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October 08, 2023Scotiabank Giller Prize Wrap Up
Tara wraps up her latest Scotiabank Giller Prize reading goal.
Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):
Where the Falcon Flies by Adam Shoalts
Tara (@onabranchreads):
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur
Stray Dogs: Stories by Rawi Hage
Pure Color by Sheila Heti
In the City of Pigs by André Forget
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
Avenue of Champions by Conor Kerr
All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga
Lucien and Olivia by André Narbonne
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
What We Both Know by Fawn Parker

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38 min
October 01, 2023Creepy Books!
Rebecca and Tara kick off October with some of their favorite creepy books!
Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):
Little Amal https://www.walkwithamal.org/
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine
The Merciless series; Survive the Night, The Haunted, The Unleashed by Danielle Vega
A Quality of Light by Richard Wagamese
Tara (@onabranchreads)
The Marigolds by Andrew S. Sullivan
The Daughter of Dr. Moreau by
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
Camp Damascus by Chuck Hingle
All the World's a Wonder by Melia McClure https://radiantpress.ca/
Also, Rebecca was confusing The Island of Dr. Moreau with the classic film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).

Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
32 min
September 27, 2023 Interview - Lucy E.M. Black and The Brickworks
Rebecca is excited to chat with author Lucy E.M. Black about her historical novel, The Brickworks, which is a compelling story about two Scotsmen who emigrate to the US and Canada and have a passion for engineering, industrialization, and community.
Lucy has also authored The Marzipan Fruit Basket, a collection of short stories, Eleanor Courtown, a work of historical fiction, and Stella’s Carpet, a novel about intergenerational trauma.
Instagram: @lucyemblack
Website: https://lucyemblack.com/

Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
29 min
September 18, 2023Book Chat #11
Rebecca and Tara chat about the Eden Mills Writers' Festival and their latest reads.
Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):
River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta
Try Not to be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda by Michael Hingston
Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel
The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black
Tara (@onabranchreads):
The Circle by Katherena Vermette
Holi-FATE series; Moral Bloodlines series by Tori Samuels
Pebble & Dove by Amy Jones
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay by Merilyn Simonds
Stay tuned to the end for a blooper that Tara did not want Rebecca to edit out! LOL

Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
47 min
September 01, 2023Eden Mills Writers’ Festival
Rebecca and Tara discuss the upcoming Eden Mills Writers' Festival in Eden Mills, Ontario, which takes place on Sunday, September 10, 2023 and runs from noon to 5:30 pm. Tickets are on sale now!
https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/festival-sunday/schedule/
Author sessions they plan to attend:
Rebecca:
Michael Melgaard, Not That Kind of Place
Zalika Reid-Benta, River Mumma
Brett Popplewell, Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain, and the Search for a Hidden Past
Don Gillmor, To the River: Losing My Brother
Gabriel Allahdua, Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada
Tara:
Jessica Johns, Bad Cree
Ali Hassan, Is There Bacon in Heaven?
Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado About Nothing
Amy Jones, Pebble & Dove
Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero
Janika Oza, A History of Burning
Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers
Katherena Vermette, The Circle
Tara also highlighted @trishtalksbooks September TBR challenge on Bookstagram. It's not too late to join in!
Rebecca and Tara shared the news that they are planning to launch a patreon account in January 2024 to grow their bookish community!
Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
30 min
August 23, 2023Book Chat #10
Rebecca and Tara chat about their most recent reads!
Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):
George: A Magpie Memoir by Frieda Hughes
The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Felix Castor series by Mike Carey
Everyone Here is Lying; The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
The Break; The Strangers; The Circle by Katherena Vermette
Migrations; Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Tara (@onabranchreads):
I Have Some Questions for You; The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
A History of Burning by Janika Oza
Care of: Letters, Connections, and Cures by Ivan E. Coyote
Much Ado about Nada; Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
47 min
August 05, 2023Stephanie Domet and Afterwords Literary Festival
Tara chats with our guest Stephanie Domet about two of her favourite things — literary festivals and books!

Stephanie Domet is the co-founder and co-executive director of the Afterwords Literary Festival based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is also an award-winning author of two books — Homing and Fallsy Downsies — and is currently at work on her third novel, Good Birds Don’t Fly Away.

Websites:
https://www.afterwordsliteraryfestival.com/ Tickets go on sale September 8, 2023 for the festival that runs November 1-5, 2023.
https://stephaniedomet.com/
https://invisiblepublishing.com/authors/stephanie-domet/
https://nanowrimo.org/
https://bellabagu.com/
Instagram:
@afterwordsliterary
@stephanierdomet

Highlighted Books & Authors:
The Fake by Zoe Whittall
Heartbreaker by Claudia Day
A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter
Hollow Bamboo by William Ping
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Happening by Annie Ernaux
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison
Monoculture by Sue Goyette
Alice Munro

Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
34 min
July 31, 2023Fantasy Fiction Redux
Tara is back from vacation and wants to share her take on fantasy fiction!
The Lions of Al Rassan; The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Between Earth and Sky series by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Midnight Bargain; Witchmark by C.L. Polk
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
https://www.thehugoawards.org/
The cozy fantasy series Rebecca couldn't remember is the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris.

Rebecca's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/canadareadsamericanstyle/
Tara's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/onabranchreads/

Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
26 min
July 28, 2023Fantasy Fiction
With Tara on vacation, Rebecca and Sarah chat about Fantasy Fiction with a quick nod at the end to Sci-Fi.
What Is the Fantasy Genre? History of Fantasy and Subgenres and Types of Fantasy in Literature by author Dan Brown
The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time Magazine
Rebecca (@canadareadsamerican style):
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Sarah (@sareshears):
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Final Empire (Mistborn #1); Tress of the Emerald Sea; Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
44 min
July 15, 2023Book Chat #9
Rebecca and Tara chat about their latest reads, including a few titles to celebrate Disability Pride Month, celebrated annually in July.
Also, Teach Media, an educational media company and publisher of graphic novels, reached out to Rebecca and is offering their followers a special 20% discount at their online bookstore for No Reason to Apologize with the code: CanLit20. The discount will be active through August 14, 2023. https://shop.teachmag.com/
Rebecca:
Wise Little One: Learning to Love and Listen to My Inner Child by Jana Wilson
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
Care Of: Letters, Connections, and Cures by Ivan E. Coyote
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Mazebook by Jeff Lemire
No Reason to Apologize: The Resilient Legacy of Viola Desmond by W.L. Liberman, Andrea Scott, Tajliya Jamal (illustrator)
Tara:
A Real Somebody by Deryn Collier
The Centaur's Wife; Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan E. Coyote
Message in a Bottle: Ocean Dispatches from a Seabird Biologist by Holly Hogan
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores. Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast. When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.
37 min