CANADA IS 150 THIS YEAR!!!!
This post is to encourage the reading of Canadian authors and Canadian history. This is part one of two posts, I plan on challenging myself to read more by Canadian authors this year, especially the "classics" (yes I have yet to read the Handmaid's Tale).
So what have I read that I can recommend?
Anne of Green Gables (all of the Anne series) by Lucy Maud Montgomery and the prequel Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson (another talented Canadian author). I have had the whole box set of books since I was 10 and have a special place for PEI, even got married there.
Literally any book written by Robert Munsch, as a child growing up these were must read. As a parent they are a must read. Classics such as Mortimer, The Paper Bag Princess and I Have to Go never get old.
Any novel written by the talented E. K. Johnston, her debut novel The Story of Owen is set in Southwestern Ontario, her follow up Prairie Fire is set in (you guessed it) the prairies. Acclaimed novel Exit, Pursued by a Bear is also set in Southwestern Ontario. Forget they are listed as YA (young adult) and get lost in these wonderful stories.
One Red Paperclip by Kyle McDonald. I am still blown away by this true life story.
William Shatner's autobiography.... Love his stories about the beginning of his career.
On the history side..... I love more unknown facts of history......
The Acadians: in Search of a Homeland by James Laxer. Also great for the Cajun history of Louisiana.
Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders by Greg Malone, now I finally understand the Jerry Boyle sketches on This Hour Has 22 Minutes. "If you can mark an X, you're my kind of people".
https://youtu.be/u-Yf2Y3Fh9s
Any book written by the late Pierre Berton, especially My Country:The Remarkable Past and The Wild Frontier: More Tales from the Remarkable Past. These two are great because they are comprised of stories of people who helped to shape Canada outside of Parliament Hill.
The challenge is on! Will update with each book I finish.
