Book Reviews: Canadians Reads (list) by Leanne Dyck

Compiling this list wasn't difficult because I have many favourite books by Canadian authors; the real challenge was selecting my best book reviews. To make the cut, each review had a history of earning over 1,000 page views and went through a careful re-read.  Please click the links to read my reviews.

Fiction

Crow Winter by Karen McBride, published by HarperCollins Canada (fiction)

We Spread by Ian Reid, published by Simon & Schuster Canada (fiction)

The List of Last Chances by Christina Myers, published by Caitlin Press (fiction)

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, published by Penguin Random House (fiction)

Historical Fiction

In the Belly of the Sphinx by Grant Buday, published by Touchwood Editions (historical fiction)

The Birth House by Ami McKay, published by Harper Perennial (historical fiction)

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, published by HarperCollins Canada (historical fiction)

The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe, published by Vagrant Press (historical fiction)

Madame Zee by Pearl Luke, published by HarperCollins Canada (historical fiction)

Short Story Collections and a novel in stories

How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa, published by McClelland & Stewart (short story collection)

Something for Everyone by Lisa Moore, published by House of Anansi (short story collection)

Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret Atwood, published by McClelland & Stewart (short story collection)

That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung, published by Penguin Random House Canada (a novel in stories)

Children's and YA

The Barren Grounds by David A Robertson, published by Puffin Canada (children's)

Stones by William Bell, published by Seal Books, an imprint of Random House Canada (YA)

The Parkour Club by Pam Withers and Arooj Hayat, self-published (YA)

Non-fiction

All the Little Monsters by David A. Robertson, published by HarperCollins Canada (self-help)

From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle, published by Simon & Schuster Canada (memoir)

And...

Canadian Book Reviewers...

Picture Book, eh!

CanLit for Little Canadians

YA Dude Books

Canadian Bookworm

The British Columbia Review

The Ottawa Review of Books

Montreal Review of Books

I've Read This

49th Shelf

CanReads

Please help me add to this list of Canadian Book Review sites.

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The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog

Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa with Coast Salish Contributors

Published by Harbour Publishing

2025

Book blur: This book tells Mutton's story and explores what it can teach us about Coast Salish Woolly Dogs and their cultural significance.

I love it when authors visit Mayne Island, my remote home. I just returned from Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa's engaging and informative author talk.

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On this blog, starting in July...

I will share a serialized story titled "Aster's Husband" (This Aster) every Sunday from July 6 to August 17. 

It's been a while since I last updated you on my progress in submitting manuscripts to publishers, and there's a good reason for that. I took May and the beginning of June off to focus on a large manuscript of 67,000 words. However, I made up for that time during the week of June 15 to 21, when I sent out 25 submission packages. And last week, I sent out three more submissions.

I hope you have a fun, relaxing summer.