L.M. Montgomery changed my life. I devoured everything she wrote when I was a kid. She's the reason I love to read and one of the main reasons I became a high-school English teacher.
A couple of Canadian recs from a fellow Canadian! - Greenwood by Michael Christie - it follows 4 generations of the Greenwood family and the way their lives intertwine with trees. The novel starts in 2038, goes back through the last century, and then works forward to the future again. One of my absolute favourite books of the last few years! - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - featuring the collapse of society due to a viral flu pandemic, and the ways that people are connected and the things we hold onto. I read this at probably 6 or 7 years ago, but then thought about it almost daily from March 2020 onward. - No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLoud - a tragic family tale about life on Cape Breton, a Canadian classic. - Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese - a novel about Canada’s history of residential schools, following the life of a boy in the 1960’s and what he endures. - Essex County by Jeff Lemire - a literary graphic novel about family and secrets a rural farming community. This was recently made into a CBC miniseries. *If you’re looking to discover more Canadian books, the annual nominees/winners for the Canada Reads competition and the Giller Prize are good places to start!
I would recommend The Chronicles of Faerie by O.R Melling. She's Irish who moved to Canada with her family. The books are about Canadian girls who for different reasons go to the Faerie world in Ireland and there's a lot of Irish folklore. The last book mostly takes place in Canada with a mix of Irish and Canadian folklore. It's an incredible series!
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I love this! As a Canadian, I'm the first to admit that I don't read enough Canadian authors. That needs to change! I'll definitely check out some of the books you mentioned.
one of my all-time favourite authors is Canadian - Mary Lawson. Highly highly highly recommend Crow Lake, my fav book so far this year and nothing else has even come close. (I think) she sets all her books in rural northern Ontario, where she is from, so nature is present in all of them, especially in Crow Lake. I think you would love it!
I had a Canadian lit course in my undergrad years and got to know of Joy Kogawa (Japanese-Canadian poet and writer) and Lawrence Hill (African-Canadian writer and professor). Their most famous works are 'Obasan' and 'The Book of Negroes', respectively. Highly emotive and some of the best writing I've read.
Kinda surprise not to see Margaret Atwood on here, but then I guess she's one everyone's probably read already. I'd add Miriam Toews and Alice Munro (though I have to admit I don't personally love Munro) to the list as well.
Emmie, I must share this with you. I finished a really rigorous graduate program last May and have been falling back in love with reading. Icefields has been on my list since you recommended it. I was puttering around my Maine neighborhood at the various Little Free Libraries and it was IN THERE!!!! My mouth dropped. I gasped. I was shook. I was so so so excited. Can't wait to read it. I love all of your recommendations and you have inspired so much of what is on my bookshelf
Emma if you're looking for another Canadian Indigenous work to explore I cannot recommend Moon of the Crusted Snow enough. It was lyrical and truly just exquisite. It sounds a little bit horror/sci-fi in the marketing but it's not at all and it's a masterpiece in my humble opinion. I recommend it to everyone I know!
In the past few years I've made a point to read more Can Lit. Three indie publishers I highly recommend are Coach House Books, Arsenal Pulp Press, and Invisible Publishing. For a specific book recommendation, you should read Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel. I know that short stories aren't always your favourite, but this is a fascinating collection of Métis Futurism. Vowel includes a short essay with each story discussing the underlying ideas and how they connect to Métis identity.
Hi Emma! I'm Canadian and an English teacher. I think that you should definitely read/mention Alice Munro. She is my favorite short story writer and makes me proud to be Canadian!❤
🍄 They probably thought you were British because of the glorious Emma Watson vibes you exude! Still just as happy watching your videos as I was during the beginning of the pandemic! 🤣☺️😊🫶 Love your recommendation videos and patiently waiting for your new PO Box so we can all spoil you again LMAOO! 😂
I'm a World Literature student from Germany and attended a lecture on Canadian Lit. Two novels that I had to read and really loved were Obasan by Joy Kogawa and The Wars by Timothy Findley! :)
I'm adding Joy Kogawa's Obasan to the list! It left me emotional reading about the discrimination against the Japanese Canadians during WWII, particularly since many of them were loyal Canadian citizens who wanted nothing to do with what Japan was doing at the time.
Thanks for your video! Always fun to discover Canadian literature. As a Qubecker, we do not learn much about the anglophone literature from Canada. May I suggest you Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neil? She's an anglophone writer from Montreal. This novel made me cry so much, but god it was good and well written. It's the story of a 12 year old girl named Baby, who lives in Montreal with her drug addicted father, who she loves very much. The story is written without any judgement from the author, which i found very respectful.
What I believe should be required reading for both Canadians and Americans is Richard Wagamese's Indian Horse. It's the story of one native man coming to terms with his trauma and PTSD after surviving a Catholic residential school in Canada. These schools were not just in Canada, they were also prevalent in the United States, along with Australia, and not all were Catholic ran. But all were allowed by the government as way to "assimilate" indigenous children, to stamp out their native culture. Except what it did was create a breeding ground for rampant mental, emotional, physical, religious and sexual abuse. Thousands of children died and their deaths were ignored. A phenomenal book (there is also a film adaptation that is also very good) and a critical piece of North American history that needs a bigger spotlight.
Anne Carson is phenomenal, changed how I regard language and interact with text profoundly. :) From Canada I enjoy Anne Michaels' poetry and Heather O'Neill.
you have to read Fifth Business by Robertson Davies! we read it in my grade 12 English class and it blew me away. especially if you’re from Southern Ontario, it is such a perfect depiction of the area.
Second this, the whole Deptford Trilogy is amazing!!! How Jungian psychology is interwoven into this mysterious and magical story is incredible. Fifth Business works as a stand-alone though too for those who don’t want to read all three books.
Thanks for the recommendations! Have you read Heather O'Neill? I think you would enjoy her novels, which read like dark fairy-tales. I would also recommend Dominique Fortier, especially her work inpired by Emily Dickinson. I read it in French so I'm not sure about the quality of the translation, but if it's anything like the original French, I think you could like it. Her writing is really calm and dreamy.
And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier is one of my favourites. Translated from French, and was also made into a movie. Annabel by Kathleen Winter is excellent as well. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay, I could keep going but I’ll stop here.
I ended up reading the sequel to The Break, The Strangers, for my gr12 English class. I was technically supposed to read The Break but my teacher gave me the option to read The Strangers instead since I wasn't too comfortable with reading about those topics in detail for some high school class. I went into The Strangers knowing what happened in the previous book and absolutely devoured it. Such an amazing piece of work, the characterization & depth of the women we follow is outstanding. Highly recommend it.
One of my favourite author is Dominique Fortier. She is a Québecois novelist and translater. She is also the author of one of my favourite books of all time "Au Péril de la mer" (the Island of Books). I've read it three times now and it just keeps getting better each time! I would also recommend Paper Houses and Pale Shadows by her, they are about Emily Dickinson and are just amazing. Thank you for all the great recommendations!
One of my all-time favourite Canadian - Indigenous authors is Eden Robinson! She wrote some of my favourite books, Monkey Beach and Son of a Trickster. I'd definitely recommend checking out her work if you haven't already. I loved this video, so thank you Emma! 🇨🇦❤
Hi Emma, I'd left a list of Turkish literature recommendations on your vlog ("book shopping, spring cleaning & a mini trip away"), But I'm not sure whether you saw that. I wanted to let you know. I put an effort to summarize each one of my recs so I really hope it helps you chose one
A year ago, when I discovered your channel, I saw in the description you used to include "Want to send me something" and I realized the address belonged to Canada. Since then I knew I followed a Canadian english major.
I do learn something from you. But I’m surprised that you didn’t mention Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood! I would also like to add Louise Penny and Joy Kogawa. Penny’s works, at least, are enjoyable. Kogawa is so lyrical. I’m trying to read Sheila Heti in the near future. I think she is also good. Hmm ... why all female writers!? Why.😅
I'm glad I'm not the only person out there that loves snow and ice and cold weather, sometimes it almost makes me sad that I'll never be able to understand or relate to people that get seasonal depression in winter because I'm not walking around as happy as can be completely in love with everything to do with it. Summer on the other hand can vanish without a trace never to be seen again as far as I'm concerned 😂
I'd definitely also recommend trying some Thomas King, another First Nations writer! Green Grass, Running Water is odd and lovely and his short story collection A Short History of Indians in Canada had me bursting out laughing many times
Molly of the Mall is my favourite book ever, and I would never have found it if you hadn't recommended it, so thank you again!! You should try more of L.M. Montgomery's work. Anne was her first book, and her writing only got better. I also recommend Saleema Nawaz (Bone and Bread, Songs for the End of the World), Gabrielle Roy (The Tin Flute), Joy Kogawa (Obasan), Wayne Johnston (The Navigator of New York, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams), Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven), and technically we can claim Emma Donoghue (Room, The Wonder). And for Indigenous authors, Richard Wagamese, Thomas King, and of course Eden Robinson (Monkey Beach).
Thanks for the recommendations from a fellow Canadian. The Break is so good and I hope you'll be glad to go back to it. Anything by Miriam Toews is great, but particularly All My Puny Sorrows.
A very welcome video idea, I have read extremely little Canadian lit I just like Stuart McLean 😆 (Although tbh I do think people interested in Canadian literary culture should check out a bunch of Canadian folk music, because it's often extremely literary, and also because somehow we got Joni Mitchell *and* Leonard Cohen *and* Gordon Lightfoot *and* Neil Young and way too many other people to even list)
I love that icefield description of the man seeing something amazing in the ice and the Warlight kids being left with a man named Moth. How spooky sounding. lol. I always been intrested in the forests of Canada since reading Hatchet as a kid. Was my fave book. Anne of Greene Gables is my favorite female character ever probably after Lara Croft. ^_^
Hi! 👋 For anyone reading this a Canadian author I would recommend is Wayne Johnston, specifically The Navigator of New York. Newfoundland to New York to the Northern Arctic snow and ice. ☺️ Also Airborn by Kenneth Oppel was a favourite growing up.
have you ever read Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien? it's a family saga that is set mostly in China (and partly in Canada), that's about identity, political oppression, storytelling... it echoes 100 Years of Solitude quite a bit and it has the most. beautiful. language. ever. it should have won the Women's Prize back then and it makes me sooooo sad that this book is quietly being forgotten.
Thank you for the video! I am currently on the lookout for Canadian authors to read, but I'm having a bit of difficulty finding them. To address this, as a starting point, I've made it a personal goal to read all of the books shortlisted for Canada Reads/Le combat des livres. One of my all-time favorite Canadian books is Galore by Michael Crummey, who hails from Newfoundland. Additionally, for those interested in learning about the history of the Metis Nation and Canada's foundation, I highly recommend The North-West is Our Mother by Jean Teillet. This book provides a detailed account of the story of Louis Riel's people, the Metis Nation.
Im so glad you made this video, Emma bc is so true that Canadian lit is forgotten most of the time. I think the main reason why I clicked so fast on this video as soon as I got the chance is bc of Anne of Green Gables, I watched the series and now is my favorite so I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be my favorite book ever, I hope I can read it this summer. ❤Also I know you’re my favorite UA-camr bc I don’t skip your ads lol ❤ love u!!
Thanks for all these recs, Emma! I'm following in your footsteps and doing the reading around the world challenge! So these all come at the perfect time. I read Autobiography of Red last month and loved it. I had to stop after a few pages because I was so in awe of Anne Carson's writing. Wishing you a great week!
Great list! If you are interested in reading a bit of French Canadian fiction, I'd recommend you the book Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner. I think you might really enjoy it.
I Literally Was Just Browsing On Shelves In a Library, And *Anne Of Green gables* just caught my eye. Sadly i only read a single page, I Had to leave To go home, And when i tell you i literally moved on with my life and COMPLETELY forgot about this book, here i am, watching you review the exact book, im def going to buy it tomorrow.
The Break is on my TBR, but I’m apprehensive. I’m excited about it’s sequel, so I really need to buckle down and read The Break. I recently read a Canadian author with a beautiful coming of age story titled Junie by Chelen Knight. It is set in a historic neighborhood in Vancouver. Great read.
Currently doing a jewish canadian writers course, so here are those books: -The apprenticeship of duddy kravits: Mordecai Richler -The sacrifice: Adele Wiseman -The Second Scroll: A.M Klein Other canadian Authors i’ve read: Dionne Brand (ABSOLUTELY LOVE) Yann Martel Alice Munro Leonard Cohen Thomas King Billy Ray Belcourt
I first read Anne of Green Gables when I was nine years old, and it is one of my favorite books. 💜 I always dreamed of a bosom firend like Anne. Such a lovely and heartful story, it always makes my heart smile. Your picnic analogy's perfect. I can't wait to hear your opinion about the following books. I never get tired of watching the original series, Megan Follows is the perfect Anne. I refuse to watch the Netfix series, the original is just unsurpassed. Michael Ondaatje's a wonderful writer too. I loved Warlight, but I recommend you The English Patient. I impacted me so much more.
The skin we're in by Desmond cole should be a mandatory read in Canadian schools, discusses important topics. Out of the few Canadian authored books I have read it is the most informative and well written. A fun side recommendation is fierce femmes and Notorious liars by kai Cheng Thom its a memoir that's written like a fantasy novel it's about the trans experience in Canada and its a wild ride.
more canadian lit recs!!! -lullabies for little criminals and indian horse. both are HEAVY. but so worth it. also moon of the crusted snow! similar vibes to the marrow thieves - indigenous dystopia post apocalyptic story. and as for atwood even if you're not the biggest fan, i have to recommend cats eye... so good i promise! literally had me walking around the city in a state of like shock and wonder
I love this type of video! From an English teacher in France, it is such dense content to go through !! I can't wait to read all of your recommendations to check if I can use them in my classes to have more authentic and original content! Thank you !!
This was great! Interested in Molly of the Mall. I couldn't take how the other characters in Anne of Green Gables were so mean to her for no reason...I hated that about that book when I was younger. I was just like, why are they so mean??? Lol
I've been depressed lately. finding your channel has given me the most pure happiness. I've also been preparing for my master's entrance so it's kinda pushing me to study as well, making me feel motivated about literature again. ❤ Thank you.
I recommend 'Fugitive Pieces' and 'The Winter Vault' by Anne Michaels. Also the Wayfarers series and the Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers. Both are Canadian authors.
I've grown up reading the Anne of Green Gables series and since then I've wanted to visit Prince Edward Island 💜 Thanks for the recs! Also I've recently read a L. M. Montgomery biography and she had such an interesting life. I recommend reading about it!!
If you wanna learn German Emma there is Easy German you tube channel that's great. I've been learning a lot at home with them and other channels like Deine Märchenwelt, Learn German with Anja, Deutsch für Euch, Coffe Break German to go, Lingoni, Learn German... and with stories and songs translated.. yep Ich liebe Sprachen lernen . Mach's gut 😺 hey where is Calcifer by the way 😊
If you liked Anne of Green Gables and since you are interested in Switzerland, you might enjoy Heidi (by Johanna Spyri), as it also tells the story of an orphaned child and has lots of nature descriptions. It was written in 1880, so the original language is a bit old-fashioned, but maybe the english translation has lost that.
u may have read it already but i highlyyyy recommend instructor by beth follett!! very mary oliver-esque explorations of nature and healing and i believe shes from ontario and now lives in st. john's
I was a bilingual major in highschool here in Hungary and we had civilization class and for one whole year we only studied Canadian literature so I would've needed this video a lot then 😂❤
Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto (Japanese-Canadian author from Alberta) is a remarkable novel. There is a lot about the power of storytelling, wonderful food descriptions, and lots of humour, as well as struggles with lost culture and language, racism, and miscommunication within families and between generations. Definitely listen to the audio book because parts of it are in untranslated Japanese and I think the sound of the language conveys a lot that could be missed on the page.
I love this list! I studied The Break in Winnipeg which was a doubly intense experience. Some of my favourite Canadian reads are Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson, Green Grass Running Water by Thomas King, and All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman.
Great video and recommendations, as usual! Curious about why you're not a fan of Margaret Atwood's writing. I love her so much. Obviously, not everyone has to love everything, but we seem to have fairly similar tastes generally so I was just wondering. Thanks for the additions to the TBR! :)
I am positive you would LOVE The Diviners by Margaret Laurence - the best discovery of my lit degree in Canada. This book is a tour de force in storytelling with emotion and verisimilitude, I beg you to read it
Flying Books is a phenomenal bookstore and publisher in Toronto that has published 3 books so far, all by Canadian authors. I just read Good Girl by Anna Fitzpatrick which was their second release and it was so good! Very hot-girl-summer-but-in-Toronto vibes.
I loved Life of Pi when I read it in high school, though I think it has kind of mixed reviews. Thanks for the recommendations I've been wanting to read more Canadian literature :)
L.M. Montgomery changed my life. I devoured everything she wrote when I was a kid. She's the reason I love to read and one of the main reasons I became a high-school English teacher.
I love L.M.Montgomery soooo much😭😭😭
@@maybeyesss2848so you didn't hear? Or have I confused them with someone else?
This American feels the same way, and I, too, went into education.
A couple of Canadian recs from a fellow Canadian!
- Greenwood by Michael Christie - it follows 4 generations of the Greenwood family and the way their lives intertwine with trees. The novel starts in 2038, goes back through the last century, and then works forward to the future again. One of my absolute favourite books of the last few years!
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - featuring the collapse of society due to a viral flu pandemic, and the ways that people are connected and the things we hold onto. I read this at probably 6 or 7 years ago, but then thought about it almost daily from March 2020 onward.
- No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLoud - a tragic family tale about life on Cape Breton, a Canadian classic.
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese - a novel about Canada’s history of residential schools, following the life of a boy in the 1960’s and what he endures.
- Essex County by Jeff Lemire - a literary graphic novel about family and secrets a rural farming community. This was recently made into a CBC miniseries.
*If you’re looking to discover more Canadian books, the annual nominees/winners for the Canada Reads competition and the Giller Prize are good places to start!
I would recommend The Chronicles of Faerie by O.R Melling. She's Irish who moved to Canada with her family. The books are about Canadian girls who for different reasons go to the Faerie world in Ireland and there's a lot of Irish folklore. The last book mostly takes place in Canada with a mix of Irish and Canadian folklore. It's an incredible series!
I love this! As a Canadian, I'm the first to admit that I don't read enough Canadian authors. That needs to change! I'll definitely check out some of the books you mentioned.
one of my all-time favourite authors is Canadian - Mary Lawson. Highly highly highly recommend Crow Lake, my fav book so far this year and nothing else has even come close. (I think) she sets all her books in rural northern Ontario, where she is from, so nature is present in all of them, especially in Crow Lake. I think you would love it!
I loved Crow Lake, too. Beautiful writing.
Just finished reading Crow Lake. :) I loved all the descriptions of pond life!
I had a Canadian lit course in my undergrad years and got to know of Joy Kogawa (Japanese-Canadian poet and writer) and Lawrence Hill (African-Canadian writer and professor). Their most famous works are 'Obasan' and 'The Book of Negroes', respectively. Highly emotive and some of the best writing I've read.
I’m not Canadian but one of my favorite writers is Alice Munro and I’d highly recommend her collections, specifically runaways.
Kinda surprise not to see Margaret Atwood on here, but then I guess she's one everyone's probably read already. I'd add Miriam Toews and Alice Munro (though I have to admit I don't personally love Munro) to the list as well.
Emmie, I must share this with you. I finished a really rigorous graduate program last May and have been falling back in love with reading. Icefields has been on my list since you recommended it. I was puttering around my Maine neighborhood at the various Little Free Libraries and it was IN THERE!!!! My mouth dropped. I gasped. I was shook. I was so so so excited. Can't wait to read it. I love all of your recommendations and you have inspired so much of what is on my bookshelf
Ever since I first subscribed to your channel, I hoped you would dedicate a video to Canadian books. Wish granted!
I love a Canadian literature moment! Thank you for bringing Can Lit the light and attention it deserves!
new emma video this is the best possible start to my morning
Great video! My favourite author, who happens to be Canadian, is Timothy Findley. Love his writing style and his stories are always captivating.
Emma if you're looking for another Canadian Indigenous work to explore I cannot recommend Moon of the Crusted Snow enough. It was lyrical and truly just exquisite. It sounds a little bit horror/sci-fi in the marketing but it's not at all and it's a masterpiece in my humble opinion. I recommend it to everyone I know!
Read it in my indigenous lit class, excited to read the sequel!
The Malazan series by Steven Erikson is Canada's greatest gift to humankind
For real? This series is what got me into reading.
In the past few years I've made a point to read more Can Lit. Three indie publishers I highly recommend are Coach House Books, Arsenal Pulp Press, and Invisible Publishing.
For a specific book recommendation, you should read Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel. I know that short stories aren't always your favourite, but this is a fascinating collection of Métis Futurism. Vowel includes a short essay with each story discussing the underlying ideas and how they connect to Métis identity.
Hi Emma! I'm Canadian and an English teacher. I think that you should definitely read/mention Alice Munro. She is my favorite short story writer and makes me proud to be Canadian!❤
🍄 They probably thought you were British because of the glorious Emma Watson vibes you exude! Still just as happy watching your videos as I was during the beginning of the pandemic! 🤣☺️😊🫶 Love your recommendation videos and patiently waiting for your new PO Box so we can all spoil you again LMAOO! 😂
No its because she says she used to love in London. They get it confused with UK london
@@sausana2501 hehehe that could be it too. London in Canada LOL ☺
Her mannerisms are totally Canadian. Teabags are illiterate, snobby assholes…. They own us and are on our money but we’re not like them. 🇨🇦
you're so right!!!
People probably think you're British because you used to mention London a lot not knowing that there's a place called London in Canada.
I'm a World Literature student from Germany and attended a lecture on Canadian Lit. Two novels that I had to read and really loved were Obasan by Joy Kogawa and The Wars by Timothy Findley! :)
I once got confused when you mentioned “London” being your town because you don’t sound like British 😅 Never knew there was another London.
I'm adding Joy Kogawa's Obasan to the list! It left me emotional reading about the discrimination against the Japanese Canadians during WWII, particularly since many of them were loyal Canadian citizens who wanted nothing to do with what Japan was doing at the time.
Thanks for your video! Always fun to discover Canadian literature. As a Qubecker, we do not learn much about the anglophone literature from Canada. May I suggest you Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neil? She's an anglophone writer from Montreal. This novel made me cry so much, but god it was good and well written. It's the story of a 12 year old girl named Baby, who lives in Montreal with her drug addicted father, who she loves very much. The story is written without any judgement from the author, which i found very respectful.
Fall on Your Knees by Ann Marie Macdonald. A great family saga
What I believe should be required reading for both Canadians and Americans is Richard Wagamese's Indian Horse. It's the story of one native man coming to terms with his trauma and PTSD after surviving a Catholic residential school in Canada. These schools were not just in Canada, they were also prevalent in the United States, along with Australia, and not all were Catholic ran. But all were allowed by the government as way to "assimilate" indigenous children, to stamp out their native culture. Except what it did was create a breeding ground for rampant mental, emotional, physical, religious and sexual abuse. Thousands of children died and their deaths were ignored.
A phenomenal book (there is also a film adaptation that is also very good) and a critical piece of North American history that needs a bigger spotlight.
Anne Carson is phenomenal, changed how I regard language and interact with text profoundly. :)
From Canada I enjoy Anne Michaels' poetry and Heather O'Neill.
I love Anne Michaels. Have you read her two novels?
you have to read Fifth Business by Robertson Davies! we read it in my grade 12 English class and it blew me away. especially if you’re from Southern Ontario, it is such a perfect depiction of the area.
Second this, the whole Deptford Trilogy is amazing!!! How Jungian psychology is interwoven into this mysterious and magical story is incredible. Fifth Business works as a stand-alone though too for those who don’t want to read all three books.
Thanks for the recommendations! Have you read Heather O'Neill? I think you would enjoy her novels, which read like dark fairy-tales. I would also recommend Dominique Fortier, especially her work inpired by Emily Dickinson. I read it in French so I'm not sure about the quality of the translation, but if it's anything like the original French, I think you could like it. Her writing is really calm and dreamy.
This video coming out right after the Leafs Win is such perfect timing!
And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier is one of my favourites. Translated from French, and was also made into a movie. Annabel by Kathleen Winter is excellent as well. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay, I could keep going but I’ll stop here.
What about Ember the Ice Dragon you liked so much and the author is Canadian Heather Fawcett 😊🇨🇦
I ended up reading the sequel to The Break, The Strangers, for my gr12 English class. I was technically supposed to read The Break but my teacher gave me the option to read The Strangers instead since I wasn't too comfortable with reading about those topics in detail for some high school class. I went into The Strangers knowing what happened in the previous book and absolutely devoured it. Such an amazing piece of work, the characterization & depth of the women we follow is outstanding. Highly recommend it.
One of my favourite author is Dominique Fortier. She is a Québecois novelist and translater. She is also the author of one of my favourite books of all time "Au Péril de la mer" (the Island of Books). I've read it three times now and it just keeps getting better each time! I would also recommend Paper Houses and Pale Shadows by her, they are about Emily Dickinson and are just amazing.
Thank you for all the great recommendations!
Emma here are some Canadian books that are popular The Glass Hotel, Room, Indians in Vacation, Sea of Tranquility, The Miniaturist
One of my all-time favourite Canadian - Indigenous authors is Eden Robinson! She wrote some of my favourite books, Monkey Beach and Son of a Trickster. I'd definitely recommend checking out her work if you haven't already. I loved this video, so thank you Emma! 🇨🇦❤
Hi Emma, I'd left a list of Turkish literature recommendations on your vlog ("book shopping, spring cleaning & a mini trip away"), But I'm not sure whether you saw that. I wanted to let you know. I put an effort to summarize each one of my recs so I really hope it helps you chose one
Yes Autobiography of Red! So happy to see that on here. And I remember Warlight being highly reviewed. His In the Skin of a Lion was very interesting.
I highly recommend Miriam Toews, especially All My Puny Sorrows.
The Flying Troutmans is also excellent!
@@ywgdana i haven't read this one yet! It'll be next on my Miriam Toews journey
Yessss! Highly recommend
Absolutely love Miriam Toews! I read almost all of her work and none of it was below 4☆ for me
A year ago, when I discovered your channel, I saw in the description you used to include "Want to send me something" and I realized the address belonged to Canada. Since then I knew I followed a Canadian english major.
as a Texan I love reading Canadian literature and reading about a place that is so unlike my home! especially anything LM Montgomery!
I do learn something from you. But I’m surprised that you didn’t mention Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood! I would also like to add Louise Penny and Joy Kogawa. Penny’s works, at least, are enjoyable. Kogawa is so lyrical. I’m trying to read Sheila Heti in the near future. I think she is also good. Hmm ... why all female writers!? Why.😅
I'm glad I'm not the only person out there that loves snow and ice and cold weather, sometimes it almost makes me sad that I'll never be able to understand or relate to people that get seasonal depression in winter because I'm not walking around as happy as can be completely in love with everything to do with it. Summer on the other hand can vanish without a trace never to be seen again as far as I'm concerned 😂
I'd definitely also recommend trying some Thomas King, another First Nations writer! Green Grass, Running Water is odd and lovely and his short story collection A Short History of Indians in Canada had me bursting out laughing many times
Alice Munro is my gal, love her work.
Molly of the Mall is my favourite book ever, and I would never have found it if you hadn't recommended it, so thank you again!!
You should try more of L.M. Montgomery's work. Anne was her first book, and her writing only got better.
I also recommend Saleema Nawaz (Bone and Bread, Songs for the End of the World), Gabrielle Roy (The Tin Flute), Joy Kogawa (Obasan), Wayne Johnston (The Navigator of New York, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams), Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven), and technically we can claim Emma Donoghue (Room, The Wonder). And for Indigenous authors, Richard Wagamese, Thomas King, and of course Eden Robinson (Monkey Beach).
Thanks for the recommendations from a fellow Canadian. The Break is so good and I hope you'll be glad to go back to it.
Anything by Miriam Toews is great, but particularly All My Puny Sorrows.
Anne Carson is amazing! I loved Autobiography of red (read it because of you). Now I'm waiting for the beauty of the husband to arrive
A very welcome video idea, I have read extremely little Canadian lit I just like Stuart McLean 😆
(Although tbh I do think people interested in Canadian literary culture should check out a bunch of Canadian folk music, because it's often extremely literary, and also because somehow we got Joni Mitchell *and* Leonard Cohen *and* Gordon Lightfoot *and* Neil Young and way too many other people to even list)
I love that icefield description of the man seeing something amazing in the ice and the Warlight kids being left with a man named Moth. How spooky sounding. lol. I always been intrested in the forests of Canada since reading Hatchet as a kid. Was my fave book. Anne of Greene Gables is my favorite female character ever probably after Lara Croft. ^_^
Hi! 👋 For anyone reading this a Canadian author I would recommend is Wayne Johnston, specifically The Navigator of New York. Newfoundland to New York to the Northern Arctic snow and ice. ☺️ Also Airborn by Kenneth Oppel was a favourite growing up.
Carol Shields was a wonderful Canadian writer. I loved her The Stone Diaries and Larry’s Party.
have you ever read Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien? it's a family saga that is set mostly in China (and partly in Canada), that's about identity, political oppression, storytelling... it echoes 100 Years of Solitude quite a bit and it has the most. beautiful. language. ever. it should have won the Women's Prize back then and it makes me sooooo sad that this book is quietly being forgotten.
Anne of Green Gables has been on my tbr for soo long and now im dying to read itt
Yaaaay! New video 🎉🎉🎉❤
I had a pen pal from Winnipeg , he was into hockey , Canadians are the best! 😍😍♥
Oh my god i loved molly of the mall!! Instantly became a new comfort read for me.
Thank you for the video! I am currently on the lookout for Canadian authors to read, but I'm having a bit of difficulty finding them. To address this, as a starting point, I've made it a personal goal to read all of the books shortlisted for Canada Reads/Le combat des livres. One of my all-time favorite Canadian books is Galore by Michael Crummey, who hails from Newfoundland. Additionally, for those interested in learning about the history of the Metis Nation and Canada's foundation, I highly recommend The North-West is Our Mother by Jean Teillet. This book provides a detailed account of the story of Louis Riel's people, the Metis Nation.
Im so glad you made this video, Emma bc is so true that Canadian lit is forgotten most of the time. I think the main reason why I clicked so fast on this video as soon as I got the chance is bc of Anne of Green Gables, I watched the series and now is my favorite so I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be my favorite book ever, I hope I can read it this summer. ❤Also I know you’re my favorite UA-camr bc I don’t skip your ads lol ❤ love u!!
Thanks for all these recs, Emma! I'm following in your footsteps and doing the reading around the world challenge! So these all come at the perfect time. I read Autobiography of Red last month and loved it. I had to stop after a few pages because I was so in awe of Anne Carson's writing. Wishing you a great week!
Great list! If you are interested in reading a bit of French Canadian fiction, I'd recommend you the book Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner. I think you might really enjoy it.
OMG been searching for books with canadian settings😭😭 THANKYOU EMMA🥺🙏
A perfect Sunday is a Sunday with a new Emma's video! 😊
omg im starting at UofA in the fall (where thomas wharton teaches) so i absolutely have to read icefields now
I Literally Was Just Browsing On Shelves In a Library, And *Anne Of Green gables* just caught my eye. Sadly i only read a single page, I Had to leave To go home, And when i tell you i literally moved on with my life and COMPLETELY forgot about this book, here i am, watching you review the exact book, im def going to buy it tomorrow.
The Break is on my TBR, but I’m apprehensive. I’m excited about it’s sequel, so I really need to buckle down and read The Break. I recently read a Canadian author with a beautiful coming of age story titled Junie by Chelen Knight. It is set in a historic neighborhood in Vancouver. Great read.
Currently doing a jewish canadian writers course, so here are those books:
-The apprenticeship of duddy kravits: Mordecai Richler
-The sacrifice: Adele Wiseman
-The Second Scroll: A.M Klein
Other canadian Authors i’ve read:
Dionne Brand (ABSOLUTELY LOVE)
Yann Martel
Alice Munro
Leonard Cohen
Thomas King
Billy Ray Belcourt
I first read Anne of Green Gables when I was nine years old, and it is one of my favorite books. 💜 I always dreamed of a bosom firend like Anne. Such a lovely and heartful story, it always makes my heart smile. Your picnic analogy's perfect. I can't wait to hear your opinion about the following books. I never get tired of watching the original series, Megan Follows is the perfect Anne. I refuse to watch the Netfix series, the original is just unsurpassed.
Michael Ondaatje's a wonderful writer too. I loved Warlight, but I recommend you The English Patient. I impacted me so much more.
The skin we're in by Desmond cole should be a mandatory read in Canadian schools, discusses important topics. Out of the few Canadian authored books I have read it is the most informative and well written.
A fun side recommendation is fierce femmes and Notorious liars by kai Cheng Thom its a memoir that's written like a fantasy novel it's about the trans experience in Canada and its a wild ride.
more canadian lit recs!!!
-lullabies for little criminals and indian horse. both are HEAVY. but so worth it.
also moon of the crusted snow! similar vibes to the marrow thieves - indigenous dystopia post apocalyptic story.
and as for atwood even if you're not the biggest fan, i have to recommend cats eye... so good i promise! literally had me walking around the city in a state of like shock and wonder
I love the whole series of Anne of Green Gables too! I am glad to know some Canadian works of literature.
0:29 - But you're from London... (It took me awhile to get that it's a town in Canada...)
I love this type of video! From an English teacher in France, it is such dense content to go through !! I can't wait to read all of your recommendations to check if I can use them in my classes to have more authentic and original content! Thank you !!
This was great! Interested in Molly of the Mall. I couldn't take how the other characters in Anne of Green Gables were so mean to her for no reason...I hated that about that book when I was younger. I was just like, why are they so mean??? Lol
you look like Amy beath who act in Anne with an E series + your recomendation amazing I hope to update a new video every day
I've been depressed lately. finding your channel has given me the most pure happiness. I've also been preparing for my master's entrance so it's kinda pushing me to study as well, making me feel motivated about literature again. ❤ Thank you.
I've read Alice Munro and Margaret Laurence. They're amazing!
Molly of the Mall sounds so lovely ❤😊
Miss reading, lost bookworm. Thank you. Canadian here too 🌅
Métis can’t wait to read some. Thank you
It’s funny because I’ve watched you so much and my bf even said you sound really Canadian
Awesome recs, eh! Can't wait to read some of these :D
I recommend 'Fugitive Pieces' and 'The Winter Vault' by Anne Michaels. Also the Wayfarers series and the Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers. Both are Canadian authors.
Becky Chambers is American not Canadian. Love her books too though! ✨
I've grown up reading the Anne of Green Gables series and since then I've wanted to visit Prince Edward Island 💜
Thanks for the recs!
Also I've recently read a L. M. Montgomery biography and she had such an interesting life. I recommend reading about it!!
If you wanna learn German Emma there is Easy German you tube channel that's great. I've been learning a lot at home with them and other channels like Deine Märchenwelt, Learn German with Anja, Deutsch für Euch, Coffe Break German to go, Lingoni, Learn German... and with stories and songs translated.. yep Ich liebe Sprachen lernen . Mach's gut 😺 hey where is Calcifer by the way 😊
The Audiobook for Small Game Hunting is so good! I don't think I would have loved it as nearly as much as I did if I had only read it.
If you liked Anne of Green Gables and since you are interested in Switzerland, you might enjoy Heidi (by Johanna Spyri), as it also tells the story of an orphaned child and has lots of nature descriptions. It was written in 1880, so the original language is a bit old-fashioned, but maybe the english translation has lost that.
thank you Emma I needed this today! Sending you all the love
Cute and peaceful choice for ending music :)
u may have read it already but i highlyyyy recommend instructor by beth follett!! very mary oliver-esque explorations of nature and healing and i believe shes from ontario and now lives in st. john's
I was a bilingual major in highschool here in Hungary and we had civilization class and for one whole year we only studied Canadian literature so I would've needed this video a lot then 😂❤
Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto (Japanese-Canadian author from Alberta) is a remarkable novel. There is a lot about the power of storytelling, wonderful food descriptions, and lots of humour, as well as struggles with lost culture and language, racism, and miscommunication within families and between generations. Definitely listen to the audio book because parts of it are in untranslated Japanese and I think the sound of the language conveys a lot that could be missed on the page.
I would highly recommend Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway (Indigenous Canadian author).
Always love your videos, thank you so much! Totally going to check out The Marrow Thieves, sounds right up my alley
Margaret Atwood, June Callwood and Mordecai Richler were huge inside and outside of Canada for many years.
I love this list! I studied The Break in Winnipeg which was a doubly intense experience. Some of my favourite Canadian reads are Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson, Green Grass Running Water by Thomas King, and All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman.
Great video and recommendations, as usual! Curious about why you're not a fan of Margaret Atwood's writing. I love her so much. Obviously, not everyone has to love everything, but we seem to have fairly similar tastes generally so I was just wondering. Thanks for the additions to the TBR! :)
I am positive you would LOVE The Diviners by Margaret Laurence - the best discovery of my lit degree in Canada. This book is a tour de force in storytelling with emotion and verisimilitude, I beg you to read it
Yes!
Flying Books is a phenomenal bookstore and publisher in Toronto that has published 3 books so far, all by Canadian authors. I just read Good Girl by Anna Fitzpatrick which was their second release and it was so good! Very hot-girl-summer-but-in-Toronto vibes.
you NEED to read the rest of anne of green gables series I beg you
I love Airborn by Kenneth Oppel📚🇨🇦
I loved Life of Pi when I read it in high school, though I think it has kind of mixed reviews. Thanks for the recommendations I've been wanting to read more Canadian literature :)