Canada Reads Inspired

Shauna and Rebecca kick off 2021 CBC's Canada Reads with a review of The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk.  Will anyone be surprised that Shauna loved this book?!?

Shauna and Rebecca are thrilled to chat with Morgan Murray, author of Dirty Birds, arguably the most creative, inventive farce of 2020-21.  They think you will agree that it should have been on the 2021 CBC's Canada Reads longlist.     

YouTube: https://youtu.be/KZt2HlkvRPY

FB: @morganmurraywrites

Website: http://morganmurray.ca/

Rebecca is excited to have Larissa back to talk about the impact of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, which Larissa highly recommended on one of her Instagram stories (@the.bookmom).  During the podcast the two unearth a few gems they hadn't considered until their discussion.

Shauna and Rebecca began their podcast to talk about Canadian literature and Canadian authors.  However, Rebecca begged Shauna to let her branch out to speak to arguably the hottest author to come out of the pandemic: Andrew Cotter, who is the content creator behind the Olive and Mabel viral videos as well as the author of the wonderfully entertaining Olive, Mabel & Me.

Shauna and Rebecca are excited to chat with author Marcello Di Cintio regarding his most recent book, Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Life in Contemporary Palestine, which is a non-fiction account of Palestinian life through the words of the poets and authors who experience beauty and grace in a landscape known to most of us for its wars and crisis.

Link to Duke Franklin Humanities Institute presentation: https://youtu.be/KYPjKtugLZc

Additional Palestinian authors discussed: Tala Abu Rahmeh, Hala Alyan, Mazen Maarouf, Mourid Barghouti.

Once again Shauna and Rebecca take a shot at trying to predict which of the CBC's Canada Reads 2021 longlist titles will be selected for the competition, which begins March 8, but, not surprisingly, they each pick a different set of five.  Which ones do you think make the cut?

Shauna and Rebecca each share their Top 5 best reads of 2020, which include titles written by non-Canadians.  No hints, no tags...just play along and see if you can guess any of the titles on their list! 

And HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Let us hope that 2021 makes us proud!

Shauna and Rebecca close out their Love & Laughter series with Son of a Critch: a Childish Newfoundland Memoir, a book that definitely made both of them laugh out loud!  Shauna listened to the audio edition, while Rebecca read the book in print--either way, they guarantee you will love Mark Critch's memoir!

Join Shauna and Rebecca as they interview Beautiful Words Book Club representatives Deanna and Kate! The Beautiful Words Book Club created guided questions to help you think  about those beautiful words that you are reading. They have several themes: general fiction, summer reads, professional nonfiction, and even one for children!  

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Shauna and Rebecca discuss the first humorous book in their Love & Laughter series, but is the book humorous??  Will Shauna accept Rebecca's apology for selecting a book about chickens?  Thanks to Bookstagram's @wearebeautifulwords, a women's book club out of Windsor, ON, for providing the questions for the review from their new bookmarks. These fabulous bookmarks are for sale at wearebeautifulwords.ca.  Stay tuned for an upcoming podcast with Kate and Deanna to learn more about their new business venture!