This week, we're joined by Jerry Faust for a fun conversation about Canadian literature. Incredibly diverse and far too often overlooked, Canada’s literary output is a goldmine of wonderful books and authors. What are your favorites?
Republic of Consciousness Prize, United States and Canada
As you’ve heard on the podcast, Paul is a judge of this year’s prize. The longlist has been announced, and the shortlist is on the way!
Would you like to join Paul at a Zoom party celebrating the longlist, with publishers, authors and translators? You can! It happens on Tuesday, February 27, at 6 p.m. CT. Click here to find the information to sign up!
Shownotes
Small Joys, by Elvin James Mensah
The Boys in the Trees, by Mary Swan
The Birds, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Michael Barnes and Torbjøn Støverud
The Ice Palace, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Elizabeth Rokkan
The Hills Reply, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Elizabeth Rokkan
The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death, by Laura Cumming
The Vanishing Velàzquez: A 19th Century Bookseller’s Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece, by Laura Cumming
Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz
Moonflower Murders, by Anthony Horowitz
The Word Is Murder, by Anthony Horowitz
Possession, by A.S. Byatt
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Bear, by Marian Engel
The Englishman’s Boy, by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Man Descending, by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Daddy Lenin and Other Stories, by Guy Vanderhaeghe
The Golden Mean, by Annabel Lyon
The Sweet Girl, by Annabel Lyon
Consent, by Annabel Lyon
A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry
The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje
Pastoral, by André Alexis
Fifteen Dogs, by André Alexis
Ring, by André Alexis
As for Me and My House, by Sinclair Ross
The Winter Vault, by Anne Michaels
Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels
Held, by Anne Michaels
Basic Black with Pearls, by Helen Weinzweig
South of the Border, West of the Sun, by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel
The Stone Angel, by Margaret Laurence
Island, by Alistair MacLeod
No Great Mischief, by Alistair MacLeod
The Way the Crow Flies, by Anne Marie MacDonald
The Geography of Pluto, by Christopher DiRaddo
The Family Way, by Christopher DiRaddo
Autumn Rounds, by Jacques Poulin, translated by Sheila Fischman
Natasha and Other Stories, by David Bezmozgis
The Free World, by David Bezmozgis
Immigrant City, by David Bezmozgis
Transit, by Anna Seghers, translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo
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Episode 74: Canadian Literature