Canada Reads American Style

• The True Love Experiment; The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

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Rebecca and Tara close out September with what they are currently reading and what they've read since their last book chat.

Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):

• Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of The Kingdom of Redonda by Michael Hingston

Tara (@onabranchreads):

• Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder by Julia Zarankin

Rebecca and Tara chat about their great day at the annual Eden Mills Writers' Festival in Eden Mills, Ontario.  Check out the link below for the entire day's lineup of authors and titles discussed on the podcast. 

https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/featured-writers/

Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):

• Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall

Tara (@onabranchreads):

• Instagoner (A Bark and Blog Mystery Series) by Sydney Leigh

• Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook by David Galef

Publishers:

• Radiant Press https://radiantpress.ca/

Literary Festivals:

• The Word on the Street Toronto https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/

Rebecca and Tara share their latest good reads!

Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):

• Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Tara (@onabranchreads):

• Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts

Rebecca and Tara highlight books they've read in which the location or place is a distinct character in the novel.

Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):

• True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Tara (@onabranchreads):

• Death & Other Inconveniences by Lesley Crewe

Tara chats with Canadian Susan Wadds, author of What the Living Do.  Winner of the Writer's Union of Canada's Prose Contest in 2016, Susan's award-winning work has appeared in The Blood Pudding, Room, Quagmire, Waterwheel Review, Funicular, WOW--Women on Writing, and many more.

The first two chapters of her debut novel, What the Living Do, (Regal House Publishing, 2024), won the Lazuli Group's Prose Contest, and were published in Azure Magazine.

Susan is a certified Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) workshop facilitator.  She lives on a quiet river in South-Central Ontario with an odd assortment of humans and cats.

https://www.instagram.com/deepamwadds/

https://writeyourwayin.ca/about-me/

https://regalhousepublishing.com/susan-wadds/

Reading Recommendations:

• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Rebecca chats with author Michael Redhead Champagne about his first children’s book, We Need Everyone, which premiered with HighWater Press in January 2024.

Michael is working towards a revolution that dismantles harmful systems and builds up new ones based on justice, equity and love. A community leader from Winnipeg's North End with family roots in Shamattawa First Nation, Michael is host, helper, published author, on-screen personality and sought-after public speaker. He happily shares his words, wisdom and welcoming energy across Canada and around the world.

He loves family friendly jokes, Tetris, Stevie Wonder music and celebrating the successes of others.

https://www.michaelredheadchampagne.com/

https://www.instagram.com/northendmc

We Need Everyone Free Teacher Guide:

https://www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/T/Teacher-Guide-for-We-Need-Everyone

Community Resources:

https://fearlessr2w.ca/

https://necrc.org/

https://www.facebook.com/MBHealthCoal/

Upcoming Graphic Novel--Little by Little You Can Change the World by Sonya Ballantyne: https://www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/L/Little-by-Little

Recommended Title--Tipiskawi Kisik: Night Sky Star Stories by Wilfred Buck:

https://mfnerc.org/product/tipiskawi-kisik-night-sky-star-stories/

Rebecca welcomes Katie from Whitehorse, Yukon Canada to answer the Five Reader Repartee Questions. 

1. How did you become a reader?

Katie's responses include:

• CNIB (Canada): https://www.cnib.ca/en/library-services-people-who-are-blind?region=on

If you would like to be featured on a future episode of Reader Repartee, contact Rebecca through her Instagram account: @canadareadsamericanstyle