Canadian Books Eh?
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FROM: Airdrie Public Library <airdrie.publib@shaw.ca>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 6:32 PM
Here in Canada, April 23rd is Canada Book Day. As I am preparing a
display of popular Canadian titles, I thought it might be interesting to
hear your perspectives on the subject of Canadian books.
Do you have any favorite Canlit titles or keep Canadian booklists? Has
the recent selection of two Canadian titles in the Oprah Book Club (A
Fine Balance and Fall on Your Knees) increased reader interest in
Canadian books? Just wondering...
Shelley Sweet
Marketing Coordinator
Airdrie Public Library
FROM: Patti <cheneyp@libcoop.net>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 6:32 PM
My favorite Canadian titles include The Bachelor Brothers Bed and Breakfast,
and its sequel, BBB&B Pillow Book! I would love to see a Canadian list!
Take care!
Patti Cheney
Romeo District Library
Washington, MI
Airdrie Public Library wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here in Canada, April 23rd is Canada Book Day. As I am preparing a
> display of popular Canadian titles, I thought it might be interesting to
> hear your perspectives on the subject of Canadian books.
>
> Do you have any favorite Canlit titles or keep Canadian booklists? Has
> the recent selection of two Canadian titles in the Oprah Book Club (A
> Fine Balance and Fall on Your Knees) increased reader interest in
> Canadian books? Just wondering...
>
> Shelley Sweet
> Marketing Coordinator
> Airdrie Public Library
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: Candice Michalik <cjoy0821@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 6:32 PM
I have also been to various places in Canada a few
times, and I do love your country!
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Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
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REC'D: 4/17/02, 8:08 PM
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On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Airdrie Public Library wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here in Canada, April 23rd is Canada Book Day. As I am preparing a
> display of popular Canadian titles, I thought it might be interesting to
> hear your perspectives on the subject of Canadian books.
>
> Do you have any favorite Canlit titles or keep Canadian booklists? Has
> the recent selection of two Canadian titles in the Oprah Book Club (A
> Fine Balance and Fall on Your Knees) increased reader interest in
> Canadian books? Just wondering...
>
> Shelley Sweet
> Marketing Coordinator
> Airdrie Public Library
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
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FROM: Diana Tixier Herald <dherald@sff.net>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 8:08 PM
D. Herald in Colorado but one of my great-great-great grandmothers was
Canadian.
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Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald
Books of the Week Page http://www.genrefluent.com
dherald@sff.net
FROM: saricksj@juno.com
REC'D: 4/17/02, 8:08 PM
Joyce Saricks
"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and
entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 8:51 PM
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FROM: SSTbooks@aol.com
REC'D: 4/17/02, 9:01 PM
<< Mary Balogh's romances are some of
the best. >>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AND, let's not forget Jo Beverly. She's one of the best regency and
historical romance authors out there. Her books are real "keepers"!
Cynthia Parker
SILVER SPRING TREASUREBOOKS
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Silver Spring, MD 20910-4514
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FROM: "Laura McCaffery" <lmccaffery@acpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 9:01 PM
Laura Hibbets McCaffery
Readers Services
Allen County Public Library
900 Webster Street
Fort Wayne IN 46802
260-421-1200x2303
This is my opinion and mine alone. The
views, opinions, and judgements
expressed in this message are solely
those of the author. The message
contents have not been reviewed or
approved by the Allen County Public
Library.
FROM: Patricia Gibson <pgibson@tnrdlib.bc.ca>
REC'D: 4/17/02, 9:12 PM
Anderson-Dargatz The Cure For Death By Lightning
Anderson-Dargatz A Recipe For Bees
Atwood, Margaret Alias Grace
Burnard, Bonnie A Good House
Craven, Margaret I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Finley, Timothy The Wars
Hodgins, Jack Broken Ground
Laurence, Margaret Anything...but esp. The Stone Angel
MacLeod, Alistair No Great Mischief
Michaels, Anne Fugitive Pieces
Munro, Alice Anything
Robinson, Eden Monkey Beach
Urquhart, Jane Away
Urquhart, Jane The Stone Carvers
Patricia Gibson
Kamloops Public Library
Kamloops, B.C.
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REC'D: 4/17/02, 9:23 PM
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FROM: Kathleen Kehoe <kehoek@umich.edu>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 7:05 AM
Kate
Airdrie Public Library wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here in Canada, April 23rd is Canada Book Day. As I am preparing a
> display of popular Canadian titles, I thought it might be interesting to
> hear your perspectives on the subject of Canadian books.
>
> Do you have any favorite Canlit titles or keep Canadian booklists? Has
> the recent selection of two Canadian titles in the Oprah Book Club (A
> Fine Balance and Fall on Your Knees) increased reader interest in
> Canadian books? Just wondering...
>
> Shelley Sweet
> Marketing Coordinator
> Airdrie Public Library
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <narmstro@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 8:19 AM
Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
narmstro@cumberland.lib.nc.us
FROM: Viccy Kemp <Viccy.Kemp@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 8:30 AM
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From: Nora M. Armstrong [mailto:narmstro@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 7:57 AM
To: Fiction_L
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Subject: Re: Canadian Books Eh?
What about that oldie-but-goodie series of Jalna books (Morning at
Jalna, Whiteoaks of Jalna, etc.) by Mazo de la Roche? I read them for the
first time in my teens (too, too many years ago), and still enjoy them.
Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
narmstro@cumberland.lib.nc.us
FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <narmstro@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 9:02 AM
> Nora,
> You stole my idea!! I read the Jalna books in my teens as well (centuries
> ago) and have recommended them ever since. My boss and I are having a heated
> discussion regarding the weeding of them. I don't do Reader's Advisory
> anymore, so no one on the the floor is recommending them, so circs are down,
> but I still think they are lovely books.
> Viccy Kemp
Well, Viccy, you know what they say about great minds...<vbg>
Humbly,
Nora
PS - make the case for retaining a classic, then persuade the staff to do
a display of "Family Sagas" - that might get the books checked out...worth
a try, anyway.
FROM: "Jennifer Loeffel" <Jennifer.Loeffel@mcfls.org>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 1:16 PM
Jennifer Loeffel
Adult Services Librarian
Greendale, WI (not PEI, Canada)
FROM: Cheryl Edwards <cedwards@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 8:51 AM
-The Canadian History Series especially
Vol. 3, "The Path of Destiny 1763-1850" by Thomas H. Raddell
Vol. 4, "From Sea Unto Sea, 1850-1910" by W. G. Hardy
-Any of the many books by Pierre Berton including "Klondike Fever,"
"The Last Spike" and "Flames Across the Border."
-"Bandits & Privateers: Canada in the Age of Gunpowder"
by Harold Harwood
-"The Great Adventure: How the Mounties Conquered the West"
by David Cruise
And a few more books about the Mounties from the early part of the century
and probably not in print anymore but interesting nevertheless. They cover
the period of western settlement and the Klondike Gold Rush.
-"Whoop-Up Country: The Canadian American West, 1865-1895"
by Paul Sharp
-"Forty Years in Canada" by Col. Samuel B. Steele
-"Policing the Arctic: The Story of the Conquest of the Arctic"
by Harwood Steele (Sam's son)
-Cheryl-
Williamsburg Regional Library
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Airdrie Public Library wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here in Canada, April 23rd is Canada Book Day. As I am preparing a
> display of popular Canadian titles, I thought it might be interesting to
> hear your perspectives on the subject of Canadian books.
>
> Do you have any favorite Canlit titles or keep Canadian booklists? Has
> the recent selection of two Canadian titles in the Oprah Book Club (A
> Fine Balance and Fall on Your Knees) increased reader interest in
> Canadian books? Just wondering...
>
> Shelley Sweet
> Marketing Coordinator
> Airdrie Public Library
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
FROM: "Marla" <marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 9:12 AM
My favorite light fiction is the "Guardians of the North" series by
Alan Morris, beginning with BY HONOR BOUND. Series of
featuring a Mountie and the historical happenings around Fort
Macleod.
Any may I tell I joke that a lovely Canadian told me? It's much
better with a real Canadian accent, but you might get the idea....
Q. How did Canada get its name?
A. They put all the constanants in a bag and pulled out one out at
a time, announcing the letters: "C, eh? N, eh? D, eh?" (-:
Enjoy Friday! And I love Canada -- some of my best childhood
vacations were spent there! BYE! Marla (a former NoDak -- as the
Canadians called North Dakotans. And who was also told "You've
never lived until you've kissed a Canadian).
Great Falls Public Library
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
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FROM: "Joy Tofteland" <tofteland@ankeny.k12.ia.us>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 9:52 AM
Joy Tofteland
Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
Kirkendall Public Library
Ankeny, IA
FROM: Joan Anne Caron <caron@midyork.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 1:02 PM
Airdrie Public Library wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Here in Canada, April 23rd is Canada Book Day. As I am preparing a
>display of popular Canadian titles, I thought it might be interesting to
>hear your perspectives on the subject of Canadian books.
>
>Do you have any favorite Canlit titles or keep Canadian booklists? Has
>the recent selection of two Canadian titles in the Oprah Book Club (A
>Fine Balance and Fall on Your Knees) increased reader interest in
>Canadian books? Just wondering...
>
>Shelley Sweet
>Marketing Coordinator
>Airdrie Public Library
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
One of my favorite Canadian authors is Alistair MacLeod. He wrote No
Great Mischief and Island.
They are both exceptional books.
Joan Anne Caron
Utica Public Library
Utica,N.Y. 13501.
FROM: Bradley A Scott <bradley.a.scott@juno.com>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 11:51 PM
Somebody already mentioned the annual Giller Prize for the best Canadian
novel or short story collection published in English. There is a
website, with a list of current and past winners, at
www.thegillerprize.org/home.html . I don't know much about Canadian
literature, but I recognize the names of some of the people on the
judging panels (Margaret Atwood, et al).
John Kenneth Galbraith is best known for economics, but my
second-favorite JKG book is "The Scotch", his memoir of growing up in a
part of Ontario with a strong Scottish immigrant heritage. In a town
named "Airdrie", I suspect you might have a few of them around.
Ernest Thompson Seton, a founding father of the Woodcraft League and the
Boy Scouts, and author and illustrator of many books about North American
Indians, wilderness, and wildlife, grew up in Canada and spent much of
his adult life there.
And isn't Charles de Lint Canadian?
Somewhere at work, I have a collection of web links for Canadian
native/Indian literature that I collected for an English literature class
earlier this year. If I remember tomorrow, I'll dig it up and post them
to Fiction-L.
Bradley A. Scott
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REC'D: 4/20/02, 9:08 AM
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Bradley A Scott wrote:
> I'm not exactly in a position to evaluate general trends regarding
> Canadian authors or literature, and any book suggestions that a
> non-Canadian like me can make may already be known to the poster of the
> query. With that in mind, please be tolerant if these books and lists
> are already known to you.
>
> Somebody already mentioned the annual Giller Prize for the best Canadian
> novel or short story collection published in English. There is a
> website, with a list of current and past winners, at
> www.thegillerprize.org/home.html . I don't know much about Canadian
> literature, but I recognize the names of some of the people on the
> judging panels (Margaret Atwood, et al).
>
> John Kenneth Galbraith is best known for economics, but my
> second-favorite JKG book is "The Scotch", his memoir of growing up in a
> part of Ontario with a strong Scottish immigrant heritage. In a town
> named "Airdrie", I suspect you might have a few of them around.
>
> Ernest Thompson Seton, a founding father of the Woodcraft League and the
> Boy Scouts, and author and illustrator of many books about North American
> Indians, wilderness, and wildlife, grew up in Canada and spent much of
> his adult life there.
>
> And isn't Charles de Lint Canadian?
>
> Somewhere at work, I have a collection of web links for Canadian
> native/Indian literature that I collected for an English literature class
> earlier this year. If I remember tomorrow, I'll dig it up and post them
> to Fiction-L.
>
> Bradley A. Scott
>
>
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FROM: "Mary I Kingsbury" <mkingsbury@ocl.net>
REC'D: 4/20/02, 3:50 PM
Mary I. Kingsbury
Children's Services Coordinator
Oxford County Library
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REC'D: 4/21/02, 11:17 AM
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REC'D: 4/21/02, 2:43 PM
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REC'D: 4/21/02, 2:54 PM
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FROM: saricksj@juno.com
REC'D: 4/21/02, 9:29 PM
"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and
entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."
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FROM: Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 4/22/02, 11:03 AM
While we're at it-- lists of past winners of the Prix Aurora (for
Canadian science fiction and fantasy) is at
http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora/hist_dat.html
and the Arthur Ellis Awards for Canadian crime fiction at
http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/aeawards/pastwinners.htm
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien@tc.umn.edu
FROM: "Marsha Valance" <Mvalan@mpl.org>
REC'D: 4/22/02, 10:42 AM
Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
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FROM: dbeaver@co.wake.nc.us
REC'D: 4/22/02, 10:42 AM
Beyond the Gathering Storm is a follow-up book where one of the children in
the Canadian West series grows up.
Donna Beaver
Wake County Libraries
Zebulon, NC branch
FROM: Bradley A Scott <bradley.a.scott@juno.com>
REC'D: 4/22/02, 1:12 PM
The Canadian Literature Archive (CanLit)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/canlit/
The Crime Writers of Canada (CWC)
http://www.swifty.com/cwc/cwchome.htm
Early Canadiana Online (ECO)
http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq
Of the native/Indian literature websites, this one might be useful
because it lists authors by their tribal background, if you have an idea
which of the "first nations" corresponded to your area:
Storytellers: Native American Authors Online
www.hanksville.org/storytellers/
Links to biographical and critical articles about Native American
authors, organized by Karen M. Strom. Authors are listed by name and by
tribe.
Have fun -- sounds like it'll be an interesting display.
Bradley A. Scott
(in Marquette, Michigan, only 100 cold, watery miles from Canada)
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FROM: "Joan Hall Hovey" <jhhovey@nb.sympatico.ca>
REC'D: 4/22/02, 3:32 PM
FROM: "Mary I Kingsbury" <mkingsbury@ocl.net>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 2:25 PM
The top 25 books recommended by Canadians in order of the vote:
1. A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
2. The Stone Angel Margaret Laurence
3. No Great Mischief Alistair Macleod
4. In the Skin of a Lion Michael Ondaatje
5. Fall on Your Knees Anne-Marie MacDonald
6. Who Has Seen The Wind W.O. Mitchell
7. Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery
8. The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
9. The Diviners Margaret Laurence
10. Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels
11. How to Ride A Dragon Michelle Tocher
12. Barney's Version Mordecai Richler
13. The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
14. The Stone Carvers Jane Urquhart
15. Green Grass, Running Water Thomas King
16. Not Wanted on the Voyage Timothy Findley
17. Breakfast with the Devil L. Wayne Carlson
18. Two Solitudes Hugh MacLennan
19. Random Passage Bernice Morgan
20. Away Jane Urquhart
21. Alias Grace Margaret Atwood
22. Whylah Falls George Elliott Clarke
23. Mercy Among the Children David Adams Richards
24. Solomon Gursky Was Here Mordecai Richler
25. The Colony of Unrequited Dreams Wayne Johnston
Thought I'd pass on what Canadians (CBC listeners)think are the best
Canadian books.
Mary I. Kingsbury
Supervisor - Otterville Public Library
(519) 879-6984 (voice)
(519) 879-6586 (fax)
http://www.ocl.net/locations/otterville/
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