Tag Archives: CanLit

Cross-Canada Reading Challenge

Posted on May 22, 2017 by AYearOfBooksBlog

Canadians will be celebrating it’s 150 birthday on July 1st! It is a time to celebrate our beautiful country and what better way to acknowledge the greatness, the challenges, the landscape and the history than reading a book set or written by … Continue reading →

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112. The Wars (Timothy Findley)

Posted on December 27, 2016 by AYearOfBooksBlog

Now that the Christmas celebrations with family are over, the presents are unwrapped and   we can relax, I am finished with my Christmas reading challenge.   I am getting back to reading CanLit and since I have recently met my reading … Continue reading →

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July: A Month of Reading Canadian

Posted on July 31, 2016 by AYearOfBooksBlog

As part of a Goodreads challenge in the group CanadianContent, I have been reading Canadian for the month of July as a way of celebrating Canada Day!  It has helped me read through a number of the books from CBC’s … Continue reading →

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45. Medicine Walk (Richard Wagamese)

Posted on June 5, 2016 by AYearOfBooksBlog

“The wisest ones got taught more.  Our people.  Starlights.  We are meant to be teachers and storytellers.  They say nights like this bring them teachin’s and stories back and that’s when they oughta be passed on again” Medicine Walk, the … Continue reading →

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