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An Alternate Reality

An Alternate Reality Indians on Vacation by Thomas King Sonnet s Shakespeare by Sonnet L Abbé Literatures, Communities, and Learning: Conversations with Indigenous Writers by Aubrey Hanson Emily St. John Mandel A quarter of the way into Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel, a character muses about her obsession with what might have happened. She imagines an alternate reality in which “the terrifying new swine flu in the Republic of Georgia hadn’t been swiftly contained; an alternate world where the Georgia flu blossomed into an unstoppable pandemic and civilization collapsed” (67). In this direct reference to her 2014 pandemic novel Station Eleven, Mandel informs the savvy reader that this new novel will provide an alternate reality to that one. In this reality, the Georgia flu that provided the devastating backdrop to

The top 10 bestselling Canadian books of 2020

comments 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 10. 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, 

Barack Obama names Canadian novel The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel one of his favourite books of 2020

Barack Obama names Canadian novel The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel one of his favourite books of 2020 Other books on the list include Jack by Marilynne Robinson, Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, Deacon King Kong by James McBride, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and Memorial Drive by Natasha Tretheway. Social Sharing Posted: Dec 17, 2020 1:46 PM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020 Former U.S. President Barack Obama at a pre-election drive-in rally to campaign on behalf of Joe Biden in Orlando, Florida, U.S. on Oct. 27, 2020. (Eve Edelheit/Reuters)

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