Recently, the CBC Books’ Canada Reads event released their 2021 longlist, and three of the titles that TMR has reviewed over the past year were on it. They are, in no particular order:
- Tatouine by Jean-Christophe Réhel
- Dirty Birds by Morgan Murray
- You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked. by Sheung-King
To celebrate, The Miramichi Reader is giving away one (1) three-book bundle of the above books! To enter, please leave a comment below mentioning one other book on the 2021 Canada Reads Longlist. Only comments that follow this guideline will be assigned a number for a random drawing in approximately one week from the date of this post. Books will be mailed out separately to the winner. (Note that all comments require approval, so it may not appear right away). We ship to Canadian addresses only.
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There are so many fabulous books on the Canada Reads Longlist this year! In addition to these three fine books, I’d like to give another Quebec title in translation a signal boost by mentioning “Autopsy of a Boring Wife” by Marie-Renée Lavoie, translated by Arielle Aaronson. A great read!
#1
“Johnny Appleseed” by Joshua Whitehead!
#2
Heather O’Neill is one of my favourite authors! I highly recommend her book, The Lonely Hearts Hotel.
I will add the others to my list!
#3
I can’t wait to read Hench 🙂
#4
Yiddish for Pirates looks interesting!
#5
Autopsy of a Boring Wife… great read!
#6
I’m so happy that Jonny Appleseed made the longlist! One of my favourite reads in 2020. Looking forward to reading the others on the list.
#7
Yiddish For Pirates!
#8
Wendy, Master of Art by Walter Scott
#9
You want another book title from the Canada Reads list? Best one I can give you is Trees Make A Forest. I loved that book.
#10
Another Canada Reads contender worth everyone’s time: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi. It’s exceptional.
#11
Great to see such a variety represented this year! I thoroughly enjoyed Tilly and the Crazy Eights, and Yiddish for Pirates.
#12
Also on the long list is Two Trees Make a Forest.
#13
I have checked out the Canada Reads longlist and linked to the book’s webpages. I have Yiddish for Pirates (Gary Barwin) on my list of books to get.
#14
I’m keen to read Yiddish for Pirates!
#15
Looking forward to reading Yiddish for Pirates, by Gary Barwin. It was a finalist for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. I’ve not read Barwin, but these also-rans and the Canada Reads list have peaked my interest.
#16
“The Lonely Hearts Hotel” by Heather O’Neill! So good.
#17
Wendy, Master of Art by Walter Scott looks great!
#18
I love the title “Two trees make a forest ” and I gather this book made the short list. Too bad none of these 3 made the cut, but they do sound interesting.
#19 (I think these three were the “outliers” of the group.)
Congrats, Carole, you are the winner!!
Yiddish for pirates by Gary Barwin
#20
What a generous prize – thanks so much for the chance to win!
Among the other books on the longlist, the one closest to the top of my personal TBR list is <i>Butter Honey Pig Bread</i>.
Thank you again.
#21
Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
#22