Get (Can)Lit
A podcast highlighting all things Canadian authors and Canadian literature across all genres with book reviews, book recommendations, lists, and more! Hosted by Maria Zuppardi. New episodes every other Tuesday!
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Happy 2024! Have a listen to my top 10 reads of 2023, and a few short thoughts on them. It's safe to say that all of these books need to be on your TBR, so happy reading!
Fiction:
The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding
The Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di Zhang
We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan
River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta
Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin & Marissa Stapley
A History of Burning by Ja...
The last episode of 2023 is here, and I'm looking ahead to some early 2024 releases to kickstart my year with (as they slowly come out). Have a listen on what's on my pre-order shelf now!
Pre-Ordered Books Mentioned
Midnight by Amy Mcculloch (Jan 2)
Twenty Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate (Jan 23)
Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke (Jan 23)
We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr (Jan 30)
The Inheritance by Joanna Goodman (Mar...
Check out the CanLit holiday romances that made my nice (and naughty) list!
Books mentioned:
It Happened One Christmas by Chantel Guertin
The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox
All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox
Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaludin & Marissa Stapley
The Christmas Wager by Holly Cassidy
A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli
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Discounts:
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Still keeping the spooky season reading vibes going? Here are two spoilery chats about my latest reads, plus a deep dive into my unread NetGalley CanLit shelf of shame.
Books talked about:
Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong
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Discounts:
If you love hardcover books as much as I do, then you have to subscribe to Book Of the Mont...
Today’s episode is all about two amazing books - River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta and Jawbone by Meghan Greeley - as well as my thoughts on the disappointment that is the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist. Enjoy!
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If you're looking to add more mystery, thriller, horror, and dystopian Canadian authors to your spooky season reading plans, you've come to the right place!
Book Recs:
Things We Do In the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Blood Atonement by S.M. Freedman (use code READINGMARIA20 at dundurn.com)
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Gutter Child by Jael Richardson
Bad Cree by Jessica ...
With so much to talk about, besides book mail, I figure now would be a great time to bring up the entire 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist! Learn more about the books on their website now.
Books mentioned:
Bookmail: River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta; And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
New releases: Rouge by Mona Awad; Daughter by Claudia Dey; Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong; Her Body Among Animals by Paola Ferrante
...There is ONE book you absolutely have to read this year, and that's Janika Oza's debut A History of Burning. Whether you like historical fiction or not, let me convince you to pick it up ASAP!
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Did you go shopping at your local bookstore for #CIBD2023? Listen along for my book haul!
Another day, another poetry review roundup, a giveaway for some cool CanLit, and other news!
Check out these recent awards that were announced recently! The Ninth Annual Rakuten Kobo Writer Prize and the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence.
Find the podcast on Instagram at getcanlitpodcast, and don't forget to enter for your chance to win a copy of Mad Honey by Katie Welch!
Talk about having an array of genres I review in this episode!
Reviewed Books:
Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan (check out my review on Instagram)
305 Lost Buildings of Canada by Alex Bozikovic and Raymond Biesinger
Books Mentioned:
Mad Honey by Katie Welch
Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall
You Still Look the Same by Farzana Doctor
Streams that Lead Somewhere by Fareh Malik
Letters in a Bruised Cosmos by Liz Howard
In which I barely touch the surface of the state of the Griffin Prize. If you're curious about upcoming poetry collections you should read, make sure you listen to this episode!
Thank you Guernica Editions for providing me with (digital) ARCs of the following titles:
Love Is a Place But You Cannot Live There by Jade Wallace
The Vanishing Act (& The Miracle After) by MIRABEL
Casting Out by Rocco De Giacomo
A very short book buying update, and Canadian achievements with the Women’s Prize and the inaugural Carol Shield’s Prize!
Books mentioned:
Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality by Lindsay Wong
Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova (Women’s Prize)
Junie by Chelene Knight (Carol Shields Prize)
God Isn't Here Today by Francine Cunningham (Carol Shields Prize)
We Shoul...
The Indigo situation is all Canadian book lovers are thinking about right now, and today I approach the impact of the cybersecurity incident from all perspectives.
My recent reads mentioned:
These Days Are Numbered by Rebecca Rosenblum
Two For the Road by Chantel Guertin
The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
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Ok, these might not be the most conventional romance authors, but hey. It's CanLit! Everything here has a "literary" aspect to it!
Romance Book Recs mentioned:
You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked. by Sheung-King (published by Book*hug Press)
The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan (published by Penguin Random House Canada)
Lucien & Olivia by Andre Narbonne (published by Black Moss Press)
Today, I’m diving into some Black Canadian authors you should add to your to-be-read piles for February and beyond!
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Poetry
Finish This Sentence by Leslie Roach
Burning Sugar by Cicely Belle Blain
Where the Baedeker Leads by James Yeku
Short Stories
Shut Up You’re Pretty by Tea Mutonji
...
In this episode, listen to some spoiler-free book reviews of my most recent reads, as well as some thoughts and predictions for the 2023 Canada Reads debates.
Recommended Reads:
*The Bliss House by Jim Bartley (Dundurn Press)
*These Days Are Numbered by Rebecca Rosenblum (Dundurn Press)
*The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc (Random House Canada / Penguin Random House Canada)
*Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart:...
Wondering what Canadian authors to read? Listen in as I talk about some of the best (and a few of the not-so-best) CanLit books I read in 2022. Want more CanLit? Follow @getcanlitpodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter today!
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