#canadianliterature — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #canadianliterature, aggregated by home.social.
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What does it (or can it) really mean to decide for or against #Motherhood in this day and age is the question Sheila Heti grapples with in her 2018 book of the same name
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REVIEW: Falling Into Sinkhole (Jake Beka, 2026) | 🔗 https://brennan.day/review-falling-into-sinkhole-jake-beka-2026/
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Readers are loving Lynn Hutchinson Lee's ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS, a lyrical feminist revenge eco-horror novella. Check out this amazing review from Nerdhorror.com and if you'd like to review the book, it's still available on Netgalley for a few more days, and for a bit longer on Book Sirens.
#ecohorror #folkhorror #horrorbook #ecofiction #canadian #canadianliterature #canadianauthor #canlit #folklore #darkfantasy #fantasy #books #bookstodon
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Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!
#BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit
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Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!
#BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit
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Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!
#BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit
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Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!
#BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit
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Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!
#BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit
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Last week I had the absolute pleasure and honor to be able to document the Ottawa launch of the book 'The Letters: Postmarked Prejudice in Black and White'
Author Sheila White delivers a detailed presentation about struggles faced by her parents, a biracial couple from Nova Scotia during the 1940s
Her book is a captivating novel about their life and adventures as they moved throughout their life from the maritimes to Toronto. Her father William 'Billy' White, a talented musician and activist, eventually receiving the order of Canada in the 1970s.
A poignant discussion history of racism and prejudice in Canada.
#BookLaunch #AuthorEvent #FamilyStory #HistoricalNarrative #CulturalHeritage #CanadianAuthors #SocialIssues #InspiringReads #RacialHistory #CanadianLiterature #DiverseVoices #BookLovers #InspirationalStories #RacialJustice #LiteraryEvent #BlackHistory #AfroMetis
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Last week I had the absolute pleasure and honor to be able to document the Ottawa launch of the book 'The Letters: Postmarked Prejudice in Black and White'
Author Sheila White delivers a detailed presentation about struggles faced by her parents, a biracial couple from Nova Scotia during the 1940s
Her book is a captivating novel about their life and adventures as they moved throughout their life from the maritimes to Toronto. Her father William 'Billy' White, a talented musician and activist, eventually receiving the order of Canada in the 1970s.
A poignant discussion history of racism and prejudice in Canada.
#BookLaunch #AuthorEvent #FamilyStory #HistoricalNarrative #CulturalHeritage #CanadianAuthors #SocialIssues #InspiringReads #RacialHistory #CanadianLiterature #DiverseVoices #BookLovers #InspirationalStories #RacialJustice #LiteraryEvent #BlackHistory #AfroMetis
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Last week I had the absolute pleasure and honor to be able to document the Ottawa launch of the book 'The Letters: Postmarked Prejudice in Black and White'
Author Sheila White delivers a detailed presentation about struggles faced by her parents, a biracial couple from Nova Scotia during the 1940s
Her book is a captivating novel about their life and adventures as they moved throughout their life from the maritimes to Toronto. Her father William 'Billy' White, a talented musician and activist, eventually receiving the order of Canada in the 1970s.
A poignant discussion history of racism and prejudice in Canada.
#BookLaunch #AuthorEvent #FamilyStory #HistoricalNarrative #CulturalHeritage #CanadianAuthors #SocialIssues #InspiringReads #RacialHistory #CanadianLiterature #DiverseVoices #BookLovers #InspirationalStories #RacialJustice #LiteraryEvent #BlackHistory #AfroMetis
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Last week I had the absolute pleasure and honor to be able to document the Ottawa launch of the book 'The Letters: Postmarked Prejudice in Black and White'
Author Sheila White delivers a detailed presentation about struggles faced by her parents, a biracial couple from Nova Scotia during the 1940s
Her book is a captivating novel about their life and adventures as they moved throughout their life from the maritimes to Toronto. Her father William 'Billy' White, a talented musician and activist, eventually receiving the order of Canada in the 1970s.
A poignant discussion history of racism and prejudice in Canada.
#BookLaunch #AuthorEvent #FamilyStory #HistoricalNarrative #CulturalHeritage #CanadianAuthors #SocialIssues #InspiringReads #RacialHistory #CanadianLiterature #DiverseVoices #BookLovers #InspirationalStories #RacialJustice #LiteraryEvent #BlackHistory #AfroMetis
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An intimate, powerful story of love, loss, and resilience in a world forever changed by war, The Bittersweet Year, now has its very own site.
http://thebittersweetyear.pagy.site
#HistoricalFiction #WWI #SpanishFlu #LoveAndLoss #BookThread #TheBittersweetYear
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An intimate, powerful story of love, loss, and resilience in a world forever changed by war, The Bittersweet Year, now has its very own site.
http://thebittersweetyear.pagy.site
#HistoricalFiction #WWI #SpanishFlu #LoveAndLoss #BookThread #TheBittersweetYear
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The City & The City posted their 2025 bestsellers and we love to see a Stelliform book on the list! Also of note: the book is on the list because it is great, yes, but also because The City & The City read and loved it and recommended it and made it a bookclub feature. Indie bookstores are THE BEST.
#indiebooks #indiebookstores #bestseller #lynnhutchinsonlee #originsofdesireinorchidfens #bestof2025 #canadianbooks #canadianliterature #canlit #canadianauthor #books #bookstodon #booklover
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ICYMI: there was a lovely review of Rebecca Campbell's THE OTHER SHORE in Brief Ecology, a newsletter focusing on environmental news - not just what's happening but also what we can do. It's definitely worth checking out.
Here's a link to Brief Ecology #22, where you can find more about THE OTHER SHORE: https://www.briefecology.com/p/no-desert-data-centers-climate-impacts
#rebeccacampbell #theothershore #shortstories #shortstorycollection #canlit #canadianliterature #canadianauthor #speculativefiction #sffh #bookstodon #books
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We're delighted to share the cover of Ursula K Le Guin Prize winner Rebecca Campbell's debut short story collection, The Other Shore. The cover art is BC artist Kerry Pagdin's "The Death of Ostara," a perfect match for Campbell's unsettling west coast speculative fiction.
Pre-orders are now open on our website:
https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/the-other-shore-by-rebecca-campbell/#coverreveal #canadianliterature #canadianauthor #canlit #canadianartist #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #books #bookstodon
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Spring is in full swing - that is a clue for a cover to be revealed later today! We were thrilled to work with a new BC artist for Rebecca Campbell's west coast focused short story collection, The Other Shore.
If you loved the Le Guin Prize winning Arboreality you will want this on your TBR!
#covertease #coverreveal #canadianliterature #canlit #canadianauthor #shortstories #shortstorycollection #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #horrorbooks #books #bookstodon
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COMING UP! on Earth Day Eve, April 21:
Enjoy stories and poems for a hopeful dystopia for the launch of the THROUGH THE PORTAL anthology, then stick around for Lynn Hutchinson Lee's haunted fens and vengeful water spirits. A bit of a mixed vibe but Earth needs everything we can give her right now.#canadianbooks #canlit #canadianliterature #canadianauthors #toronto #torontoevents #bookevents #smallpress #books #bookstodon
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗝𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵" 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗺 (𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲-𝗚𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁) -
This graphic novel takes on the challenge of progressive vision loss on a non-binary protagonist who has other challenges. I know little else about it except highly recommended by many for its approach to disability.
#books #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #reading #boum #samanthalerichegionet #jellyfish #canadianliterature #graphicnovel #disability #visionloss
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Latest on the blog: a short poem by the father of Canadian poetry, Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts.
Set in the cold and silent month of February, "The Brook in February" captures the tension between winter’s stillness and the hidden vitality of the coming spring.
As always, vocabulary exercise included!
https://grammaticus.blog/2026/02/25/the-brook-in-february-roberts/
#poem #poetry #canada #canadianliterature #winter #february #englishteacher #learningenglish
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From The City & The City bookstore: Way Out East Series is happening in just 2 days! Rest up as it will be an exciting one! We have Greg Rhyno and his newest book, WHO BY WATER and Lynn Hutchinson Lee with ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS. Come on out to Jordan's Homeside Pub 7-9!
#hamont #gta #gtha #bookevent #books #bookstodon #mysterybooks #fantasybooks #horrorbooks #literaryfiction #canlit #canadianliterature #canadian #smallpress #indiepress
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Today we're sending this little beetle out into the world. May it burrow into your hearts, in a nice way.
Congratulations to Mahaila Smith for this beautiful, innovative and tender collection of narrative science fiction poetry!
Now available everywhere!
https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/seed-beetle-by-mahaila-smith/
#poetry #canadianpoetry #narrativepoetry #speculativepoetry #sciencefictionpoetry #canlit #canadianliterature #debutcollection #publicationday #books #bookstodon
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It's #InternationalChildrensBookDay! We're celebrating it with this classic of #CanadianLiterature: #AnneOfGreenGables by Lucy Maud Montgomery!
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Coming up at 6pm on June 27 at L’Eugélionne the Feminist Bookstore: Seed Beetle + Fire Cider Rain Poetry reading! Come to 1426 Beaudry, in Montréal for a beautiful and thought-provoking evening with poets Mahaila Smith and Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin.
#poetry #canadianpoetry #canadianpoet #canlit #canadianliterature #speculativepoetry #sciencefictionpoetry #narrativepoetry #canadianbooks #canadianauthors #books #smallpress #bookstodon
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We had a blast last night at the Earth Day Eve launch of Through the Portal and The Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens. Lynn Hutchinson Lee even brought spring peepers with her to set the swampy vibe.
Orchid is now available everywhere books are sold! Congrats Lynn!
Purchase links in the thread!
#bookbirthday #publicationday #canadianbooks #canadianliterature #canlit #canadianauthor #romanyauthor #fantasy #horror #speculativefiction #folklore #literaryfiction #books #bookstodon
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Another great book from Canadian author Adam Shoaltz. In his newest book “where the falcon flies” he canoed and hiked from Lake Erie to the Artic (North of Labrador)
All his books are quite good if you’re into adventure stories and all his trips are within Canada which makes it even more amazing.
#canadianlit #canadianliterature #canadianbooks #canadianbook #canadianauthors
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What's everyone reading coming up on this long weekend? I've got two books on the go as I often do! I'm enjoying both of these very much. Premee Mohamed's THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS just came out two weeks ago, and Sydney Hegele's debut novel BIRD SUIT comes in in May. Thanks to Invisible Publishing for the advance copy!
#bookstodon #canlit #canadianbooks #canadianliterature #fantasy #fantasyfiction #fantasybooks #speculativefiction #specfic #fabulism
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CSFFA Members, please consider Stelliform's eligible offerings for 2023. Tiffany Morris's GREEN FUSE BURNING is eligible in the novella/novelette category. In the Cover Art/Interior Illustration category GREEN FUSE BURNING's cover and interior illustrations are eligible. Cover art for YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE and ANOTHER LIFE is also in the running! We love working with Canadian artists and writers! Log in and vote here: https://www.csffa.ca/
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... and Nicole Königsknecht's talk on reading Alicia Elliott's "And Then She Fell" & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's "Noopiming: A Cure for White Ladies" through the lens of appetites & consumption
#CanadianLiterature #CanadianStudies #IndigenousStudies #IndigenousWriters #LiteraryStudies
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My favourite wintertime books
The temperature is dropping and it’s getting colder and colder outside. What better way to spend a quiet winter evening than with a nice, warm drink and a cosy yet thrilling read!
In this post I’ll share with you some of my favourite books with a dreamy wintertime setting. For the past few years we haven’t had much snow in my neck of the woods, but there’s plenty of it in these titles! And I think there’s something for everyone in my selection – both fiction and non-fiction. So, scroll down and find something for yourself.
(A brief note for my current students – you can borrow all of these titles from my in-house library.)
Without further ado, let’s get cracking!
Five Go Adventuring Again
MYSTERY / ADVENTURE / CHILDREN’S
On the odd chance you are not familiar with the Famous Five book series by Enid Blyton, have a look at my article written on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the very first release.
Five Go Adventuring Again is the second book in the series. Originally published in 1943, it’s written in a simple way typical of Blyton’s early works, which makes it suitable for English language learners – levels pre-intermediate (B1) and above. Set during Christmas holidays, the kids get themselves involved in a holiday adventure, as they discover secret passages, mysterious maps and deal with suspicious strangers.
Regardless of how old you may be, you’re never too old for a Famous Five book! You can check out the e-book, accessible via archive.org with a free account.
The Secret History
MURDER MYSTERY / DARK ACADEMIA / CAMPUS NOVEL
Donna Tartt’s first book, The Secret History, has been a best-seller for over thirty years. First published in 1992, it follows a group of students at a small, elite New England college. Budding classicists who are the main characters have complicated personal histories and relationships, and are all somehow connected with the disappearance and murder of a fellow student.
If you’re intrigued, a while ago I posted a review of this novel (I had only the best things to say), and you can read it by clicking here.
The Sittaford Mystery
MURDER MYSTERY / DETECTIVE STORY
If you’re into thrillers and murder mysteries of a more cosy variety, Agatha Christie’s novels featuring Miss Marple are just the ticket!
The Sittaford Mystery is set in a small Dartmoor village in the middle of a very snowy winter. A group of people meets for a spiritualist seance at a residence of one of the prominent locals – but instead of table-turning, there’s a seemingly inexplicable murder!
If you like the book, check out the television adaptation of this story, part of the ITV’s Agatha Christie’s Marple series starring Geraldine McEwan. (If you can’t find it elsewhere, it’s currently available on YouTube, here and here.)
The Tenderness of Wolves
MURDER MYSTERY / DRAMA
I remember when I first read Stef Penney’s 2006 novel The Tenderness of Wolves, I loved every single thing about it! Penney’s writing style (extremely skillful for a debut novel!); the deep winter setting; small and remote rural places in Canada; the suspense… It was just breathtaking. You won’t be able to put it down!
The book is difficult to define in terms of genre, but it’s definitely much more than your typical murder mystery. I wish there was a film adaptation, but thus far there is only the BBC Radio 4 drama series originally broadcast in 2007. (Sadly, it doesn’t seem to be available on the BBC Sounds platform at the time of writing. Let me know if you manage to find it elsewhere!)
Peace Like a River
DRAMA
Leif Enger’s 2001 novel Peace Like a River is set in the early 1950s and follows the lives of the Land family from the small town of Roofing. Their initially calm existence gets disturbed by the actions of two local bullies, and from there things unintentionally go into a downward spiral for everyone.
In spite of dealing with difficult subjects, the striking thing about this book is its gentleness and grace. There’s a lot of Biblical and Christian symbolism in it, starting with the title itself (a line from the hymn “It is well with my soul”). It’s very well written and simply heartwarming.
It’s been a while since I last read this book, and I can’t guarantee that it’s actually set in winter at all – but I always feel like reading it on a cold winter’s day. So think of it as an honourable mention here.
Wilderness Seasons
NON-FICTION / ADVENTURE / NATURE WRITING
The only non-fiction title in this selection is a delectable little book written by Ian and Sally Wilson. Its full title is Wilderness Seasons: Life and Adventure in Canada’s North. First published in 1987, it’s the Wilsons’ true account of their own personal adventure.
Having decided to leave the city, they moved to a remote homestead – hundreds of kilometres from the nearest settlement, and accessible only by a small plane. Wonderfully inspiring, the book describes the four seasons in their little piece of heaven (so not all of it is winter-themed).
I’ve always harboured similar fantasies, and reading this book was incredibly satisfying. I remember getting it at a book swapping event over a decade ago. And as a special treat, the book came with the authors’ signatures. I treasure it to this day.
Please post in the comments section below and share about your wintertime favourites. I’d love to read about them!
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Photo by Paola Chaaya via Unsplash
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#AmericanLiterature #books #Canada #CanadianLiterature #Christmas #EnglishLiterature #learningEnglish #reading #readingComprehension #readingSkills #recommendations #tips #winter
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CFS as food studies matchmaker? Yep! We’re putting together a book review and a memoir for your weekend reading pleasure…
https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v1i2.57What are the true costs of an industrial food system? How can we get a better perspective by taking both an insider and outsider look at farming?
Try pairing Rita Hansen Sterne’s review of Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat by (Philip Lymbery and Isabel Oakeshott) with poet and journalist Brian Brett’s Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life.
While the former unpacks cheap meat, the latter takes us to small, mixed farm on Salt Spring Island (BC). But should you name an animal you are going to eat? Brett’s solution is to give them all interchangeable names, rather than assign one to each individual. His pigs go by Bacon, Eggs, and Toast.
Bonne lecture!
#FoodStudies
#FoodBooks
#CanadianLiterature
#IndustrialFood
#AgriFood
#FactoryFarming
#Farming
#Pork
#Pigs
#Bacon
#Eggs
#Toast
#Farmaggedon
#PhilipLymery
#IsabelOakeshott
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I co-authored an article with Moira Walsh called Digital Mountains, Ink in the Sink. It’s about doing an online writing residency at Banff. You can read it at periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics. https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2023/05/moira-walsh-and-shantell-powell-digital.html?m=1 @indigenousauthors #WritingCommunity #WritingResources #WritingRetreat #WritingResidency #CanLit #CanadianWriters #CanadianLiterature #OnlineResidency #Writing
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ICYMI, Foreword Reviews has published an excellent review of Lynn Hutchinson Lee's ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS.
"The prose is sensuous and lyrical, saturated with earthy, evocative enchantment."
https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/origins-of-desire-in-orchid-fens/
#forewordreviews #originsofdesireinorchidfens #lynnhutchsinsonlee #fantasybooks #fantasy #ecofiction #horrorbooks #canlit #canadianliterature #romany #books #bookstodon
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Lynn Hutchinson Lee's ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS is finally up on Netgalley. Grab a copy of this dreamy, eerie, and poignant Canadian debut before the end of the month. It already has its first 5-star review!
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/584288
#fantasy #horror #ecofiction #canlit #canadianliterature #romanydiaspora #romany #romani #bookstodon #books
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... and Nicole Königsknecht's talk on reading Alicia Elliott's "And Then She Fell" & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's "Noopiming: A Cure for White Ladies" through the lens of appetites & consumption
#CanadianLiterature #CanadianStudies #IndigenousStudies #IndigenousWriters #LiteraryStudies
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... and Nicole Königsknecht's talk on reading Alicia Elliott's "And Then She Fell" & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's "Noopiming: A Cure for White Ladies" through the lens of appetites & consumption
#CanadianLiterature #CanadianStudies #IndigenousStudies #IndigenousWriters #LiteraryStudies
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If whimsy, queer communities, justice & delightful language is what you're looking for in a poetry collection, Mahaila Smith's SEED BEETLE is now up on Netgalley. Netgalley users can download it here: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/605077
Small presses can't exist without reviewers. We sincerely thank you all.
#bookreview #bookreviewer #netgalley #reviewcopy #poetry #poetrycollection #canadianauthor #canlit #canadianliterature #sciencefiction #queerfiction #speculativefiction #speculativepoetry #bookstodon
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4 doctoral scholarships at the Graduate School of the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at @freieuniversitaet
Deadline: 31 Jan, 2026https://www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/graduateschool/news/2025-11-14_CfA-2025.html
#AmericanStudies #CanadianStudies #CulturalStudies #AmericanLiterature #CanadianLiterature #scholarship
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At CanCon this weekend? Find us in the vendor room throughout the con, as well as at the Friday night publisher party, pitch sessions, and the "Publisher Red Flags" panel on Saturday.
Don't miss Stelliform authors Geoffrey W. Cole, Mahaila Smith, and Lynn Hutchinson Lee on panels all weekend.
#cancon #cancon2025 #canadiansf #canadianfantasy #canadianhorror #canadianauthors #canlit #canadianliterature #sffh #bookmarket #bookfair #ottawa #ottawaevents
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Alice Munro's "Lives of Girls and Women" impressed me.
Whether one thinks of it as a set of linked short stories or as novel, the book clearly belongs to that line of North American fictions representing slices of small town life of which Sherwood Anderson's "Winesberg Ohio" is a notable early example.
Munro's work includes sharp observations of female friendship, mother daughter relations, and the limits of provincial cultural life. One story depicts a middle aged man engaged in unsolicited sexual display in front of the young female protagonist; this scene is at once utterly grotesque and totally unforgettable.
I'd strongly recommend "Lives of Girls and Women" . Unfortunately, you will almost certainly not be as lucky as me when I picked up my Penguin copy for a dollar!
#Books #ShortStories #AliceMunro #CanadianLiterature #Fiction #NorthAmericanLiterature #LiteratureInEnglish
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A Cultural History of Canada
If you're at all interested in #CanadianHistory and #CanadianLiterature (and sometimes pop culture), definitely check out this podcast. It goes into great detail without being at all boring.
https://www.patreon.com/c/historiacanadiana/
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Rush of Wingspan (McGill-Queen's University Press) is forthcoming in March 2026. Today is the cover reveal.
https://eleonoreschonmaier.com/2025/06/26/cover-reveal/
#poetry #nature #music #piano #environmentalism #lovepoems #canadianliterature #wildlife
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Good Morning #Canada
And Happy #CanadaDay. The news media posts today show a distinct trend about Canadian patriotism. Increased interest in our history, record levels of flag sales and prominent display on homes, and elbows up everywhere. Back in 1982, Pierre Berton released a book titled "Why We Act Like Canadians" that connected our history with our culture. Read this review and see if it still resonates today.#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianLiterature
https://thecaptivereader.com/2010/08/16/why-we-act-like-canadians-pierre-berton/ -
🚨New book alert!🚨
Mateusz Świetlicki's 2023 monograph is unique in being the 1st one devoted to anglophone Ukrainian Canadian children's historical fiction, 1991-2021, analysing 41 children's books of diverse genres#ChildrensLiterature #CanadianLiterature #CanadianStudies #LiteraryStudies #Ukaine #Canada
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Heads up, poetry lovers! Another great poetry event is coming up in a week. The Factory Reading Series, with Mahaila Smith, James K. Moran, Pearl Pirie, Manahil Bandukwala, and MA|DE will be on June 20 7pm at Anina's Cafe, 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way, in Ottawa. Mark your calendars!
#poetry #poetryreading #canadianpoetry #canlit #canadianliterature #speculativepoetry #sciencefictionpoetry #canadianpoet #ottawa #ottawaevents
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Congrats to Terese Mason Pierre and Mahaila Smith (and many thanks to Perfect Books in Ottawa) for a wildly successful launch! And of course thanks to everyone who came out to support two amazing poets and their debut collections!
#poetry #canadianpoetry #canlit #canadianliterature #smallpress #booklauch #speculativepoetry #sciencefiction #fantasy #books #bookstodon
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Coming up for Ottawa folks! Terese Mason Pierre and Mahaila Smith will be launching their poetry collections MYTH and SEED BEETLE together at Perfect Books on Tuesday May 6 at 7pm! Don't miss it!
#ottawaevents #poetry #poetrycollection #speculativepoetry #canlit #canadianliterature #canadianauthor #books #bookstodon
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It's a thrill to reveal a gorgeous Stelliform cover!
We hope you enjoy this art by Jay Rasgorshek as much as we do!
ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS by Lynn Hutchinson Lee is a dark fantasy in which diasporic spirits sprung from folktales maintain tenuous justice. This book is lush, beautiful & dangerous. Coming April 2025.
#books #bookstodon #coverreveal #fantasyart #fantasy #fantasybooks #ecofiction #environmentalfiction #canlit #canadianliterature #canadianauthor
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Happy Winter Solstice! ❄️☀️
It's time for another free e-book in my Grammaticus Free Library series. Click on the link below to download "Christmas at Red Butte" by the celebrated Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery.
It's a delightful tale that revolves around the themes of sacrifice and the spirit of Christmas. The narrative follows an orphaned girl named Theodora, who faces a challenging situation when a poor harvest on the Canadian prairie threatens to ruin Christmas for her cousins.
The ebook contains vocabulary notes and an extra exercise page for English language learners.
https://grammaticus.blog/2024/12/20/free-ebook-christmas-at-red-butte/
#ebook #shortstory #winter #Christmas #canada #literature #canadianliterature #freebies #learningenglish #readingskills