I know you’re not trying to be remotely comprehensive, but I have a relatively complete (17 titles) bookshelf of W.P. Kinsella. Many of them date from the time B.A. (before Amazon), when every visit to Canada included looking for bookstores in hopes of snagging something unavailable down here. The Native Canadian stories are every bit as good and certainly funnier than the highly publicized baseball stories.
"Women Talking" was adapted to film by Sarah Polley -- a good example of a book-to-film that is as worthy as its source. I showed it in my film class and had the best discussion of that session afterwards.
As a Canadian I am legally required to chime in when any conversation mentions Canadian artists. Newfoundland poet and author Michael Crummey is all killer no filler. Sweetland, The Innocents, and The Adversary are all fantastic. I know the "pretendian" accusations are particularly damning but Joseph Boyden's Orenda and Three Day Road are still incredible reads. Jeff Lemire is currently rebooting Firestorm over at DC Comics but his earlier works including Essex County, Underwater Welder, Sweet Tooth and Descender are strangely compelling and beautiful. Last one, I will never stop stumping for Francesca Ekwuyasi's jaw-dropping debut Butter Honey Pig Bread. Sorry, that's probably long enough for now.
Just to add another author - if you haven't read any Gabrielle Roy, you are missing out. Translated from the original French, The Tin Flute and The Cashier are just stunning.
As a lifelong fan (dare I say "stan"?) of the late, great Canadian singer songwriter Stan Rogers, I recommend a book 📖 I read simply because the title was a quote from one of his songs. Broken Man on a Halifax Pier by Lesley Choyce caught my eye, and I'm glad it did. It may not be War and Peace, but it is a fresh and tender story of 2 lost souls who find each other in a beautiful place. BTW, that little free library is totes adorbs 😍. Glad you all are enjoying your time in Oh, Canada. 💖🇨🇦💖🇨🇦💖🇨🇦💖
General combination of funny and tragic when another country's press has to treat Donald Trump as a world leader.
Re the link the person who made the "1980s miss you" video was too early to see Olivia Rodrigo expertly deploying 1980s tropes which is enough for me especially since she has no need to cater to the olds.
I know you’re not trying to be remotely comprehensive, but I have a relatively complete (17 titles) bookshelf of W.P. Kinsella. Many of them date from the time B.A. (before Amazon), when every visit to Canada included looking for bookstores in hopes of snagging something unavailable down here. The Native Canadian stories are every bit as good and certainly funnier than the highly publicized baseball stories.
"Women Talking" was adapted to film by Sarah Polley -- a good example of a book-to-film that is as worthy as its source. I showed it in my film class and had the best discussion of that session afterwards.
As a Canadian I am legally required to chime in when any conversation mentions Canadian artists. Newfoundland poet and author Michael Crummey is all killer no filler. Sweetland, The Innocents, and The Adversary are all fantastic. I know the "pretendian" accusations are particularly damning but Joseph Boyden's Orenda and Three Day Road are still incredible reads. Jeff Lemire is currently rebooting Firestorm over at DC Comics but his earlier works including Essex County, Underwater Welder, Sweet Tooth and Descender are strangely compelling and beautiful. Last one, I will never stop stumping for Francesca Ekwuyasi's jaw-dropping debut Butter Honey Pig Bread. Sorry, that's probably long enough for now.
Just to add another author - if you haven't read any Gabrielle Roy, you are missing out. Translated from the original French, The Tin Flute and The Cashier are just stunning.
As a lifelong fan (dare I say "stan"?) of the late, great Canadian singer songwriter Stan Rogers, I recommend a book 📖 I read simply because the title was a quote from one of his songs. Broken Man on a Halifax Pier by Lesley Choyce caught my eye, and I'm glad it did. It may not be War and Peace, but it is a fresh and tender story of 2 lost souls who find each other in a beautiful place. BTW, that little free library is totes adorbs 😍. Glad you all are enjoying your time in Oh, Canada. 💖🇨🇦💖🇨🇦💖🇨🇦💖
Robertson Davies! The Deptford trilogy is…priceless.
That is by far the coolest thing anyone has ever done with the LEGO Titanic!
Pasha! Nice person, great writer. And blurbed my first book. Fallen out of touch. Really should catch up on his work.
General combination of funny and tragic when another country's press has to treat Donald Trump as a world leader.
Re the link the person who made the "1980s miss you" video was too early to see Olivia Rodrigo expertly deploying 1980s tropes which is enough for me especially since she has no need to cater to the olds.
And I am not sure that "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" has ever left the radio since it was released.
Thanks for the personal recommendation! Maybe I could try it in French?