In case you didn’t know, I am Canadian. And I like Canada. And I often read books by Canadian authors. Here are a few of my favourites!
- Joni: The Creative Odyssey of Joni Mitchell by Katherine Monk – Katherine Monk is a Canadian journalist who undertook the writing of Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell’s story.
- The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O’Neill – Heather O’Neill is a Canadian novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist who made her debut in 2006 with Lullabies for Little Criminals.
- Birdie by Tracey Lindberg – Tracey Lindberg is a Canadian writer and academic as well as a professor of indigenous law and government at Athabasca University and the University of Ottawa.
- Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe by Charlotte Gill – Charlotte Gill is a Canadian writer who shared the story of her time as a tree planter in Eating Dirt.
- Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan – Esi Edugyan is a Canadian novelist born in Calgary, AB and now living in Victoria, BC.
- Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood – Margaret Atwood is a very well known Canadian writer. Born in 1939 she continues to publish fiction, poetry, non-fiction and more including this most recent release Hag-Seed, a retelling of Shakespeare’s the Tempest.
- Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter by Carmen Aguirre – Carmen Aguirre is a Vancouver-based author who wrote the memoir Something Fierce about her childhood which was spent with her parents who were involved in the Chilean resistance against Augusto Pinochet.
- Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis – André Alexis is a Canadian writer currently living in Toronto, ON. He was born in Trinidad and Tobago.
- A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki – Ruth Ozeki is an American-Canadian novelist. She splits her time between Brooklyn and Cortes Island, BC. A Tale for the Time Being was set on the coast of British Columbia following the discovery of a diary that washed ashore after the Fukushima disaster.
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel – Emily St. John Mandel is a Canadian author who was born and raised on Denman Island off the coast of British Columbia.
I should pay more attention to where authors come from, to read more widely. But I have read and enjoyed two of these books, so that’s something. And I’m bringing Station Eleven to my book club next year. 🙂 My TTT