, won the
Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour as well as a Canadian Jewish Literary Award. It was also a finalist for both the Governor General s Award for fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. He lives in Hamilton, Ont.
The Lover, the Lake is a novel by Virginia Pésémapeo Bordeleau (pictured), translated by Susan Ouriou.(Freehand Books)
The Lover, the Lake was a sensation when it was originally published in French. Now available in English,
The Lover, the Lake is a celebration of Indigenous sexuality and sensuality. It is the story of a forbidden but fulfilling love affair between Wabougouni and Gabrie, set against the backdrop of Lake Abitibi.
I felt a lot of pressure. I feel like I m representing so much more than myself in this competition. I m representing communities. I m Mohawk. I m also queer.it s also representing two-spirit and Indigiqueer communities in this. So it s so much bigger than myself and I just feel so humbled and so honoured to have been a part of this and now to call
Jonny Appleseed the winner of Canada Reads.
The runner-up was
which tells the interwoven stories of three Nigerian women, Kambirinachi and her twin daughters Taiye and Kehinde, who are torn apart by a traumatic experience.
Jacobs won in a 3-2 vote on the final day.
The trailer for
was narrated by Alex McKenna. Sound design was by Alex Redekop.
It was created by Ontario director Celeste Koon with animation and VFX by Abhilasha Dewan and Ian Macdonald.
Koon is a mixed-race writer/director with a wild imagination and a unique and colourful, mixed-media filmmaking style. Celeste fluidly adapts to writing and directing for various ages, genres, and mediums. Her short films have shown in festivals across the globe as well as have been broadcast on Canadian and American television.
Dewan is a Sheridan College animation graduate from New Delhi, India. Abhilasha endeavours to create stories with universal appeal structured around inventive design.
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It s cold outside so bundle up with a good book. Here are 30 great Canadian books to check out.
If I Knew Then is a book by Jann Arden.(Random House Canada)
Jann Arden is one of Canada s best known singer-songwriters. But when she reached her 50s, her life changed in unexpected ways: she became the caregiver for her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer s, she became the star of the sitcom
Jann and she realized that getting older doesn t mean she can t grow, change and celebrate.
If I Knew Then is Arden s memoir looking back on this journey, and how she learned to free herself from expectations and not only live her life, but revel in it.