Author of the article: Susanna McLeod
Publishing date: Dec 31, 2020  â¢Â December 31, 2020  â¢Â 6 minute read
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Adventure takes on many forms. It could be jungle escapes, ziplining or maybe sailing ocean waves. Ellen (Nellie) Cashmanâs life was an adventure into gold rushes, establishing businesses, and grubstaking prospectors. Her work included philanthropy, especially where miners were concerned. A single woman, she earned the respect of stampeders and adoration from the causes she supported. Mining pioneer and philanthropist Nellie Cashman, circa 1874. Photo by Royal British Columbia Museum /Wikimedia Commons
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Author of the article: Susanna McLeod
Publishing date: Dec 31, 2020  â¢Â December 31, 2020  â¢Â 6 minute read
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Adventure takes on many forms. It could be jungle escapes, ziplining or maybe sailing ocean waves. Ellen (Nellie) Cashmanâs life was an adventure into gold rushes, establishing businesses, and grubstaking prospectors. Her work included philanthropy, especially where miners were concerned. A single woman, she earned the respect of stampeders and adoration from the causes she supported. Mining pioneer and philanthropist Nellie Cashman, circa 1874. Photo by Royal British Columbia Museum /Wikimedia Commons
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CBC Books is counting down the top 10 bestselling Canadian titles of 2020, using data from close to 300 independent Canadian bookstores, courtesy of Bookmanager.
You can listen to the countdown special hosted by Ali Hassan below or keep scrolling to see which books made the cut!
CBC Books54:00CBC Books holiday special: The top 10 Canadian books of 2020Ali Hassan hosts a countdown of the top 10 bestselling Canadian titles of 2020, using data from nearly 300 independent Canadian bookstores, courtesy of Bookmanager.54:00
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Souvankham Thammavongsa is a 2020 finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.(Scotiabank Giller Prize, McClelland & Stewart)
How to Pronounce Knife is a collection of idiosyncratic and diverse stories. Capturing the daily lives of immigrants, Souvankham Thammavongsa captures their hopes, disappointments, trauma and acts of defiance. From a young man painting nails in a salon, to a housewife learning English from soap-operas,
q12:24Souvankham Thammavongsa on winning the $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize for her book How to Pronounce KnifeToronto writer and poet Souvankham Thammavongsa joined Tom Power live on the air this morning to reflect on winning the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her short story collection How to Pronounce Knife. The jury wrote this about their decision: How to Pronounce Knife is a stunning collection of stories that portray the immigrant experience in achingly beautiful prose. … These stories are vessels of hope, of hurt, of rejection, of loss and of finding one s footing in a new and strange land. 12:24
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Jenny Heijun Wills is the author of “Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.” It won the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Nonfiction prize and the 2020 Eileen McTavish Sykes Best First Book Prize. It was a 2019 Globe & Mail Best Book and a 2019 CBC Best in Canadian Non-Fiction Book. She is Chancellor’s Research Chair at the University of Winnipeg where she also teaches in the English Department. She is writing a novel.