Reading From Our Shelves @canadareadsinspired

Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Rebecca and Tara hope to add to your TBR!

Rebecca:
1. A Friend Like No Otter; Dog vs. Strawberry; Cat Dog Dog by Nelly Buchet, illustrated by Andrea Zuill canadareadsamericanstyle.podbean.com/e/cat-dog-dog
2. The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
3. Devotions by Mary Oliver
4. Eleanor Courtown; The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black canadareadsamericanstyle.podbean.com/e/interview-lucy-em-black-and-the-brickworks
5. Y/N by Esther Yi
6. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana
7. Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
8. The Street by Ann Petry
9. Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky

Tara:
1. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rahid Khalidi
2. Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories complied by Neil Christopher
3. You Still Look the Same by Farzana Doctor
4. Zulaikha by Niloufar-Lily Soltani
5. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes
6. The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul
7. Nosy Parker by Lesley Crewe

2023 CBCs Canada Reads DAY THREE & FOUR Wrap Up

Interview - Joanne Jackson and Sunset Lake Resort

Interview - Caitlin Galway and A Song for Wildcats

$Interview - Leslie Shimotakahara and The Breakwater Rebecca is excited to chat with Canadian author Leslie Shimotakahara about her latest novel, The Breakwater, which will be published by Cormorant Books in April 2026. https://www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/T/The-Breakwater One morning in Toronto, Cathy Matsumoto’s father, Yasuo, calls to announce he intends to visit a dying cousin in British Columbia. Cathy’s never heard of this mysterious relative before, but she begrudgingly agrees to plan a family trip with her father and daughter, Tessa, to Victoria, the hometown Yas was forcibly evicted from when Japanese Canadians were interned during World War Two. Its only in BC that Cathy learns this “cousin” is actually Yas’s younger brother, Stum, who’s been languishing in psychiatric care, abandoned, ever since Yas committed him to Essondale Asylum before the war. Yas tries to fend off probing questions from his daughter and granddaughter, but revisiting old haunts brings back memories of the brothers’ boyhood rivalry and coming-of-age near Victoria’s Chinatown, when Yas’s resolve to hold their fractured family together clashed against Stum’s troublesome turn toward a life of gambling, crime, and consorting with prostitutes. In this heartbreaking family story, two brothers, both old men not far from death, must at last confront long-buried family secrets — and their lingering effects on subsequent generations. Recommended Books: Flashlight by Susan Choi Worldly Girls: A Memoir by Tamara Jong It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished: A Memoir of My Body by Kate Gies https://leslieshimotakahara.com/ https://www.instagram.com/leslieshimotakahara$

Interview - Jinwoo Park and Oxford Soju Club