Reading Lists
Top 15 Bestsellers
Posted by Kimberly Walsh on December 05 at 12:00 AM
See what's hot in the world of books with the latest lists from the Canadian Booksellers Association. The lists cover bestselling Canadian fiction and international hardcover fiction. This week's Top Canadian Fiction features two of the Canada Reads 2009 selections.
Top Canadian Fiction
1. Through Black Spruce
By Joseph Boyden
Penguin
2. The Book of Negroes
By Lawrence Hill
HarperCollins
3. Three Day Road
By Joseph Boyden
Penguin
4. Water for Elephants
By Sara Gruen
HarperCollins
5. Late Nights on Air
By Elizabeth Hay
McClelland & Stewart
'Tis the season to be reading
Posted by Words At Large Admin on December 11 at 11:23 PM
On the podcast - writers and readers talk about books they enjoy reading.
Books Mentioned In This Week’s Podcast
How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read
By Pierre Bayard
Raincoast Books
Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death From Inside the New Canadian Army
By Christie Blatchford
Doubleday
Divisadero
By Michael Ondaatje
McClelland & Stewart
Certainty
By Madeline Thien
Emblem Editions
Blue Valley: An Ecological Memoir
By Luanne Armstrong
Maa Press
Fall Books & Festivals
Posted by Words At Large Admin on October 19 at 03:15 PM
Fall may mean changing leaves and pumpkins, but at Words at Large it also includes curling up with a good book. This fall season is rich with a combination of well-loved as well as promising new voices on our shelves. Here we’ve put together a selection of books whose authors will be appearing in some of the numerous literary festivals across the country.
Landing, by Emma Donoghue (Raincoast Books)
Love and geography are the themes of Emma Donghue’s new book. Known for her historical fiction, here the author switches to contemporary writing. This lively, love story explores age-old questions: Does where you live matter more than who you live with? What would you give up for love, and would you be a fool to do so?
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