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Tag: Canadian authors

Girl Unwrapped
Posted onJune 23, 2016February 7, 2019

Montreal Reads: Girl Unwrapped by Gabriella Goliger

This is the story of Toni, a girl growing up in the 1960s and ′70s and trying to navigate what it means to be gay…

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Posted onJune 26, 2015August 30, 2019

Montreal Reads: No Crystal Stair by Mairuth Sarsfield

No Crystal Stair, set in the neighbourhood of Little Burgundy in the early 1940s, tells the story of Marion Willow as she tries to give…

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Posted onMay 14, 2015November 2, 2015

Montreal Reads: Ru by Kim Thúy

Ru, first published in French and translated into English, is an autobiographical novel by Kim Thúy. In Vietnamese ru means lullaby; in French it is a…

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Posted onApril 25, 2015November 2, 2015

Montreal Reads: Serafim and Claire by Mark Lavorato

Serafim and Claire is a story about two people trying to escape the rigid social mores of the past to find passion in their single-minded…

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Posted onApril 5, 2015May 14, 2015

Montreal Reads: Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner

In Nikolski Montreal is a migratory hub, a city where nomads wind up, at least for a time. They carry their histories with them, mapping…

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Posted onFebruary 2, 2015May 14, 2015

Montreal Reads: Cockroach by Rawi Hage

Cockroach unfolds during a bitter Montreal winter. Its narrator, despite his de facto membership in a community of exiles, is utterly isolated and both fearful…

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Posted onFebruary 2, 2015February 18, 2016

Reading Project: Montreal Reads

Montreal Reads My usual rules for pleasure reading are few. In fact, I may have only one “rule” for reading, which is that I must…

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Posted onOctober 16, 2012January 15, 2013

2012 International Festival of Authors

It’s that time of year again! From October 18 to 28, Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre will be wall-to-wall authors, books, and words. And, as usual, there…

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Posted onOctober 29, 2011

Roundup: Author Readings

Today I went to one of the many readings at this year’s International Festival of Authors to see Ken Babstock, Peter Behrens, Frances Itani, and…

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