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Showing posts with label Roy (Gabrielle). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roy (Gabrielle). 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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08 March 2020

10 Canadian Books for International Women's Day

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One Canadian man recommends ten unjustly neglected novels by ten Canadian women: The Midnight Queen May Agnes Fleming 1863 A got...
12 August 2019

Bach to the Future, Part II: Le Dernier Voyage

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Le dernier voyage: Un roman de la Gaspésie       [ A Voice is Calling ] Eric C. Morris [trans. Martine Hébert-Duguay] Montreal: Chant...
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08 February 2018

Margaret Millar en français (et une petite histoire)

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Several years ago, I had the idea of including Margaret Millar in the Véhicule Press Ricochet series . My plan was to revive every one o...
12 December 2016

The Year's Best Books in Review – A.D. 2016; Featuring Three Titles Deserving Resurrection

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Still more than two weeks left in the year, but not too early for this list. Given my schedule these days, I know the book I'm readi...
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25 July 2016

Bad News for Modern Man

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The Cashier [Alexandre Chenevert] Gabrielle Roy [trans. Harry Binsse] Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1955 I wonder how much slee...
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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...
15 September 2014

An Invalid Amazon Customer Review (and others)

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Three reviews by Amazon customer Lamppu. I have problems with the first, disagree wholeheartedly with the second, and have no opinion...
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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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