDWG2DQYxA
Living With Viola by Rosens Fung
My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi
00:00 intro: hit by covid
00:44 Twelfth Night performance at Bard on the Beach
01:31 Best of 21st century CanLit project
02:23 🇺🇸🎧🎥 Mushroom Rain by Laura Zimmermann and Jamie Green; animation by SLTM Studio; narration by Simon Vance; music by Joel Roberts
04:26 🏳️🌈🇪🇸 Totem by Laura Pérez; translated by Andrea Rosenberg; published by Fantagraphics
06:17 🏳️🌈🇫🇷 Transitions: A Mother’s Journey by Elodie Durand; translated by Evan McGorray; published by Top Shelf
08:00 🇫🇷 A Fox in My Brain by Lou Lubie; translated by Fabrice Sapolsky ?; published by Fair Square Comics
13:23 🇳🇱 Seaweed: An Enchanting Miscellany by Miek Zwamborn; published by Greystone Books
15:43 🏳️🌈🏴🎧 Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan; audiobook read by Michael Abubakar; published by McClelland and Stewart
20:32 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 The Magnificent Malls of Edmonton by various authors; introduced by Vivek Shraya; self published in 2015
26:00 🏳️🌈🇮🇳🇨🇦 Indian Winter by Kazim Ali; published by Coach House
35:15 Outro: Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park
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Other Mentions:
Jolene’s video about our Best of CanLit project: youtu.be/CUL6zHKBfZE
I talked about our Best of CanLit project here: Help us make a Best CANADIAN Books of the 21st Century list! Plus lots more bookish stuff
youtu.be/wHwPzb1MJ7s
Natalie @CuriousReader talks about Mushroom Rain: youtu.be/i1tEqTsCUrQ?si=0IQmBmg-soG6WUVC
Author Laura K Zimmermann’s website and info about Mushroom Rain: laurakzimmermann.com/mushroom_rain
Announcing: Framed! In September — an art readathon
youtu.be/60v2BB5RgDE
@MarilynMayaMendoza Marilyn’s Maya Angelou Phenomenal Woman Reading Event: youtu.be/zDGuPVA3TWQ?si=v1NaT3cQeqOdVPVW
Racines by Lou Lubie
Cairn by Kathleen Jamie
Unknown Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac
Parade by Rachel Cusk
Big Mall: Shopping for Meaning by Kate Black
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
Committed by Suzanne Scanlon
00:00 intro: two booktubers meet in person
01:33 Framed in September announcement
02:10 🇫🇷 The Unknown Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac; translated by Richard Howard; published by New York Review of Books
05:07 Best Canadian Books of the 21st Century: we want your help!
08:35 Irish author Edna O’Brien died on July 27, 2024
09:38 Booker longlist reaction
11:37 Women win big in Eisner awards announced July 26, 2024
12:50 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 Blackward by Lawrence Lindell; published by Drawn & Quarterly
15:41 🇳🇬 I’ll Meet You in Ijebu by Bunmi Emenanjo and Diana Ejaita; published by Barefoot Books
17:44 🇩🇴🇺🇸🎧 The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez; audiobook read by Alma Cuervo; published by Recorded Books
21:35 🇨🇦🎧 Big Mall: Shopping for Meaning by Kate Black; audiobook read by Tara Koehler; published by Coach House
27:53 🇷🇺🇺🇸 Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol; published by First Second
30:34 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag; published by Graphix
32:57🇰🇷🇺🇸 Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice by Eddie Ahn; published by Ten Speed Graphic
35:15 magpies on book covers
36:37 Outro: water taxi ballet at Victoria Inner Harbour
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Other mentions:
Sarah @sarah-roadworthy
@BookwormAdventureGirl Jolene’s call for best Canadian books: youtu.be/CUL6zHKBfZE
Link to Google form to enter your picks for the best Canadian books of the 21st century:
https://forms.gle/VoQcddkSqBn4kwUq9
Framed! in September announcement Announcing: Framed! In September — an art readathon
youtu.be/60v2BB5RgDE
Elisabeth’s Framed! in September announcement: youtu.be/_3oJceCIpBQ?si=_bY6fa3q-awPFoda
Heather’s Framed! in September announcement: youtu.be/ps9aPbLw6Hs?si=MkiQ4VwxJgybaX2O
Greg’s Framed! in September announcement: youtu.be/A9ymucmMVD0?si=_2cLKWEp12gQ7j1f
Hannah’s Framed! in September announcement: youtu.be/NZCdT2kAoj0?si=I-xXO1DHFAMC5Tm4
The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
Booker prize longlist: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024
@Shellyish Shelly’s Booker reaction: youtu.be/sRLD6mrNwdA?si=DSK5EhuHYATLYUcO
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Eisner awards: comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards
Roaming by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
PeepeePoopoo by Caroline Cash
Bronze whale at West Edmonton Mall: bestedmontonmall.com/2021/01/18/bronze-whale-statue-open-sea
Vikky Alexander website: vikkyalexander.net/west-edmonton-mall
WHO? These are your readathon hosts:
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
Heather @heathergregg9975
Hannah @HannahsBooks
Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
Lindy @lindysmagpiereads
WHAT? An art readathon!
Prompts:
1. Read a book focused on art. (fiction or nonfiction)
2. Experience art.
3. (BONUS) Create art OR tell us about a piece of art you personally find meaningful.
Please let us know of your participation by tagging us!
Also, use hashtags #FramedinSeptember and/or #ArtReadathon
WHEN? During the month of September!
WHERE? In the marvellous land of booktube!
Titles mentioned:
All the Colour in the World by CS Richardson
The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair
Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
The Beauty of Everyday Things by Soestsu Yanagi, translated by Michael Brase
The Girls with Stone Faces by Arleen Paré
Also mentioned:
Florence Wyle and Frances Loring
00:00 intro: forest fires, Pride on the Water; Little Free Library bonanza; Whale watching & other touristy things
06:40 🇨🇦 Have You Ever Heard a Whale Exhale? by Caroline Woodward and Claire Victoria Watson; published by Pownal Street Press
09:14 🏴 Cairn by Kathleen Jamie; published by Sort of Books
15:17 🇺🇸 Swan Songs by W Maxwell Prince with Martin Simmonds, Caspar Wijngaard, Felipe Andrade, Caitlin Yarsky, Alex Eckman-Lawn & Martín Morazzo; published by Image Comics
17:11 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 The Jellyfish by Boum; translated by Robin Lang and Helge Dascher; published by Pow Pow
19:51 🇺🇸🎧 Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru; audiobook read by the author; published by Books on Tape
26:34 About myself as a reader and timeline shifts
30:19 🇨🇷🇺🇸 Saints of the Household by Ari Tison [Bribri]; published by Farrar Straus Giroux
33:37 Top 100 books of the 21st century, Canadian style?
35:10 Outro: Butchart Garden
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Other Mentions:
@MarilynMayaMendoza
@sarah-roadworthy
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
Seaweed: An Enchanting Miscellany by Miek Zwamborn
Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
Unknown Masterpiece by Honoré Balzac
The Librairianist by Patrick DeWitt
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
00:00 intro: knitting mishap
01:58 Bard on the Beach (Hamlet & Comedy of Errors)
06:47 Frecce Tricolori aerobatic demonstration team of Italian airforce flyover
07:49 🇴🇲🇬🇧 Bahari: Recipes from an Omani Kitchen and Beyond by Dina Macki; published by DK AND Persian cookery ingredients
10:50 NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
18:38 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 Bluets by Maggie Nelson; published by Wave Books
23:20 Framed! In September (an art readathon)
24:00 🇨🇦🇬🇧🎧 Parade by Rachel Cusk; audiobook read by Genevieve Gaunt; published by Harper Perennial
28:26 🇨🇦🎧 We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed; audiobook read by Eva Tavares; published by ECW Press
30:50 🇵🇷🇺🇸 Nilda by Nicholasa Mohr; published by Piñata Books
33:44 🇵🇷 The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History by John Vasquez Mejias; published by Union Square
36:00 🇨🇦 The Diviners by Margaret Laurence; published by McClelland and Stewart
38:35 Outro
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Other Mentions (booktubers and links):
Shelly Swearingen @Shellyish runs through the NYT’s top 100 books of the 21st century: youtu.be/0y65IUtMwHY?si=G-tSxQCi7VIyofo1
Book Riot podcast episode: Building the 100 Best Books of the Century with Gilbert Cruz, Editor of the New York Times Book Review: bookriot.com/listen/building-the-100-best-books-of-the-century-with-gilbert-cruz-editor-of-the-new-york-times-book-review
My 10 Favourite Books (as of 2013): lindypratch.blogspot.com/2013/11/my-10-favourite-books.html
My book blog review of How to Be Both: lindypratch.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-to-be-both-by-ali-smith.html
My blog review of All My Puny Sorrows: lindypratch.blogspot.com/2014/05/all-my-puny-sorrows-by-miriam-toews.html
@MarilynMayaMendoza
PW More to Come podcast episode talking about The Puerto Rican War publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1316
Sarah @sarah-roadworthy (talking about The Diviners by Margaret Laurence) youtu.be/FYQ2ZqXuH7w?si=saersRUwWRymZFzJ
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Other Mentions (books):
My vest’s pattern was in this book: The Knitchick’s Guide to Sweaters by Marcelle and Pauline Wall
Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon
Bahari by Dina Macki
Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies by Najmieh Batmanglij
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
How to Be Both by Ali Smith
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Machine Without Horses by Helen Humphreys
Noopiming by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Runaway by Alice Munro
No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani, translated by Omid Tofighian
Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo
The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
On Freedom by Maggie Nelson
Outline by Rachel Cusk
The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
A Hero Ain’t Nothin But a Sandwich by Alice Childress
00:00 intro (rowing; Victoria Pride Parade; water ballet; Joni’s haircut; progress on embroidery)
02:57 Alice Munro exposé
09:21 🇺🇸🎧 Fire Exit by Morgan Talty [Penobscot]; audiobook read by Darrell Dennis [Secwepemc]; published by Knopf Canada
11:14 🇬🇧 Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton; published by Fairlight Books
12:21 🏳️🌈🇬🇧 Bluets by Maggie Nelson
13:24🇮🇳🇺🇸🎧 Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel by Shahnaz Habib; audiobook read by Deepa Samuel; published by Tantor Audio
17:59 🇴🇲🇬🇧 Bahari: Recipes from an Omani Kitchen and Beyond by Dina Macki
19:10 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🎧 Translation State by Ann Leckie; audiobook read by Adjoa Andoh; published by Orbit
22:04 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer; published by Harper Alley
23:42 🏳️🌈🇬🇧 Nen and the Lonely Fisherman by Ian Eagleton and James Mayhew; published by Little Bee Books
25:45 Outro: Victoria Pride
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Other Mentions:
CBC Front Burner - Grappling with Alice Munro’s dark family secret
youtu.be/eoU7zsQ0kJs?si=whbe1GqF0VF0gVb-
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
@shawnbreathesbooks
Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword & Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Murderbot series by Martha Wells
Saga series by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples
00:00 intro - a beet feast!
02:45 DNF: The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft (audio read by Rebecca Lowman)
03:59 🇪🇸 Ashes by Álvaro Ortiz; translated from Spanish by Eva Ibarzabal; published by Top Shelf
06:15 🏳️🌈🇮🇩 Lunar Boy by Jes Wibowo and Cin Wibowo; published by Harper Alley
07:35 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 Peepee-Poopoo #69 by Caroline Cash; published by Silver Sprocket
10:04 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Mangilaluk: A Graphic Memoir About Friendship, Perseverance and Resiliency by Bernard Andreason [Inuvialuit] and Alan Gallo; published by Inhabit Education Books
12:48 🇨🇦 The Scarf and the Butterfly: A Graphic Memoir of Hope and Healing by Monica Ittusardjuat [Inuit], Coco Apunnguaq Lynge [Kalaaleq-Danish] and Scott Plumbe; published by Inhabit Education Books
14:46 🇫🇮 Memento Mori by Tiitu Takalo; translated by Maria Schroderus; published by Oni Press
18:34 🇫🇮 Single Mothering by Anna Härmälä; published by Nobrow
20:27 🇩🇰🎧 Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen; translated from Danish by Tiina Nunnally & Michael Favala Goldman; audiobook read by Stine Wintlev; published by Penguin Classics
25:00 Outro: Rose garden
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Other mentions:
2024 Eisner nominations: comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards
I talk about Darrin Bell’s The Talk in this episode: A Queer & BIPOC authors edition of Friday Reads Dec 22, plus: Is it a good translation?
youtu.be/pTv1X7WGrII
00:00 intro (nonreading activities)
7:11 🇺🇸🎧 God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O’Gieblyn; audiobook read by Rebecca Lowman; published by Random House Audio
09:48 🏴🎧 Clear by Carys Davies; audiobook read by Russ Bain; published by Simon & Schuster
12:35 🇺🇸 Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls; published by McClelland and Stewart
18:05 Outro: embroidery stitching
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Other mentions:
Gorge Narrows Rowing Club: gorgerowing.ca/index.html
The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies
Christi Johnson on Instagram: @christijay and @stichwish
1. Best sequel you’ve read so far this year.
2. A new release you haven’t read yet but want to.
3. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
4. Biggest disappointment?
5. Biggest surprise?
6. Favourite new author (debut or new to you)?
7. Newest favourite character?
8. The saddest book you’ve read so far this year?
9. A book that made you happy?
10. Favourite book to film adaptation?
11. Favourite video you’ve created this year?
12. Most beautiful book you have acquired this year?
13. Book you’ve learned the most from?
14. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
15. Best book you’ve read so far this year?
Booktubers mentioned:
@shawnbreathesbooks
@AnnNovella
@bibliosophie
@BobTheBookerer
@benreadsgood
@MarilynMayaMendoza
@sarah-roadworthy
Other mentions:
Tag creator: @IsThatChami
Chami’s Why I left YouTube video: youtu.be/3FvHvU98nb4?si=YIC9Y6z6AnSsAHVx
Shawn Breathes Books review of Committed: youtu.be/fKvOGD-PBdk?si=i6QtgFH9IwFKT0Vc
Patrick deWitt wins Leacock medal: leacock.ca/index.php
Sharing a love of reading: two booktubers connect in person and laugh a lot!
youtu.be/IyDcb4rcUuo
My 10 Favourite Books of 2023
youtu.be/rFH2XGAOWmI
Vlog: Reading and listening only to trans writers for one day #TransGirlApril
youtu.be/cdiKQd_eUTY
00:00 Intro - Sidney Pride and drag queen storytime presented by Staches and Lashes Collective
03:55 Lambda winners:
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marissa Crane (LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction)
A Guest in the House by EM Carroll (LGBTQ+ Comics)
Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Miriam Gurba (Bisexual Nonfiction)
Dear Mothman by Robin Gow (LGBTQ+ Middle Grade)
Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel (Transgender Fiction)
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey (Lesbian Fiction)
05:30 Women’s Prize and Carol Shields Prize winner: Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan
06:20 🇺🇸🎧 Eve: How the Human Body Drove 200 Million Years of Evolution by Cat Bohannon; audiobook read by the author; published by Random House Canada
09:00 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🎧 Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe; audiobook read by the author and a full cast; published by Listening Library
11:36 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🎧 Coexistence: Stories by Billy-Ray Belcourt [Néhiyaw]; audiobook read by Hunter Cardinal [Sakāwithiniwak], Trevor Mitchell and John Wamsley [Anishinaabe-Ojibway / British]; published by Hamish Hamilton
15:43 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Wild Failure: Stories by Zoe Whittall; published by HarperCollins
18:56 🇨🇦 Xanax Cowboy: Poems by Hannah Green; published by House of Anansi
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Other mentions:
Mary Wears What She Wants by Keith Negley
Lambda Literary Awards: lambdaliterary.org/awards/2024-winners
Heidi @myreadinglife8816 talks about Eve in her BookTube Prize Quarterfinal Rankings video: youtu.be/PSwd4oBtUPM?si=sXzw7JZ870W93Z90
BookTube Prize quarterfinals results and semifinals announcement: youtu.be/jIWSv8AYiw4?si=d1IjBjcK3PAhZLaC
This Wound Is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
00:00 intro: rowing, knitting and queering your reading shelf
03:18 #IllHaveWhatYoureReading I’ll Have What You’re Reading
05:18 Eisner Awards nominations
07:00 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 Black Cloak Vol. 1 (issues 1-6) by Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren; published by Image Comics
09:42 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇮🇹 The Cull Vol. 1 (issues 1-5) by Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis; published by Image Comics
10:45 🇨🇦 Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? Revolution in 1960s Quebec by Chris Oliveros; published by Drawn & Quarterly
15:30 🏳️⚧️The Out Side: Trans and Nonbinary Comics is nominated in Eisner Best Anthology category
16:20 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🎧 Behind You: A Novel by Catherine Hernandez; audiobook read by the author; published by HarperAvenue
18:49 🇺🇸🎧 Annie Bot by Sierra Greer; audiobook read by Jennifer Jill Araya; published by HarperAudio
20:42 🇨🇦🎧 Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water by Amorina Kingdon; audiobook read by Angelina Rocca; published by Books on Tape
25:06 🇺🇸 Ganesha’s Great Race by Sanjay Patel and Emily Haynes; published by Chronicle Books
25:55 🏳️🌈🇮🇳 A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth; published by HarperCollins
30:40 Outro: buddy reading
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People mentioned:
Shawn @shawnbreathesbooks
The Book Cougars podcast (Chris and Emily)
Scott @GunpowderFictionPlot
Jolene @BookwormAdventureGirl
Jack @spreadbookjoy
Marilyn @MarilynMayaMendoza
Sarah @sarah-roadworthy
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Other Mentions:
The vest I’m knitting is from this book:
The Knitchicks’ Guide to Sweaters: Classic Styles for the Modern Knitter by Marcelle Karp and Pauline Wall
#IllHaveWhatYoureReading in memoriam of Jenny Colvin (Reading Envy podcast)
Shawn talks with Chris and Emily about the memorial readalong here:
youtu.be/5eRoZbAa5rw?si=cGpNR2ZpquOgJgWe
Jenny’s goodreads TBR is here:
goodreads.com/user/show/68030-jenny-reading-envy
I talked about EM Carroll’s A Guest in the House here: Recent Reads May 21: Canadian; queer novels & memoir; nature writing; graphic format & audio
youtu.be/XABqlRZyGcc
I talked about The Out Side: Trans and Nonbinary Comics here: 7 great reads: neuroscience nonfiction; lesbian poetry; Canadian & Italian fiction; trans comics
youtu.be/dxkkvvk7e7o
Eisner Awards 2024 nominations: comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards
Courting sound of plainfin midshipman: ocr.org/sounds/midshipman
On Freedom by Maggie Nelson
A Guest in the House by EM Carroll
Jem and the Holograms by Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren
Saga by Brian K Vaughn & Fiona Staples
100% by Paul Pope
An Immense World by Ed Yong
Ramayana: Divine Loophole by Sanjay Patel
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
00:00 Intro: rowing, knitting, Butchart Garden
02:00 Queering Your Reading Shelf presentation Monday June 10
03:08 🇪🇸 Us by Sara Soler; translated from Spanish by Silvia Perea Labayen; published by Dark Horse Comics
06:18 🇬🇧 Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori; illustrated by Lucille Clerc; published by Laurence King Publishing
12:58 🇬🇧🇸🇪 Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Color by Sharna Jackson and Andrea Pippins; published by DK
16:25 🇺🇸🎧 A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith; audiobook read by Brittany Pressley and the authors; published by Books on Tape
20:59 🇬🇧 Tyger by SF Said; illustrated by Dave McKean; published by David Fickling
23:16 🇨🇦🎧 A History of Burning by Janika Oza; audiobook read by Lipica Shah and KP Upadhyayula; published by McClelland and Stewart
27:08 Outro: great blue heron
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Other mentions:
Link to sign up for Queering Your Reading Shelf: scl.bibliocommons.com/events/65e684a5cec6cd3d004e59aa
The vest I’m knitting is from this book:
The Knitchicks’ Guide to Sweaters: Classic Styles for the Modern Knitter by Marcelle Karp and Pauline Wall
00:00 intro - visit with Marilyn and Junette; little free library
02:31 knitting
04:17 Stephen Leacock Medal
The Road Years, A Memoir, Continued by Rick Mercer
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
DNFs:
05:15 The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
08:02 Otter Country: An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World by Miriam Darlington
10:58 Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula Le Guin
11:54 Bluets by Maggie Nelson
13:12 🇺🇸 300 Arguments by Sarah Manguso; published by Graywolf
17:00 🇺🇸🎧 Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth; by Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez; audiobook read by the authors and Sage Ryan; published by North Atlantic Books
19:45 🇲🇾🎧 The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo; audiobook read by the author; published by Macmillan
02:17 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🎧 The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo; audiobook read by Cindy Kay; published by Tantor
23:43 🇺🇸🎧 The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger; audiobook read by the author; published by HarperAudio
28:38 Outro - Butchart Garden
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Other Mentions:
Marilyn @MarilynMayaMendoza
Marilyn and I recorded a joint video while she was in Victoria: Sharing a love of reading: two booktubers connect in person and laugh a lot!
youtu.be/IyDcb4rcUuo
Bawaajigan: Stories of Power, edited by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler and Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith
Stephen Leacock Medal website: leacock.ca
I talked about Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow here: March Readathons & Recent Reads: Indigenous, Canadian, Queer, Mexican, Memoir & Middle Grade
youtu.be/Exc7wbg0uq0
I talked about The Road Years, A Memoir, Continued by Rick Mercer here: Recent Reads December 2: funny Canadians; mistrust; storytelling as a means of identity & connection
youtu.be/NqFN-yq_KdE
Springathon (nature writing) hosts and their #Springathon announcements:
Natalie @CuriousReader youtu.be/PAGtW9FdLhA?si=5_I1oDn6itLYA4DK
Heidi @myreadinglife8816 youtu.be/CMSXEC5KDkQ?si=8gbi-P6QXVMsShDR
Doris @alldbooks9165 youtu.be/KffZ5fZGlxw?si=rL_4Zcl5gAYN3oCQ
Emma @cupofbooks A Cup of Books youtu.be/_eyGYM_rVUU?si=kOmOBc1iyHdbjKlw
#GrayinMay for Graywolf Press 50th anniversary:
Gray in May announcement: youtu.be/y4KTPT81zmw?si=y3B_VOl3dRsTFPgS
Sarah @sarah-roadworthy Gray in May announcement: youtu.be/y4KTPT81zmw?si=y3B_VOl3dRsTFPgS
Sarah @eyesonindie 5 books by Graywolf: youtu.be/M_dExPjIW0s?si=wosdbABuNPnsX_5L
Shawn @shawnbreathesbooks
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
The Night Tiger by Yangze Choo
An Immense World by Ed Yong
Brief video about the shapeshifting boquila vine: youtu.be/acICjYG6QzA?si=8sMhyKrOELi8HXTt
00:00 intro
01:44 Playback by Raymond Chandler
02:37 Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin
05:14 Upstart and Crow; Brooms; Lee’s Donuts
06:59 Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto, translated by Louise Heal Kawai
08:47 The Postcard by Anne Berest, translated by Tina Kover
11:50 Ruta’s Closet by Keith Morgan with Ruth Kron Sigal
14:12 Munro’s Books and Alice Munro chat
16:28 Subscriber Nathan; The Beggar Maid in: Alice Munro’s Best: A Selection of Stories
18:56 Peacocks of Instagram: Stories by Deepa Rajagopalan
21:30 The Round House by Louise Erdrich
24:44 Antelope Woman by Louise Erdrich
25:25 The Sentence by Louise Erdrich and Minneapolis etc
27:01 Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud
28:48 Outro - Little Free Libraries; vegetarian delights; Mental Health May; a blessing from Marilyn; peacocks
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Other mentions:
Shawn @shawnbreathesbooks
Five Readers on the legacy of Alice Munro, hosted by Shawn Breathes Books:
youtu.be/KjZzKI1d5Mw
Mental Health May
Jolene @BookwormAdventureGirl
Sandy @missreadsalot6483
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Bookstores mentioned:
Pulp Fiction (Vancouver)
Upstart and Crow (Vancouver)
People’s Co-op Bookstore (Vancouver)
Munro’s Books (Victoria)
Birchbark Books (Minneapolis)
@shawnbreathesbooks
Margaret Atwood reads Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro – audio: theguardian.com/books/audio/2024/may/15/margaret-atwood-reads-dance-of-the-happy-shades-by-alice-munro-audio
Trevor’s 2013 blog entry about the story Dance of the Happy Shades: mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2013/04/11/alice-munro-dance-of-the-happy-shades
Trevor on Twitter and Instagram: @mookse
The Mookse and the Gripes website: mookseandgripes.com/reviews
The Mookse and the Gripes podcast: mooksepodcast.libsyn.com
Jolene’s BookTube channel: @BookwormAdventureGirl
Laurie MacFayden’s website: http://www.lauriemacfayden.com
Lindy’s collection of Tim Hortons literary references: lindypratch.blogspot.com/search/label/Tim%20Hortons
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Alice Munro’s short story collections:
Dance of the Happy Shades – 1968
Lives of Girls and Women – 1971
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You – 1974
Who Do You Think You Are? – 1978
The Moons of Jupiter – 1982
The Progress of Love – 1986
Friend of My Youth – 1990
Open Secrets – 1994
The Love of a Good Woman – 1998
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage – 2001
Runaway – 2004
The View from Castle Rock – 2006
Too Much Happiness – 2009
Dear Life – 2012
Other books mentioned:
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine: goodreads.com/book/show/18114449-an-unnecessary-woman?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JC8x5h9Oqb&rank=1
00:00 intro - JoyFULL: Cook Effortlessly, Eat Freely, Live Radiantly by Radhi Devlukia- Shetty, with Rachel Holtzman, photography by Alanna Hale; published by Simon Element
01:28 🇺🇸🎧 Morningside by Téa Obreht; audiobook read by Carlotta Brentan; published by Books on Tape
03:59 🇺🇸🎧 We Loved It All by Lydia Millet; audiobook read by Xe Sands; published by Dreamscape Media
06:58 🇨🇦 Prairie Edge: A Novel by Conor Kerr [Métis] published by Strange Light
12:12 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Curiosities by Anne Fleming; published by Alfred Knopf
19:19 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 A Guest in the House by EM Carroll (Emily Carroll); published by First Second
21:23 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop; published by Random House Canada
24:33 Outro
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Other mentions:
My separate cookbook review of JoyFULL by Rhadi Devlukia-Shetty:
youtu.be/z30k1RGDXM0
The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
Inland by Téa Obreht
The Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet
Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet
Avenue of Champions by Conor Kerr
My 2012 review of Gay Dwarves of America by Anne Fleming: lindypratch.blogspot.com/2012/11/gay-dwarves-of-america-by-anne-fleming.html
Springathon (nature writing) hosts and their #Springathon announcements:
Natalie @CuriousReader youtu.be/PAGtW9FdLhA?si=5_I1oDn6itLYA4DK
Heidi @myreadinglife8816 youtu.be/CMSXEC5KDkQ?si=8gbi-P6QXVMsShDR
Doris @alldbooks9165 youtu.be/KffZ5fZGlxw?si=rL_4Zcl5gAYN3oCQ
Emma @ACupOfBooks youtu.be/_eyGYM_rVUU?si=kOmOBc1iyHdbjKlw
Misery May is hosted by:
Scott @GunpowderFictionPlot
Gemma @GemofBooks
and their #MiseryMay announcement: youtu.be/8yzFh9TPMEY?si=2GIoSm57QcX4ZCMR
Mental Health May is hosted by:
Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
Marilyn @MarilynMayaMendoza
and their #MentalHealthMay announcement: youtu.be/Fmjt9qkcBA0?si=yPh3t66jH1HA2ao1
JoyFULL: Cook Effortlessly, Eat Freely, Live Radiantly by Radhi Devlukia- Shetty, with Rachel Holtzman, photography by Alanna Hale; published by Simon Element
00:00 intro - readthons and Alice Munro
03:20 Winner of Carol Shields Prize announced May 13: VV Ganeshananthan for Brotherless Night
04:11 🇬🇧 Beyond the Page by Quentin Blake; published by Tate
06:16 🇲🇦🇹🇷🇵🇰🇺🇸 One Wish: Fatima al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University by MO Yuksel and Mariam Quraishi; published by Harper
07:32 🇻🇳🇨🇦 Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch with Tuan Ho; art by Brian Deines; published by Pajama Press
08:35 🇨🇦 We Feel Good Out Here by Julie-Ann André [Gwich’in], Mindy Willett and Tessa Macintosh; published by Fifth House
10:06 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🎧 Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger [Lipan Apache]; audiobook read by Kinsale Drake [Diné]; published by Recorded Books
12:30 🇯🇵🎧 The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters and Yōkai of Japanese Myth by Thersa Matsuura; audiobook read by the author; published by Simon and Schuster
14:47 🇮🇩🇺🇸 Stories of the Islands by Clar Angkasa; published by Holiday House
16:15 🏴 The Living Mountain by Nancy Shepherd; published by Canongate
18:55 Other nature writing
20:39 Gray in May: 300 Arguments by Sarah Manguso
22:00 Outro - trees in bloom
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Other mentions:
The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro
Booktube episode in which I talked about Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan: Friday Reads: #PoetryMonth #TransGirlApril #PeopleApril #PictureThis2024 #MentalHealthMay #GraywolfMay
youtu.be/DYz6mPpEJEY
Carol Shields Prize: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/prizenews
Jack @spreadbookjoy
Picture This Live! recorded:
youtube.com/live/CmjmNNf2_lQ?si=_WYH4Vuo38-Z2Jv_
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Kappa Child by Hiromi Goto
Springathon (nature writing) hosts and their #Springathon announcements:
Natalie @CuriousReader youtu.be/PAGtW9FdLhA?si=5_I1oDn6itLYA4DK
Heidi @myreadinglife8816 youtu.be/CMSXEC5KDkQ?si=8gbi-P6QXVMsShDR
Doris @alldbooks9165 youtu.be/KffZ5fZGlxw?si=rL_4Zcl5gAYN3oCQ
Emma @ACupOfBooks youtu.be/_eyGYM_rVUU?si=kOmOBc1iyHdbjKlw
Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging by Jessica J Lee
Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J Lee
#GrayinMay for Graywolf Press 50th anniversary:
Sarah @sarah-roadworthy Gray in May announcement: youtu.be/y4KTPT81zmw?si=y3B_VOl3dRsTFPgS
Sarah @eyesonindie 5 books by Graywolf: youtu.be/M_dExPjIW0s?si=wosdbABuNPnsX_5L
00:00 Intro: dandelion latte, lilac water and rhododendrons
02:50 Springathon buddy reading The Living Mountain
03:49 🏳️🌈🇸🇬🇨🇦🎧 Dinner on Monster Island: Essays by Tania De Rozario; audiobook read by the author; published by HarperAudio
08:36 🇺🇸 Shaped by Her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez by Anna Harber Freeman [Osage], Barbara Gonzalez [Tewa], and Aphelandra [Oneida / Filipino]; published by Albert Whitman
10:52 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 Crushed Wild Mint: Poems by Jess Housty [Heiltsuk / settler]; published by Nightwood Editions
16:09 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🎧 Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I Campbell [Nlaka’pamux / Syilx / Métis]; audiobook read by the author; published by HighWater Press
20:58 🇨🇦 Tales for Late Night Bonfires by GA Grisenthwaite [Nlaka’pamux]; published by Freehand Books
26:10 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🎧 Last Woman: Stories by Carleigh Baker [Nehiyaw / Métis / Icelandic]; audiobook read by a cast of seven; published by McClelland and Stewart
31:44 Outro
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Other Mentions:
Springathon (nature writing) hosts and their #Springathon announcements:
Natalie youtu.be/PAGtW9FdLhA?si=5_I1oDn6itLYA4DK
Heidi youtu.be/CMSXEC5KDkQ?si=8gbi-P6QXVMsShDR
Doris youtu.be/KffZ5fZGlxw?si=rL_4Zcl5gAYN3oCQ
Emma A Cup of Books youtu.be/_eyGYM_rVUU?si=kOmOBc1iyHdbjKlw
Ryan B Patrick talks to Tania De Rozario on CBC’s The Next Chapter: cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/tania-de-rozario-uses-pop-culture-to-explore-trauma-grief-and-the-relationship-with-her-mother-1.7131084
Halfbreed by Maria Campbell
Shi-shi Etko by Nicola I Campbell
A Day with Yayah by Nicola I Campbell
Home Waltz by GA Grisenthwaite
Bad Endings by Carleigh Baker
00:00 intro - seaplane trip to Vancouver
02:19 April wrap up: TransGirlApril; PeopleApril; PictureThis2024; Poetry month. Progress report: When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through, edited by Joy Harjo
Also: A Suitable Boy readalong
07:50 🏳️🌈🇵🇪 Undiscovered: A Novel by Gabriela Wiener; translated from Spanish by Julia Sanches; published by HarperVia
12:35 🇺🇸🎧 The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly; audiobook read by Ramon de Ocampo; published by Greenwillow Books
14:36 🏳️⚧️🇺🇸🎧 Who’s Afraid of Gender by Judith Butler; audiobook read by the author; published by Knopf Canada
17:06 🇺🇸🎧 The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tanya; audiobook read by the author; published by Books on Tape
21:11 🇩🇪 The Swing by Britta Teckentrup; published by Prestel
22:38 🇨🇳🇨🇦🇺🇸🇧🇩 I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp by Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams; based on interviews with Zumrat Dawut translated by Zubayra Shamseden; published by New Friday
24:40 🇮🇪 So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan; published by Faber & Faber
26:37 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 Care Of: Letters, Connections, Cures by Ivan Coyote; published by McClelland and Stewart
30:40 Outro: seaplane trip from Victoria to Vancouver plus Stanley Park
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Fabulous booktubers along with their equally fabulous readathon events:
Trans Girl April host:
Kevvie @CestKevvie
and her #TransGirlApril announcement: youtu.be/5UaFpMG4uYM?si=utefulEmNjU9YjvQ
People April hosts:
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
and their #PeopleApril announcement: youtu.be/C281LsPsk_c?si=BOGnwlL9PwxxPm0r
Picture This hosts:
Jack @spreadbookjoy
Shelly @Shellyish
and their #PictureThis2024 announcement: youtu.be/ugh48eF2Alg?si=iV_w0ai8J4x-zE2X
Springathon (nature writing) hosts:
Natalie @CuriousReader
Heidi @myreadinglife8816
Doris @alldbooks9165
Emma @ACupOfBooks
and their #Springathon announcement: youtu.be/PAGtW9FdLhA?si=_HQpTJOXZuOzFoUR
Mental Health May
Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
Marilyn @MarilynMayaMendoza
and their #MentalHealthMay announcement: youtu.be/Fmjt9qkcBA0?si=yPh3t66jH1HA2ao1
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Other mentions:
My Trans Day of Visibility vlog:
youtu.be/cdiKQd_eUTY?si=1wOO8WA1f2PcBCH6
Conversation with other booktubers who love to read picture books:
Picture This Live! recorded:
youtube.com/live/CmjmNNf2_lQ?si=_WYH4Vuo38-Z2Jv_
Poet Julian Talamantez Brolaski [Mescalero and Lipan Apache]
When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz [Mojave / Gila River]
Nature Poem by Tommy Pico [Kumeyaay]
Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers by Jake Skeets [Diné]
Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo; translated by Leah Janeczko
The International Booker Prize: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2024
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Is Autofiction a Writing Crime? youtu.be/XPitjnPW3vc?si=e5a_h_dPW-v2aeTu
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
The Egg by Britta Teckentrup
A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs by Gulchehra Hoja
Booktube episode in which I talked about the Uyghur memoir A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs by Gulchehra Hoja: Friday Reads Oct 20: move to a new province; Giller shortlist; queer authors; Uyghur memoir; audiobooks
youtu.be/gPpgNtruR5A
00:00 intro: natural dyes and rowing
02:08 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 A Woman Is Talking to Death by Judy Grahn; published by The Women’s Press Collective
04:07 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🎧 Ten Bridges I’ve Burned: A Memoir in Verse by Brontez Purnell; audiobook read by the author; published by HighBridge
06:48 🏳️⚧️🇺🇸 I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane; published by Catapult
12:05 🏳️⚧️🇺🇸🇦🇹 Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass by Lilah Sturges and Polterink; published by BOOM! Studios
15:58 🏳️🌈🇰🇷🇺🇸 The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha; published by Balzer + Bray
17:07 🇰🇷🇺🇸 Almost American Girl by Robin Ha; published by Balzer + Bray
19:19 🇺🇸🎧 What We Sow: On the Personal, Ecological and Cultural Significance of Seeds by Jennifer Jewell; audiobook read by the author; published by Timber Press
22:28 🇫🇷🎧 Look at the Lights, My Love by Annie Ernaux; translated from French by Alison Strayer; audiobook read by Tavia Gilbert; published by Yale Press Audio
25:29 🇬🇧 The Lost Words: A Spell Book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris; published by House of Anansi
28:07 Outro: Beacon Hill Park
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Other mentions:
A Woman Is Talking to Death by Judy Grahn is available online:
poets.org/poem/woman-talking-death
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden by Camille Dungy
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Is Autofiction a Writing Crime? youtu.be/XPitjnPW3vc?si=e5a_h_dPW-v2aeTu
Lambda Literary Awards:
lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists
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Fabulous booktubers along with their equally fabulous readathon events:
Springathon hosts:
Natalie @CuriousReader
Heidi @myreadinglife8816
Doris @alldbooks9165
Emma @ACupOfBooks
and their #Springathon announcement: youtu.be/PAGtW9FdLhA?si=_HQpTJOXZuOzFoUR
Picture This hosts:
Jack @spreadbookjoy
Shelly @Shellyish
and their #PictureThis2024 announcement: youtu.be/ugh48eF2Alg?si=iV_w0ai8J4x-zE2X
Trans Girl April host:
Kevvie @CestKevvie
and her #TransGirlApril announcement: youtu.be/5UaFpMG4uYM?si=utefulEmNjU9YjvQ
People April hosts:
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
and their #PeopleApril announcement: youtu.be/C281LsPsk_c?si=BOGnwlL9PwxxPm0r
00:00 intro: readathons
00:45 Live chat about picture books on Shelly Swearingen’s channel
01:35 poetry month and other readathons
02:18 learning to row
03:01 Dandelion cookery
04:03 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 ‘perennial love poem’ by jaye simpson, from: it was never going to be okay; published by Nightwood Editions
06:55 🇨🇦 Tracking the Caribou Queen: Memoir of a Settler Girlhood by Margaret Macpherson; published by NeWest Press
10:03 🇨🇦 The Little Regent by Yewande Daniel-Ayoade and Ken Daly; published by Owlkids
11:13 🇳🇬🇬🇧 Clothes by Ifeoma Onyefulu; published by Frances Lincoln
12:05 🇦🇹🎧 Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl; audiobook read by Simon Vance; published by Blackstone Audio
14:04 🇺🇸 Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan; published by Random House
17:57 🏳️⚧️🇺🇸 Magnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston; adapted by Ibram X Kendi; illustrated by Loveis Wise; published by Amistad
19:12 🇺🇸🎧 James by Percival Everett; audiobook read by Dominic Hoffman; published by Books on Tape
22:12 Graywolf Press 50th anniversary
25:24 Sound clip from James
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BookTube people and readathons:
Picture This Live! recorded:
youtube.com/live/CmjmNNf2_lQ?si=_WYH4Vuo38-Z2Jv_
Jack @spreadbookjoy
Shelly @Shellyish
Deea @novelideea
Alice @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
Picture This readathon announcement: youtu.be/ugh48eF2Alg?si=iV_w0ai8J4x-zE2X
Sarah @sarah-roadworthy
Gray in May announcement: youtu.be/y4KTPT81zmw?si=y3B_VOl3dRsTFPgS
Sarah @eyesonindie
5 books by Graywolf: youtu.be/M_dExPjIW0s?si=wosdbABuNPnsX_5L
@shawnbreathesbooks
Shawn’s conversation with Margaret youtu.be/1yGVQMoXCr4?si=xyPKlot80aG2cY1H
Marilyn @MarilynMayaMendoza
Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
Marilyn’s Mental Health May announcement: youtu.be/Fmjt9qkcBA0?si=gb1WcHA0dPSct0tL
Kim’s Mental Health May announcement: youtu.be/cfn3R4VsD4Q?si=ubuSfrdPZ9p_WLpa
Kevvie @CestKevvie
Trans Girl April readathon announcement: youtu.be/5UaFpMG4uYM?si=utefulEmNjU9YjvQ
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
People April readathon announcement: youtu.be/C281LsPsk_c?si=BOGnwlL9PwxxPm0r
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Other mentions:
Song of the Sun God by Shankari Chandran
Carol Shields Prize carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2024-shortlist
Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
Ongoingness by Sarah Manguso
00:00 Intro: April readathons
01:39 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 Care Of: Letters, Connections, and Cures by Ivan Coyote
04:55 Join us for Picture This Live on April 14 @Shellyish
06:03 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin; published by Atria
09:23 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Gay Girl Prayers: Poems by Emily Austin; published by Brick Books
13:01 🏳️⚧️🇺🇸 Wine Ghost Goes to Hell by Sage Coffey; published by Iron Circus Comics
15:35 🇺🇸🎧 Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez; audiobook read by Stacy Gonzalez, Jonathan Gregg and Jessica Pimentel; published by Macmillan
18:06 🇺🇸🇬🇧 Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leona Carrington by Michelle Markel and Amanda Hall, published by Balzer + Bray
21:35 🏳️⚧️🇺🇸 Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey and Loveis Wise; published by Harper
24:36 Quote from: A Brief for the Defense, a poem by Jack Gilbert
25:32 🇺🇸 You So Black by Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. and London Ladd; published by Denene Millner, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
26:36 🇺🇸 Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes; published by Kokila, Penguin Random House
29:14 Carol Shields Prize shortlist
30:20 Outro: Butchart Garden in April
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Other mentions:
Jack @spreadbookjoy
Shelly @Shellyish
Picture This readathon announcement: youtu.be/ugh48eF2Alg?si=iV_w0ai8J4x-zE2X
Kevvie @CestKevvie
Trans Girl April readathon announcement: youtu.be/5UaFpMG4uYM?si=utefulEmNjU9YjvQ
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
People April readathon announcement: youtu.be/C281LsPsk_c?si=BOGnwlL9PwxxPm0r
Deea @novelideea
Alice @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Laurie MacFayden talks to Shawn the Book Maniac about her own poetry and about Emily Austin’s Gay Girl Prayers: youtu.be/NOuCAGBLZ9I?si=k_3F63_PsMCzRbTL
Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. performs You So Black: youtu.be/t2u1NqsEmwE?si=j6UZXNJRAVpVV_yN
Amanda Hall website: amandahall-illustration.com
Loveis Wise website: loveiswise.com
London Ladd website: londonladd.com
Ekua Holmes website: ekuaholmes.com
A Brief for the Defense, poem by Jack Gilbert: poetrysociety.org/poems/a-brief-for-the-defense
Carol Shields Prize carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2024-shortlist
00:00 intro
00:20 🇨🇦 What Comes Echoing Back by Leo McKay Jr
02:53 🇨🇦🎧 Daughter by Claudia Dey; audiobook read by a full cast of nine; published by Doubleday Canada
07:25 🇮🇹 Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo; translated from Italian by Leah Janeczko; published by Black Cat
11:40 🇮🇳🇺🇸 Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters by Charan Ranganath; published by Doubleday Canada
16:59 🇦🇺 Eric by Shaun Tan; published by Tundra
19:29 🏳️⚧️🇺🇸 The Out Side: Trans and Nonbinary Comics, edited by The Kao, Min Chistensen and David Daneman; published by Andrews McMeel
22:20 🏳️🌈🇭🇰🇬🇧 Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan; published by Faber
27:42 Outro: visit to the gardens at Government House, Victoria
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Booktubers and readathon events:
#PictureThis2024 announcement: youtu.be/ugh48eF2Alg?si=iV_w0ai8J4x-zE2X
Jack @spreadbookjoy
Shelly @Shellyish
#TransGirlApril announcement: youtu.be/5UaFpMG4uYM?si=utefulEmNjU9YjvQ
Kevvie @CestKevvie
#PeopleApril announcement: youtu.be/C281LsPsk_c?si=BOGnwlL9PwxxPm0r
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
Aussie April?
Doris @alldbooks9165
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Other Mentions:
Ros of Scallydandling 2023 Top Fives: Nonfiction, Poetry & Backlist/Classic Fiction youtu.be/dmouwhVtcYE?si=feKZKFFe_lqqBDZV
Carol Shields Prize: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2024-longlist
The Next Chapter March 8 episode (Daughter by Claudia Dey) podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-next-chapter/id292431467?i=1000648558818
International Booker Prize: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2024
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
00:00 intro - Black and Rural by Shayna Jones; Okareka Dance;
01:33 Slow reading A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
and Poetry Month: When the Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
and TransGirlApril & PeopleApril readathons: Care Of: Letters, Connections, and Cures by Ivan Coyote
and a Picture book readathon!
04:28 🇯🇵 Dandelion’s Dream by Yoko Tanaka; published by Candlewick
06:17 🇯🇵 Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada; translated by David Boyd; published by New Directions
09:07 🏴🎧 Poyums by Len Pennie; audiobook read by the author; published by Canongate
10:29 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🎧 Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline [Métis]; audiobook read by Brefny Caribou [Cree & Irish Canadian]; published by Macmillan
11:27 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha LaPointe [Coast Salish]; published by Counterpoint
- cover art by Maynard Johnny Jr [Coast Salish]
15:30 🇨🇦 Fleece and Fibre: Textile Producers of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands by Francine McCabe [Anishnaabe & mixed]; published by Heritage House
17:14 🇺🇸🎧 Erasure by Percival Everett; audiobook read by Sean Crisden; published by Tantor
19:00 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 “I Am Not a Witness” by Deborah A Miranda [Ohlone Costanoan-Esselen and Chumash], from When the Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
21:00 Outro: buckwheat blueberry pancakes
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Other mentions:
Black & Rural created and performed by Shayna Jones Black & Rural by Shayna Jones - Trailer
Ōkareka Dance Mana Wahine segment: youtu.be/AoeEHEZWrgM?si=Hq5cI0IvnKQwnE_d
And a trailer vimeo.com/924704510
@CestKevvie Kevvie’s TransGirlApril readathon announcement: youtu.be/5UaFpMG4uYM?si=utefulEmNjU9YjvQ
@bouquinsbooks Elisabeth’s People April announcement: youtu.be/Gt-_GfGU4wk?si=WuxrYa1sIBPeRacz
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Ros’s People April Announcement: youtu.be/C281LsPsk_c?si=BOGnwlL9PwxxPm0r
@spreadbookjoy Jack’s Picture This readathon announcement: youtu.be/ugh48eF2Alg?si=5j8mIZ5NeuxkPRuN
@Shellyish Shelly’s Picture This readathon announcement:
My playlist of videos where I talk only about picture books: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjliQQSI38qGjgW6M8d0d8MjBSKu_evLk&si=g_nDNgRuU8ZAzQy7
Yoko Tanaka’s art: http://yoko-tanaka.com/painting
Yoko Tanaka talks about her art process: thechildrensbookreview.com/illustration-inspiration-yoko-tanaka-creator-of-dandelions-dream
Natalie @CuriousReader
@apocalypsereading7117 Seb’s video about purchasing the desired edition of Weasels in the Attic: youtu.be/8X3wPCYTFXw?si=bq70s-gtH2a7zzFF
Len Pennie’s Poyums of Power feature on BBC Scotland: youtu.be/_jo8MM9MdCU?si=A1-beC6R-ArrXdZj
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
Daughter by Claudia Dey
Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo
Titles mentioned:
Stedfast by Ali Blythe
The Out Side:Trans and Nonbinary Comics by various authors
Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom
Care Of: Letters, Connections and Cures by Ivan Coyote
T4T podcast by Hazel Jane Plante:
t4t.simplecast.com
00:00 intro - thank you to all subscribers and especially Pat of Book Chat with Pat
02:47 Lambda Literary Awards finalists announced
07:05 Dylan Thomas shortlist announced
08:03 Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced
08:53 Queering Your Reading Shelf on June 10 at 7 pm MDT, 2024 - registration is open
09:20 🇸🇪🎧 Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson; translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel; audiobook read by Amanda Dawe; published by Books on Tape
10:48 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🎧 Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo; Singing Hills Cycle #4; audiobook read by Cindy Kay; published by Tantor Media
14:11 The Ignyte Awards centre the contributions and experiences of BIPOC in Speculative Fiction
14:41 The IAFA (International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts) Crawford Award recognizes an outstanding new writer whose first fantasy book was published during the previous calendar year.
15:55 🇺🇸🎧 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl; audiobook read by the author; published by Spieggel & Grau, Spotify Audiobooks
18:46 🏳️🌈🇳🇬🎧 God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu; audiobook read by Mirron Willis; published by OrangeSky Audio
22:10 🇺🇸 North Woods by Daniel Mason; published by Random House
29:19 Outro: International Trans Day of Visibility is March 31
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Other mentions:
Pat @BookChatWithPat8668
Perpetual Pages @perpetualpages Best of 2023: youtu.be/1fxOOlAPfUM?si=Oyvor_uiw53ImpyY
Angelia @readandre-read Best Books of 2023: youtu.be/WNJyx3OK64A?si=NqsCB4G7bvL5poZX
Queering Your Reading Shelf on June 10 at 7 pm MDT, 2024 - registration is open
scl.bibliocommons.com/events/65e684a5cec6cd3d004e59aa
2024 Lammys: lambdaliterary.org/2024-lammy-awards
Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist swansea.ac.uk/dylan-thomas-prize/shortlist-2024
Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced:
https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/prize-years/2024/
Ignyte Awards ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
William L Crawford Fantasy Award: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Award#:~:text=Crawford%20Fantasy%20Award%20(short%3A%20Crawford,during%20the%20preceding%20calendar%20year.
The Canadian Centre for Gender + Sexual Diversity: ccgsd-ccdgs.org
Haven by Emma Donoghue
The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
The Ghost Orchard by Helen Humphreys
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Episode in which I talked about Big Swiss by Jen Beagin: A Wildfire Smoky Friday Reads on July 14, 2023: children’s hospital, birthday, berries and books
youtu.be/twxczenkIUQ
Episode in which I talk about Blackouts by Justin Torres: A Queer & BIPOC authors edition of Friday Reads Dec 22, 2023 plus: Is it a good translation?
youtu.be/pTv1X7WGrII
Episode in which I talk about Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H: Friday Reads March 10, 2023: Literatures in Canada; nonfiction; queer muslim; last slave ship; natural dye
youtu.be/8CeyDSZD6Hg
Episode in which I talk about Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki: Recent Reads January 7, 2024: queer lit; graphic novels; translated fiction; travel memories
youtu.be/sL5W9CulYgc
Episode in which I talk about Ædnan: Friday Reads March 1, 2024: Canadian books, women’s literature in translation & queer mermaids
youtu.be/GaYHVvotA7I
00:00 intro - March readathons and readalongs; A Suitable Boy readalong affecting my reading mood
05:52 🇺🇸🎧 A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power [Dakota Sioux]; audiobook read by Isabella Star Leblanc [Dakota Sioux]; published by HarperAudio
09:52 Coincidental links between various books I’ve read either concurrently or serially in the past two weeks
14:15 🇲🇽 Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel; translated from Spanish by Rosalind Harvey; published by Bloomsbury
16:57 🏳️🌈🇲🇽🇺🇸 Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba; published by Avid Reader Press
19:37 🇲🇽 Mexikid by Pedro Martín
23:07 🇨🇦 Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow; published by Scholastic Canada
28:44 Outro: Butchart Gardens
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Other mentions:
Krista, Katie and Amanda at Middle Grade March - Announcement: youtu.be/g7qMSm1dyGU?si=SoZMnOaCnUCxtP36
@BookwormAdventureGirl Jolene’s Don’t You Forget About Me tag: youtu.be/A4y9ooJOjbo?si=1B5bfe0c5WQ7zi8k
Carol Shields Prize: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2024-longlist
Grass Dancer by Susan Power
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Weyward by Emelia Hart
Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed, both by Angeline Boulley
Loot by Tania James
@bibliosophie Best Books of 2023: youtu.be/VHwKkO0k1Xk?si=HtA1gBLbEuebdR3V
@BobTheBookerer Favourite Fiction of 2023: youtu.be/xEZ0jFk8R_U?si=ezb-NffMPkXFtWFG
Mean by Myriam Gurba
Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Stand on the Sky by Erin Bow
00:00 intro: genre categorization
02:26 The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys - publisher categorization as nonfiction
04:14 Bail: Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin; artwork by Torkwase Dyson
09:59 Bail: Alphabetical Diaries audio read by comedian Kate Berlant
15:11 🇦🇺🇬🇧🎧 Weyward by Emelia Hart; audiobook read by Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley, Nell Barlow; published by Macmillan
19:22 🇮🇳🇺🇸🎧 Loot by Tania James; audiobook read by Shawn K Jain; published by Books on Tape
23:05 The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
24:14 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Portrait of a Body by Julie Delporte; translated by Helge Dascher and Karen Houle; published by Drawn & Quarterly
29:54 Outro: blue skies and blooming trees
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Other mentions:
Sarah @sarah-roadworthy talks about genre categories and readerly expectations: youtu.be/o0-svmjqImE?si=39QfdZRmpI1Jlm78
Voodoo Hypothesis by Canisia Lubrin
The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin
Jess @stalkingkafka talks about categorization of Alphabetical Diaries in her reaction to the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist: youtu.be/un5sGapDbhg?si=eRuDtr6PspZ5lJFL
The Tranquillusionist by Helen Zaltzman: theallusionist.org/tranquillusionist
Listen to an excerpt of Alphabetical Diaries on the Macmillan website: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250334718/alphabeticaldiaries
Scott @GunpowderFictionPlot 23 Best Books of 2023: youtu.be/DmoNYFgtJPQ?si=_hZHbSa8dYiEXgNY
The Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James - 2015 review on my blog: lindypratch.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-tusk-that-did-damage-by-tania-james.
Carol Shields Prize longlist: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2024-longlist
Everywhere Antennas by Julie Delporte
00:00 intro - travel from Victoria to Edmonton; Kate Beaton lecture: Bodies of Art and Bodies of Labour
02:26 Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada with David Boyd
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
03:54 Magpie literary salon; hot cross buns and canelés de Bordeaux
05:37 🇨🇦 Endlings: Poems by Joanna Lilley; published by Turnstone Press
08:59 🇨🇦 Apples on a Windowsill by Shawna Lemay; published by Palimpsest Press
12:44 🇷🇺 Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye; translated by Jordan Stump ; published by Knopf Canada
16:05 🇫🇮🇺🇸🎧 The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen; audiobook read by Philippe Spall; published by Macmillan
22:30 🇺🇸🎧 Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange [Cheyenne; Arapaho; white]; audiobook read by a full cast of nine; published by Books on Tape
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Other mentions:
Centre for Literatures in Canada Kreisel lectures are available for purchase from University of Alberta Press and many of them can be watched online: ualberta.ca/literatures-in-canada/events-archive/kreisel-series.html
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Seb @apocalypsereading7117
youtu.be/8X3wPCYTFXw?si=X2sj7lMVLB5XHgX1
Shawna Lemay’s website: http://www.shawnalemay.net
Shawn @shawnbreathesbooks conversation with Amina Cain: youtu.be/gzEcaLeChzc?si=ErJg6Bn76K7G__yo
Other books mentioned are below. What do you think of translators listed as writing “with” the author as opposed to being “translated by —“? I’m trying out the style used in Storygraph:
The Cheffe: A Cook’s Novel by Marie NDiaye with Jordan Stump
Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson with Saskia Vogel
Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius with Rachel Willson-Broyles
The Moonday Letters by Emmi Itäranta
There, There by Tommy Orange
00:00 intro - bookish chit chat plus follow-up on audiobook narration
03:10 🇬🇭🇬🇧🇩🇪🎧 Ada’s Room by Sharon Dodua Otoo; translated from German by Jon Cho-Polizzi; audiobook read by Cyril Nri and Debbie Korley; published by Books on Tape
06:48 🇬🇧 Orbital by Samantha Harvey; published by Grove Press
13:30 Natural Dyes: Alchemy, Chemistry, Craft
14:43 gloves and Hand-knitting Techniques from Threads magazine (1991)
15:50 Slow Knitting: A Journey from Sheep to Skein to Stitch by Hannah Thiessen
17:28 Outro - glove knitting
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Other mentions:
Kim series about audiobooks. First one is about over-produced audiobooks: youtu.be/WLnaRmOXPDg?si=ACb9Mn0Coe2-Q4bD
Ducks by Kate Beaton
Canada Reads cbc.ca/books/canadareads
Dublin Literary Prize longlist: https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/prize-years/2024/
@AnnNovella My Real Top Ten: youtu.be/JjmFyfa02HQ?si=DMnEJdL2fGB5nJKw
Natural dyes online courses at Maiwa School of Textiles: schooloftextiles.com
The Long Thread podcast: longthreadmedia.com
00:00 intro
00:18 🇸🇪 Aednan: An Epic by Linnea Axelsson [Sàmi; Swedish]; translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel; published by Knopf
09:59 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 The Sea in You by Jessi Sheron; published by Iron Circus Comics
10:52 🇩🇪🇺🇦🇷🇺 Diaries of War: Two Visual Accounts from Ukraine and Russia by Nora Krug; published by Ten Speed Graphic
16:05 🇨🇦 The Journey Prize Stories: Volume 33: The Best of Canada’s New Black Writers; selected by David Chariandy, Esi Edugyan and Canisia Lubrin; published by McClelland and Stewart
18:44 🇨🇦🎧 The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated from French by Susan Ouriou; audiobook read by Karie Richards; published by Biblioasis
23:04 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Followed by the Lark by Helen Humphreys; published by HarperCollins
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Other mentions:
An example of yoiking: youtu.be/aPqKAuzo0tk?si=mpdRx0YAlLVar95I
White Rapids by Pascal Blanchet
The Lindy’s Magpie Reads episode in which I talk about Stolen by Ann-Helen Laestadius: January 25: literary awards; world literature; Indigenous authors; graphic novels; LGBTQ books
youtu.be/J80FNyS54_A
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug
Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin
Canada Reads: cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canada-reads-2024-contenders-1.7073689
My collection of literary references to Tim Hortons:
lindypratch.blogspot.com/search/label/Tim%20Hortons
My collection of literary references to trepanation:
lindypratch.blogspot.com/search?q=Trepanation+
00:00 intro: Ainadamar by Golijov
02:05 🇨🇦 Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
05:48 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes) edited by Nadia L Hohn, illustrated by Roza Nozari; published by Orca
08:33 🇷🇺🇺🇸🎧 National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History and the Meaning of Home by Anya Von Bremzen; audiobook read by Kathleen Gati; published by Books on Tape
11:08 🇨🇦🎧 My Indian by Saqamaw Mi’sel Joe [Mi’kmaq] and Sheila O’Neill [Mi’kmaq]; audiobook read by Sheila O’Neill; published by Breakwater
13:45 🇨🇦🎧 Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir by Helen Knott [Dane Zaa; Nehiyaw; Euro]; audiobook read by the author; published by Knopf Canada
15:24 🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇺🇸 Love is an Ex-Country: A Memoir by Randa Jarrar; published by Catapult
18:35 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 The Collectors: Stories edited by AS King; published by Dutton
21:42 Outro: late winter blooms in Victoria BC
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Other mentions:
Trailer for Golijov’s Ainadamar (Pacific Opera): youtu.be/fLjvgK5N8gs?si=X_ctd9Cpi06WS23J
Dictionary Stories by Jez Burrows
A Void by Georges Perec
Adventures of Salma series by Danny Ramadan
Man Made Monsters by Andrea Rogers [Cherokee]
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice [Anishnaabe]
Please to the Table by Anya Von Bremzen
Suliewey by Mi’sel Joe [Mi’kmaq] and Sheila O’Neill [Mi’kmaq]
In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott [Dane Zaa; Nehiyaw; Euro]
Leslie Marmon Silko [Laguna] poem ‘Long Time Ago’ in: When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by Joy Harjo [Mvskoke]
A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar
The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan
00:00 intro: ocean; hummingbirds
01:47 🇺🇸 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman; published by Penguin
07:28 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai; published by Arsenal Pulp
11:31 🇰🇭🇨🇦🎧 Landbridge [Life in Fragments] by Y-Dang Troeung; audiobook read by Christine L Nguyen and Chris Patterson; published by Knopf Canada
15:47 🇨🇦 Bad Medicine by Christopher Twin [Cree]; published by Conundrum
17:40 🇮🇳 Thirst by Varsha Bajaj; published by Nancy Paulsen Books
20:40 🏳️🌈🇮🇳 Desert Queen by Jyoti Rajan Gopal and Svabhu Kohli; published by Levine Querido
23:20 question about clicks (or klicks) as slang for kilometres
24:20 Outro: wild southwest coast of Vancouver Island
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Other Mentions:
Robyn Fleming’s @Owlsatthemet Instagram account
An Immense World by Ed Yong
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Jyoti Rajan Gopal and Svabhu Kohli on Desert Queen: youtu.be/egi4kU_m6O0