My complete #canada150 nonfiction reading list. The books in red are by POC or Indigenous writers. I tried for a broad spectrum and ended up reading stuff on politics, immigration, litcrit, environmentalism, military history, Indigenous issues, comics, religion, Black activism, and familial issues.
Book & snack time! I set out to read two volumes of Canadian nonfiction per month this year, and I've still got one book to go. Lucky for me, the library coughed up this graphic memoir of a woman's move to Yellowknife. I'm glad I can add some more northern writing to my list, and I'm pleased I'll manage to get a comic on there to boot! #newyearsreadathon #comics #canada150
pickA must read for all North American settlers. King packs this deceptively short book with plenty of irony, a long list of receipts, and the sort of humour you trot out when the situation's the exact opposite of funny. It's heavy but necessary. #canada150
Made my first library run since I got back from BC. I nabbed a bunch of DC, some more #canada150 nonfiction, and volumes 1-3 of GIANT DAYS. I've read Vol 1 before, but it's been so long I could use a refresher. #comics
I bought AND THEN THERE WERE NUNS a couple weeks into my Canadian nonfiction reading project, immediately read the first 1.5 chapters, and got distracted by library books. This morning I started over. Gonna add an explicitly Christian perspective to my #canada150 reading list.
(Unless I bounce off it, but I've managed to finish every other title I've started for this thing of mine so I think I'll be okay.)#bookandbreakfast
so-soRead for #canada150. This is the only biography of Elsie MacGill that exists and it‘s not amazing but it was a great way to learn more about her. Her story is close to my heart as a fellow woman engineer. Love her apparent fearlessness, her persistence, her flexibility, and her eventual advocacy for all Canadian women. Still kinda sad she didn‘t make it onto our money.
pickI'm gonna need to read everything Thomas King's ever written, because this was amazing. King shares personal, traditional, and historical stories as he examines how we use narratives to construct our realities, with an especial focus on the role stories play in colonialism and Indigenous lives. The five essays were originally delivered as CBC Massey Lectures, and I'll search for recordings as I'd love to hear him speak. #canada150
pickTrigger warning for everything. This is Ma-Nee Chacaby's memoir not just of her life as a lesbian Indigenous woman but also as a survivor of horrific abuse and addiction. It's an important read, but you'll want to proceed with caution if you've lived through anything similar.
The book also includes a detailed afterward about Indigenous told-to memoirs and how this particular account fits into the genre. #canada150 #queerbooks
