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- Canadian Poetry Reading Roundup & More
Another day, another poetry review roundup, a giveaway for some cool CanLit, and other news!
Check out these recent awards that were announced recently! The Ninth Annual Rakuten Kobo Writer Prize and the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence.
Find the podcast on Instagram at getcanlitpodcast, and don't forget to enter for your chance to win a copy of Mad Honey by Katie Welch!
30 min - Mystery, Nonfiction, and More Unrelated Genres
Talk about having an array of genres I review in this episode!
Reviewed Books:
Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan (check out my review on Instagram)
305 Lost Buildings of Canada by Alex Bozikovic and Raymond Biesinger
Books Mentioned:
Mad Honey by Katie Welch
Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall
You Still Look the Same by Farzana Doctor
Streams that Lead Somewhere by Fareh Malik
Letters in a Bruised Cosmos by Liz Howard
Pistachios in My Pocket by Sareh Farmand
The Untranslatable I by Roxanna Bennett
The Sun and Her Flowers, Home Body by Rupi Kaur
If you'd like to leave some feedback about what you love to hear in your bookish podcasts, check out my Instagram post or DM me @getcanlitpodcast!
15 min - Let's Talk About CanLit Poetry
In which I barely touch the surface of the state of the Griffin Prize. If you're curious about upcoming poetry collections you should read, make sure you listen to this episode!
Thank you Guernica Editions for providing me with (digital) ARCs of the following titles:
Love Is a Place But You Cannot Live There by Jade Wallace
The Vanishing Act (& The Miracle After) by MIRABEL
Casting Out by Rocco De Giacomo
Coming up on my TBR: Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Find the podcast on Instagram at getcanlitpodcast!
12 min - More book buying & Canadians on international awards
A very short book buying update, and Canadian achievements with the Women’s Prize and the inaugural Carol Shield’s Prize!
Books mentioned:
Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality by Lindsay WongDelicious Monsters by Liselle SamburyChildren of Paradise by Camilla Grudova (Women’s Prize)Junie by Chelene Knight (Carol Shields Prize)God Isn't Here Today by Francine Cunningham (Carol Shields Prize)We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky by Emma Hooper (Carol Shields Prize)We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama (Carol Shields Prize)The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr (Carol Shields Prize)Don't forget to follow the podcast on Instagram @getcanlitpodcast!
8 min - What impact will Indigo have on the Canadian book industry?
The Indigo situation is all Canadian book lovers are thinking about right now, and today I approach the impact of the cybersecurity incident from all perspectives.
My recent reads mentioned:
These Days Are Numbered by Rebecca RosenblumTwo For the Road by Chantel GuertinThe Drowning Woman by Robyn HardingBad Cree by Jessica JohnsDon't forget to follow the Get (Can)Lit podcast on Instagram (@getcanlitpodcast) and Twitter (@getcanlitpod)24 min - Canadian books about love you need to read now | Romance Authors For Your TBR
Ok, these might not be the most conventional romance authors, but hey. It's CanLit! Everything here has a "literary" aspect to it!
Romance Book Recs mentioned:
You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked. by Sheung-King (published by Book*hug Press)The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan (published by Penguin Random House Canada)Lucien & Olivia by Andre Narbonne (published by Black Moss Press)Follow the podcast on social media now!
Instagram | Twitter | Facebook24 min - Black Canadian Voices you need to read now!
Today, I’m diving into some Black Canadian authors you should add to your to-be-read piles for February and beyond!
*All links below are affiliate links, which means I get a small commission for qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.Poetry
Finish This Sentence by Leslie RoachBurning Sugar by Cicely Belle BlainWhere the Baedeker Leads by James YekuShort Stories
Shut Up You’re Pretty by Tea MutonjiFrying Plantain by Zalika Reid-BentaLiterary Fiction
The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe OnuobiaThe Youth of God by Hassan Ghedi SanturBrother by David ChariandyReproduction by Ian WilliamsYoung Adult
This Book Betrays My Brother by Kagiso Lesego MolopeHurricane Summer by Asha BromfieldGutter Child by Jael RichardsonRomance
Ties that Tether, The Sweetest Remedy, and Where We End & Begin by Jane Igharo31 min - 2023 Canada Reads Thoughts & Recent Book Recommendations
In this episode, listen to some spoiler-free book reviews of my most recent reads, as well as some thoughts and predictions for the 2023 Canada Reads debates.
Recommended Reads:
*The Bliss House by Jim Bartley (Dundurn Press)
*These Days Are Numbered by Rebecca Rosenblum (Dundurn Press)*The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc (Random House Canada / Penguin Random House Canada)*Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart: A Memoir by Jen Sookfong Lee (McClelland & Stewart / PRHC)Bookmail:
*Cut Road by Brent van Staalduinen (Guernica Editions)
*Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (Harper Collins Canada, Double Day Books in the U.S.)*Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall (Simon & Schuster Canada, Atria Books in the U.S.)The Last Exiles by Ann Shin (support the HCP union)*Intruder by Bardia Sinaee (House of Anansi)2023 Canada Reads Longlist:
*Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
*Revery: A Year of Bees by Jenna Butler (Wolsak and Wynn)*Half-Bads in White Regalia by Cody Caetano (Hamish Hamilton / PRHC)*Greenwood by Michael Christie (McClelland & Stewart / PRHC, Hogarth Press / PRH in the U.S.)Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye (Simon & Schuster Canada / Harper Collins U.S.*Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin (Harper Avenue / Harper Collins Canada, Berkley / PRH in the U.S.)*All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking / Penguin Random House Canada, Berkley / PRH in the U.S.)*Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew (Arsenal Pulp Press)We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu (support the HCP union)*Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey / Penguin Random House Canada)*Finding Edward by Sheila Murray (Cormorant Books)Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah (Esplanade Books / Vehicule Press)We Spread by Iain Reid (Simon & Schuster)Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (ECW Press)*Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf Canada)*indicates affiliate link
24 min - Wrapping Up the Best of 2022 CanLit
Wondering what Canadian authors to read? Listen in as I talk about some of the best (and a few of the not-so-best) CanLit books I read in 2022. Want more CanLit? Follow @getcanlitpodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter today!
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About Get (Can)Lit
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A podcast highlighting all things Canadian authors and Canadian literature across all genres with book reviews, book recommendations, lists, and more! Hosted by Maria Zuppardi. New episodes every…
other Tuesday!