Read Across Canada: A 2013 Challenge discussion

Margaret Atwood
Emily Pohl-Weary
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Joseph Boyden

Gil Adamson
André Alexis

LOL this list should be a lot longer! When I was going through the Canadian authors list I linked it seemed like everyone lived in BC or Toronto!

I know, it seems like it should be longer. I kept getting sidetracked, though... My best friend wanted to chat, the dog kept throwing his toys at me and he wanted to play or coming over and staring at me because I wasn't paying enough attention to him....

Eric Walters
Alissa York
Edo Van Belkom
Leah McLaren
Derek McCormack
Susanna Moodie

You're doing a great job adding to it, though! I don't mind you getting distracted. Puppies need love, too ;-) I know my cats get horribly jealous of my books. I had one who literally ate nearly every book on my shelf. Hardly a book I owned (or didn't own! Library books and books borrowed from friends and bookcrossers were not spared his wrath!) survived to this day without at least a few deep tooth punctures... And some got a lot worse. You go on and play with your dog ;-) I wouldn't want to see what might happen to your computer if you don't >_<

Lol! Thanks. Aside from his toys and occasionally scratching at the door or our chairs when he wants to go out, he doesn't seem inclined to destroy stuff.

Donna Carrick- poetry and crime fiction

Kelley Armstrong- sci-fi/fantasy

Jane Urquhart (usually family drama in a rural setting) I've read A Map of Glass and The Stone Carvers and am currently reading Sanctuary Line

Mary Lawson (usually family drama in a rural setting) I really enjoyed Crow Lake


Francis Itani Deafening was a dual story line throughout the war time in rural ontario and over seas as the main character who is deaf shares her life journey

Clara Callan

Michael Ondaatje

Terry Fallis's book The Best Laid Plans: A Novel has been on my to-be-read list for almost the entire time I've been on Goodreads. This might be the perfect excuse to read it.

Gail Bowen and Andrew Pyper crime related........I believe Gail Bowen's books are about the fictional character Joanna Killborn (series) which if you live in Canada you may have seen some of the books made into ctv movies with Wendy Crewson. My sister has read them all and has had a hard time telling me which to read as her favourite for the list. My other sister and brother-in law have read all of Andrew Pyper's as well.

Elizabeth Hay is from Ottowa, Ontario.

Richard Wright
Joey Comeau

Emma Donoghue

Melissa, you mentioned Eric Waltersearlier and he is an amazing YA author. Most of his books are based on real events or places/experiences that he's had. I've heard him speak and met him twice.Run, is a great story that is based on the life and achievements of Terry Fox. In Canada and many countries around the world, September 16th is The Terry Fox Run, where many communities and schools fundraise for cancer research. Terry ran a marathon a day from Newfoundland to Thunder Bay (143 days) with an artificial leg. His cancer returned and was forced to stop running here. His dream and marathon of hope has continued on in his legacy 32 years later. Leslie Scrivener wrote Terry Fox: His Story for the 25th anniversary. Terry Fox is from BC but the book covers areas from Newfoundland to Ontario also in his journey. Eric Walters is from Ontario... so I guess this would go under Cross Canada or you decide the category if you choose to read either of them.

Richard B. Wright lives in Ontario. I recently read his book Clara Callan and really enjoyed it.

Charles de Lint was actually born in the Netherlands, but he has lived in Ottawa for many years.

Clara Callan does sound like an interesting book, Butterflycager.

Tomson Highway lives in Toronto.

Mike Spry lives in Toronto.

Stuart McLean lives in Toronto. I've heard good things about his Vinyl Cafe series. On CanLit Challenge, someone commented that whenever she reads one of the Vinyl Cafe books in the coffee shop, she always burst out laughing and gets stares.

Alice Munro

Melissa wrote: "Stuart McLean lives in Toronto. I've heard good things about his Vinyl Cafe series. On CanLit Challenge, someone commented that she whenever she reads one of the Vinyl Cafe books in the coffee shop, she always burst out laughing and gets stares."

I've just added Vinyl Cafe Diaries by Stuart McClean (ON author) to my available for sharing thread.

Susan Swan lives in Ontario.

Robertson Davies was born in Ontario and lived and died there.

Peggy Blair, winner of 2012 Reader's Choice from the Giller Prize nominees.

Mary Swan, who wrote The Boys in the Trees, lives in Guelph, Ontario.

Michael Poeltl wrote a couple dystopian YA novels.
Cathy Marie Buchanan wrote a historical novel, The Painted Girls, that's set in Paris in the late 19th century.

I've been informed by GateGypsy that Richard Wagamese lives in British Columbia, but his First Nations tribe is from Ontario, so he'd work as an Ontario author, too.

I just read Secret Daughter, a book set in India and California, about a bicultural family and adoption. The author is Shilpi Somaya Gowda who was born and raised in Toronto, but who now lives in the USA.

Marci McDonald lives in Toronto and is the author of The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada.

Vanessa Farquharson is a journalist and memoirist who lives in Toronto.

Linda Holeman - was born in Manitoba but lives in Toronto, Ontario.

I was born in Windsor, Ontario. My new novel, The 11th Hour of the 11th day is set in southern Ontario. Brenda Ritter

Welcome to the group, Brenda. I'm glad to have you in here, and it's great that you added your book to the list, but next time, you need to use links when talking about books and/or authors in here.
Above the comment box, there's a link in gold that says add book/author. Click that, type in the title or author, click author or title depending on what or who you're looking for, click search, and select the appropriate option.
The 11th Hour of the 11th Day

Norah McClintock is a really good author. She was born in Quebec but she now lives in Toronto so I'm not sure which list she would count towards.

Generally, we lean towards wherever the author lives currently, although in this group, we make our own rules.

Jeremy Mercer grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, but currently lives in Marseille, France with his family and wrote When the Guillotine Fell: The Bloody Beginning and Horrifying End to France's River of Blood, 1791--1977, Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co., and Money for Nothing.
As a side note, I'm currently reading Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co. for another group and love it.

Amanda Leduc is having a giveaway for her newly published book, The Miracles of Ordinary Men. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario and writes general fiction.

Jack Batten is an author and writes the "Who dun it ?" Column for the Toronto Star, which appears very other Sunday.

Crang Plays The Ace: A Mystery / By Jack BattenTake FiveOscar Peterson: The Man and His JazzThe War to End All Wars: The Story of World War I

I'm reading A Crack In The Pavement by Toronto Ontario author Georgie Binks. I can't put it down! It's sad and a tragic story of loss, but there is hope in it, and humor. I really like it so far.A Crack in the Pavement