101 Letters to a Prime Minister

What Is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes | Yann Martel

We compiled the 67 Best Canadian Books of the 21st Century… with help from readers like you! Check out my conversation with Jolene as we go through the list:

https://youtu.be/Z2dkguNlyFs

LeahBergen, tournevis, LiteraryHoarderPenny

merelybookish This is great!! 3mo

LeahBergen Wonderful! I‘ll definitely give this a watch! ❤️ 3mo

tournevis *puts it on the watch list* 3mo

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Lindy @merelybookish thanks! 3mo

Lindy @LeahBergen Let me know what you think afterwards, okay? 3mo

Lindy @tournevis Jolene and I will make additional videos diving into the many excellent nominations that didn‘t make our top 67. I will be making one especially about the 19 French-language titles that were mentioned. 3mo

tournevis @Lindy Marvelous! Link it here too here! 3mo

tournevis @Lindy That was so great! Thank you for doing this! 3mo

LiteraryHoarderPenny Awesome project!! Thanks for taking it on! 3mo

Lindy @tournevis Thanks for watching (and for contributing). I will tag you when I make the video about the French titles. 3mo

Lindy @LiteraryHoarderPenny It was fun! 3mo

tournevis @Lindy yes please! 3mo

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Lindy

What Is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes | Yann Martel

Do you read books by Canadian authors? Help us come up with a Best Canadian Books of the 21st century! I am linking Jolene‘s video about our joint project:

https://youtu.be/CUL6zHKBfZE?si=Wlusqr2CWNCqVfqK

You have until August 11 and you can access the voting form here:

https://forms.gle/UuemWkZdpo2n9641A

xicanti, LeahBergen, tournevis, LiteraryHoarderPenny

squirrelbrain Oh, looking forward to seeing the results of this! 3mo

Lindy @squirrelbrain Me too! So far, we don‘t have a lot of overlap in titles. Early days…. 3mo

tournevis Ooh! That's a good idea 3mo

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tournevis That was so fun! Had to cut out a few books that I know I read in the early 2000-oughts but that were published in like 1998 or 1999. Pretty sure that I'll be the only one citing a few of these too. 3mo

Lindy @tournevis Thanks Isabelle! 3mo

tournevis @Lindy 🖖 3mo

LiteraryHoarderPenny Thanks for letting me participate!! It was fun. It was hard! I‘m anxiously awaiting the full list! 3mo

Lindy @LiteraryHoarderPenny So far, the front runner is a book that made both of the NYT top 100 lists (the original list plus the readers choice) 3mo

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Spiderfelt

What Is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes | Yann Martel

This is the spirit in which Yann Martel began sending a book and letter every week to the Canadian prime minister, a person who professed to dislike reading. It seems like a great concept for beginning a bookclub: essential reading for those who govern a modern democracy. Who's in? #canlit

Spiderfelt Photo taken of swag bag for sale at Book-It Repertory Theater in Seattle. 8y

LeahBergen I loved reading his letters online during the time he was writing them and sending the books! 8y

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shereensamimi

What Is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes | Yann Martel

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This book has been great for reading recommendations - my TBR list has added a few great sounding reads! I also enjoy the beginning of the novel, which gives the readers "Harper's" responses. Overall, this book is both easy and enjoyable.

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strikingthirteen

101 Letters to a Prime Minister: The Complete Letters to Stephen Harper | Yann Martel

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I admit to skimming a bit but I have to applaud Mr. Martel for his dedication in trying to educate, or at least broaden the horizons of, our ex PM Stephen Harper. Why? "Because your dreams may become my nightmares."

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