Blog Archives
June 2009
- 01.06.09 Events: June 1, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Anthony Bidulka, Lolette Kuby, Paul Nicholas Mason, Carmelo Militano, Deborah Stiles, Terry Griggs, and Vicki Delany.
- 01.06.09 Review Roundup #5
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including C.K. Kelly Martin, Carol Shields, Gil Adamson, Janice Weaver, and Janet McNaughton.
- 01.06.09 2nd Canadian Book Challenge - Update #11
- John Mutford of The Book Mine Set has posted the 11th update for the 2nd Canadian Book Challenge. So far, 943 books have been read and John is hoping to make it 1000 before the challenge ends on June 30th....
- 02.06.09 Events: June 2, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Jeff Rubin, Eva Tihanyi, Al Reimer, Elizabeth May, Cynthia Flood, Anthony Bidulka, Nairne Holtz, Jonathan Bennett, Vicki Delany, and Stephen Sims.
- 02.06.09 Review Roundup #6
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Susin Nielsen, Des Kennedy, Margaret Atwood, Saleema Nawaz, and Wayson Choy.
- 03.06.09 Events: June 3, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Susan Ioannou, Joy Fielding, Edward Willett, and Garth Turner.
- 03.06.09 Review Roundup #7
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Louise Penny, Maggie Helwig, Janet McNaughton, Lawrence Hill, and Lisa Gabriele.
- 04.06.09 Events: June 4, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Deborah Miller, Ross Priddle, Helen Hajnoczky, Sarah Gibbs, Eva Tihanyi, Viola Grace, Tara Michelle Ziniuk, Claire Letemendia, Robert J. Sawyer, Ali Velshi, and Jeff Rubin.
- 05.06.09 Events: June 5, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Anthony Bidulka, J.D. Carpenter, Howard Shrier, Caro Soles, and Marie-Louise Gay.
- 06.06.09 Events: June 6, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Samantha Whelan Kotkas, D.J. MacHale, Mario Bolduc, Kate Jaimet, Linwood Barclay, Rick Mofina, Louise Penny, Anne Emery, RJ Harlick, Brenda Chapman, Barbara Fradkin, David Cole, Brad Kelln, Denise Mina, Paul Dutton, Jeremy Tankard, Marie-Louise Gay, Patrick Mcgrath, Sarah Langan, Monique Proulx, and Glenda Goertzen.
- 07.06.09 Events: June 7, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Andrew Hood, Jill Battson, Nino Ricci, Susanna Kearsley, Anthony de Sa, Sandra Sabatini, Marthe Jocelyn, Paul Dutton, Ruth Steeves, Barbara Klunder, Jay Greenfeld, Steven Mayoff, J.J. Steinfeld, Kate Braid, Isa Milman, Michael Blair, and Sharon Nelson.
- 08.06.09 Events: June 8, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Terry Griggs, Cynthia Flood, Julie Guard, Janice Lindsay, and Neil Gaiman.
- 08.06.09 Review Roundup #8
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Joey Comeau, CS Richardson, Ann Blades, Harold Rhenisch, and Timothy Findley.
- 09.06.09 Events: June 9, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Tony Greenfield, Hiromi Goto, Kathleen McDonnell, Jowi Taylor, Kieran Furey, Glen Downie, Goran Simic, Colin Carberry, Adam Goodman, and A.J. Jacobs.
- 09.06.09 Challenge: Summer is Short: Read a Story
- The Savvy Reader is running a challenge called Summer is Short: Read a Story. Read any two books on the lists over the summer, post a comment/review somewhere, and you'll be entered to win a fall release. There are some...
- 09.06.09 Meme: Teaser Tuesdays
- Two sentences from Step Closer by Tessa McWatt.
- 10.06.09 Events: June 10, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Robin Muller, Andrew Larsen, Irene Luxbacher, Michelle Wan, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Cherie Dimaline, Nalo Hopkinson, Tasleem Thawar, Andrew Pyper, Lorne Rubenstein, Phyllis Smallman, Jon Tattrie, and Linda Lucas.
- 10.06.09 Review Roundup #9
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Martha Brooks, Sid Marty, Robert Munsch, M. Brook Taylor, and Joan Clark.
- 11.06.09 Events: June 11, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Nora Foster Stovel, David Sedaris, Danny Deardorff, Ally Carter, Kevin Chong, Mitch Parry, Yves Engler, Jake MacDonald, Susan Prentice, Mike Heffernan, C.B. Forrest, Hiromi Goto, Aravind Adiga, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Yiyun Li, Tash Aw, Miriam Toews, Shani Mootoo, Laurie Kingston, Leonard Rosmarin, and Joan Crate.
- 11.06.09 Review Roundup #10
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Mike Hoolboom, Charles de Lint, Ann Blades, Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, and Dette Hunter.
- 12.06.09 Events: June 12, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with David Sedaris, Claudia Raaen, Vicki Delaney, Mel Bradshaw, Robin Muller, Tim Falconer, and Ruth Steeves.
- 12.06.09 Review Roundup #11
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Lisa Moore, Sandra Sabatini, Tessa McWatt, Paul Yee, and Carol Shields.
- 13.06.09 Events: June 13, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Kathy Jessup, Jerry Jordison, Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Jo-Ellen Bogart, Stephanie Dickison, Anthony Bidulka, and Johnny Carlton.
- 14.06.09 Events: June 14, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Richard Foster, Blaine Klippenstein, Stephen Beaumont, and Brian Morin.
- 14.06.09 Review Roundup #12
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Steven Galloway, Colin McAdam, Alistair Macleod, Barbara Fradkin, and Alice Munro.
- 15.06.09 Events: June 15, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Laurie Fuhr, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Shannon Rayne, Warren Dean Fulton, Jeff Rubin, Monica Ali, Randall Maggs, Lisa Moore, and Jessica Grant.
- 15.06.09 Review Roundup #13
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Barbara Fradkin, Di Brandt, Emily St. John Mandel, Katherine Barber, and Mordecai Richler.
- 16.06.09 Events: June 16, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Kim Echlin, Doug Speirs, Curtis Stone, Tosca Reno, Robert Kennedy, and Phillip Carter.
- 16.06.09 Review Roundup #14
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Kelley Armstrong, Farley Mowat, Lisa Moore, J. M. Kearns, and Margaret Atwood.
- 17.06.09 Events: June 17, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Katarina Jovanovic, Daphne Marlatt, Gabor Maté, Anne Caroline Yanchyshyn, Elizabeth Murphy, Greg Malone, Anne Emery, Warren MacKenzie, Lia Bandola, Tina Dezsi, and Curtis Stone.
- 17.06.09 Review Roundup #15
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Don McKay, Lisa Moore, Eden Robinson, Lesley Livingston, and L.M. Montgomery.
- 18.06.09 Events: June 18, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Curtis Stone, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Kate Braid, Anne Michaels, Molly Peacock, Bernard Willemsen, Jacqueline Anderson, Jake MacDonald, Giles Blunt, Gordon Pengilly, Doug Stewart, Janet Reid, and Carla Gunn.
- 19.06.09 Events: June 19, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Alexandra Leggat, Diane Payment, and Ruth Steeves.
- 20.06.09 Events: June 20, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Erín Moure, Adam Sol, Barb Pacholik, Jana G. Pruden, Robert J. Sawyer, Anne Easter Smith, Jon Ritchie, Alex Ritchie, and June Cameron.
- 20.06.09 Review Roundup #16
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Kim Echlin, L.M. Montgomery, Marie-Louise Gay, David Homel, Emily St. John Mandel, and Vicki Delany.
- 20.06.09 Review: One Hand Screaming by Mark Leslie
- Collection of short stories and poems. Horror.
- 21.06.09 Events: June 21, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with CD Wright, Don McKay, Kelley Armstrong, Jon Ritchie, and Alex Ritchie.
- 21.06.09 Review: Step Closer by Tessa McWatt
- Emily tells the tragic story of Gavin and Marcus while dealing with relationship issues of her own.
- 22.06.09 Events: June 22, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Lauren Kirshner.
- 22.06.09 Review Roundup #17
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Robert J. Sawyer, Dennis Richard Murphy, Robert Munsch, Lesley Livingston, and Paul Headrick.
- 23.06.09 Events: June 23, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Don Artz, Don Cunningham, Peter C. Newman, Andrea Gunraj, Shani Mootoo, Emily Schultz, Megan Griffith-Greene, and Stacey May Fowles.
- 24.06.09 Events: June 24, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Karen Solie, Terry Fallis, Andrew Davidson, Janet Evanovich, Lorne Rubenstein, Heather Menzies, and John Hodgert.
- 25.06.09 Events: June 25, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Marguerite Pigeon, Kathryn Borel, Ryan Kamstra, Sheila Heti, Andrew Davidson, Lisa Moore, Giles Blunt, Claire Holden Rothman, Sherri Vanderveen, Karla Kroeker, Michelle Wiebe, Richard Van Camp, Lou Parsons, Julian Gunn, Lynne Van Luven, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
- 26.06.09 Events: June 26, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Felicia Norton, Charles Smith, Lisa Moore, Claire Holden Rothman, and Ann Charney.
- 27.06.09 Events: June 27, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Anne Michaels, Mary Swan, Alan Cumyn, Suzanne Evans, Tilda Shalof, Stephanie Domet, Ian Colford, Anne Emery, Richard Rudnicki, Susan Tooke, and Orion Alexander.
- 28.06.09 Events: June 28, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day.
- 28.06.09 Review Roundup #18
- Blogger reviews of books by Canadian authors, including Steve Zipp, Marie-Louise Gay, David Homel, Kenneth Oppel, Mary Jane Maffini, Robert Munsch, and Michael Kusugak.
- 29.06.09 Events: June 29, 2009
- Some of the literary events taking place across Canada on this day, with Lisa Moore, Shani Mootoo, Karen Solie, Emily Schultz, and Kyle McNamara.
- 29.06.09 Review: Amuse Bouche by Anthony Bidulka
- There were a few things I wasn't crazy about but I liked Quant a lot and I will be looking for a chance to read the other books in the series.
- 29.06.09 Review: Megiddo's Shadow by Arthur Slade
- Surprising and surprisingly sad. You may want to keep the tissues handy.
- 30.06.09 Review: Wicked Woods by Steve Vernon
- Fun stories to read around the campfire or to take on a ghost tour of New Brunswick.