For the last few years I have been shadowing the Giller Prize along with other devoted CanLit fans. This year, I'm leaving all the deadlines to others, (be sure to visit Shadowing the Best of CanLit to see what Penny and Lindy and John have been up to!) but, of course, I couldn't resist them … Continue reading Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021
I like most of the books I read, but I especially appreciate unique ways of telling stories. Miriam Toews wanted to write about the events that happened in the Manitoba Colony of Bolivia. Between 2005 and 2009, in a remote Mennonite colony in Bolivia named the Manitoba Colony, after the province in Canada, many girls … Continue reading Women Talking by Miriam Toews
I read Irma Voth to fulfill the I obligation in my A-Z CanLit Challenge, going with the title instead of the author's name this time. A little while ago, I read All My Puny Sorrows and loved it, so I thought it would be fun to read another Miriam Toews book. Irma Voth is … Continue reading Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
I have been stuck on the Letter I for a long time, so I am announcing my first cheat/bending of rules in my A-Z CanLit Challenge. Usually I go by the author's last name, but this time I am going with the title. I just couldn't get excited about the books I was finding under the … Continue reading Miriam Toews, Irma Voth, and My First Cheat
What does it really mean to love someone? That is the question behind Miriam Toews' new book, All My Puny Sorrows. In an interview with CBC Radio's Jian Ghomeshi, Toews talks about how using her own life as raw material helps her to create "order out of the chaos". In sharing it with others, she … Continue reading All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Consumed by Ink 