CBC CANADA READS SHORTLIST
-Devery Jacobs is defending Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
-Roger Mooking is defending Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
-Rosey Edeh is defending The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
-Scott Helman is defending Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. Lee
-Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is defending Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
-Roger Mooking is defending Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
-Rosey Edeh is defending The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
-Scott Helman is defending Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. Lee
-Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is defending Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
CBC CANADA READS 2021 LONGLIST
The Canada Reads 2021 longlist is:
- Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin
- All Together Now by Alan Doyle
- Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
- Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie, translation by Arielle Aaronson
- Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. Lee
- Dirty Birds by Morgan Murray
- The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill
- The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
- Tatouine by Jean-Christophe Réhel, translated by Katherine Hastings and Peter McCambridge
- Thunder Through My Veins by Gregory Scofield
- Wendy, Master of Art by Walter Scott
- You Are Eating An Orange. You Are Naked. by Sheung-King
- Tilly and the Crazy Eights by Monique Gray Smith
- Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
- Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Upcoming Events
Please email [email protected] to register for these events!
November 2nd: 4-6pm, Dr. Warren Johnston will be talking about women and witchcraft followed by a brief interview with C.L. Polk, author of The Midnight Bargain until 6:30pm
November 16th: Interview with Francesca Ekwuyasi, author of Butter Honey Pig Bread from 4-6pm
December 14th: Interview with Joshua Whitehead, author of Jonny Appleseed, the winner of Canada Reads 2021
November 2nd: 4-6pm, Dr. Warren Johnston will be talking about women and witchcraft followed by a brief interview with C.L. Polk, author of The Midnight Bargain until 6:30pm
November 16th: Interview with Francesca Ekwuyasi, author of Butter Honey Pig Bread from 4-6pm
December 14th: Interview with Joshua Whitehead, author of Jonny Appleseed, the winner of Canada Reads 2021
Make Algoma Reads your Pathway to community.Algoma Reads is a community reading project that looks to strengthen the old and foster the new relationships and sense of community for people in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and the surrounding Algoma Region through a shared love of reading and literature.
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Find out what it is all about.In this course and community book club, participants will study together the five shortlisted novels selected by the CBC for 2021 Canada Reads. With each book containing relevant subject matter and conversations on issues relevant to Canadians and the world, each book opens up an opportunity for important discussions to take place.
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BOOKS
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There are many different ways to become involved with Algoma Reads.
Book Club & Lecture SeriesAn exciting community opportunity in the form of an in-depth book club and series of guest speakers and lectures, including authors of the shortlisted books.
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Algoma Reads CourseAlgoma University offers Algoma Reads courses ENGL 1996 and ENGL 2996. Students will approach the five novels from multiple perspectives and disciplines.
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Early Access ProgramCurrent High School students in their senior year are able to take the Algoma Reads university course and acquire credits that are counted in their first year of university studies.
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Algoma Reads at Algoma U
English Program at Algoma UniversityInterested in more that the English Program has to offer students? Click the link below.
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1520 Queen Street, E. Sault Ste. Marie, ON (705) 949-2301
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Algoma Reads is directly affiliated with Algoma University.