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Showing posts with label CBC Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CBC Books. Show all posts
24 July 2020

Canada Reads 2020: "Shouts Out to Tara!"

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After much delay, Canada Reads 2020 has come and gone. Congrats to Samra Habib, whose memoir  We Have Always Been Here won the game...
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25 March 2019

Canada Reads: No Country for Old Books

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For those who just can't wait, the essay on  Canada Reads  I wrote for next month's Canadian Notes & Queries  has just been...
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04 March 2019

Miss Fenwick's Good Old Hockey Match

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More than a fortnight has passed since my last post, but I haven't been lazy. It's been a hectic time, centred around our third ...
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22 July 2017

CBC Books' French Problem

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The time has come to ask why CBC Books demonstrates so little regard for this country's French language writing. Published yesterd...
02 July 2015

On the Disgrace That Is CBC Books' 100 Young Adult Books That Make You Proud to Be Canadian

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Hard to take pride in  a list that is just 2% French . Related posts: Why You Shouldn't Feel Bad about the 100 Novels That ...
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19 May 2015

CBC's Awful List, Radio-Canada's Disheartening List and Perhaps the Best Book List I've Ever Seen

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It's been nearly a year since CBC Books unveiled its crummy 100 NOVELS THAT MAKE YOU PROUD TO BE CANADIAN. Don't know about yo...
09 July 2014

Why You Shouldn't Feel Bad about the 100 Novels That Make You Proud to Be Canadian List (and why the CBC should)

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"Depressing how few of these I've read," writes a friend. Minutes later, others begin chiming in with similar sentiment… a...
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