 | Thursday, March 04, 2021 | |  | | | | There are 11 episodes designed to bring you everything you need to know about the great Canadian book debate. There's an overview episode for first-time Canada Reads listeners, five episodes dedicated to each of the contenders and five episodes that bring you deeper conversations between the 2021 panellists and the authors they chose to champion. | | |  | | | | Canada Reads is taking place March 8-11.
The debates will be on radio, TV, online and available as a podcast. There's a way for everyone to tune in! | | |  | | | | Calling all Canadian secondary school teachers! Do you love Canada Reads and wish to share that literary passion with students? You can now find Canada Reads content on Curio.ca, CBC's streaming service designed with Canada's educational community in mind. | | |  | | | | The Reading Collection features The Book of Negroes, Canada Reads, The Breadwinner and more!
Stream them all for free on CBC Gem. | | |  | | | | Timothy Caulfield is an author, broadcaster and professor at the University of Alberta, and he has made it his mission to debunk misinformation, bad science and fear mongering. In Relax, Dammit!, Caulfield digs into the science behind many of our mindless day-to-day tasks — and argues that many of the things we think make our lives easier and more manageable, actually don't. Caulfield spoke with Shealgh Rogers about writing Relax, Dammit! on The Next Chapter. | | |  | | | | In the opening of Catherine Lacey's latest novel, Pew, a strange person is discovered sleeping in a small-town Southern church — nameless, silent, of ambiguous age, gender and race. In the course of a week, the people of the town anxiously try to determine who this enigmatic stranger might be. It's a striking premise, in a book that's taut, tender, mysterious — and surprisingly funny.
The Chicago writer spoke to Eleanor Wachtel for the latest episode of Writers & Company. | | |  | | | | Francesca Ekwuyasi's first novel, Butter Honey Pig Bread, tells the interwoven stories of twin sisters, Kehinde and Taiye, and their mother, Kambirinachi. Kambirinachi is convinced she was born an ogbanje, a spirit that plagues families with misfortune by dying in childhood to cause its mother misery.
Roger Mooking will champion Butter Honey Pig Bread on Canada Reads 2021. | | |  | | | | Joshua Whitehead is a two-spirit, Oji-nêhiyaw member of Peguis First Nation. His first novel, Jonny Appleseed, is about a two-spirit Indigiqueer young man who leaves the reserve and becomes a cybersex worker in the big city to make ends meet. But he must reckon with his past when he returns home to attend his stepfather's funeral.
Devery Jacobs is championing Jonny Appleseed on Canada Reads 2021. | | |  | | | | Natalie Zina Walschots is a freelance writer and community manager from Toronto. Her debut novel, Hench, follows Anna Tromedlov, a low-level henchwoman who does administrative work for supervillains. That is until a life-altering injury she suffers at the hands of the world's most beloved superhero sets her down a path to even the score. She formulates a plan to weaponize data and take down the so-called heroes once and for all. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is championing Hench on Canada Reads 2021. | | |  | | | | C.L. Polk is a fantasy writer from Calgary. The Midnight Bargain is their latest novel. It's a page-turning fantasy with love, magic and rebellion featuring a woman named Beatrice trying to discover her status and identity while on a quest to become a magician.
Rosey Edeh is championing The Midnight Bargain on Canada Reads 2021. | | |  | | | | Jessica J. Lee is a British Canadian Taiwanese author and environmental historian. Her memoir Two Trees Make a Forest is an exploration of how geographical forces are interlaced with our family stories. A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan. There, she traces his story along with exploring the rich history and lush environment of Taiwan. Scott Helman is championing Two Trees Make a Forest on Canada Reads 2021. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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