I have a soft spot for books set in Atlantic Canada because it's where I lived for the first 20 or so years of my life. By the age of 6, I'd lived in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. (I'm sorry but it feels weird to say I lived in Newfoundland and Labrador because […]
Time to think back to grade school English because we're talking alliteration today! In case you haven't retained this concept, which is usually taught in the context of poetry, here is a quick definition: "Alliteration: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)." (I'm used […]
2SLGBTQ+ people have always existed in every part of human life, in every part of the world. Our communities are diverse, and it's important to uplift voices from all backgrounds and experiences. This Reading Challenge category highlights 2SLGBTQ+ identities and how they often intersect with other marginalized groups, such as race, religion, nationality and dis/ability. […]
Black joy is all about inspiring, uplifting and supporting Black culture(s)! It's far past time to move beyond simply rehashing the traumatic history of Blackness in North America, and celebrate the strength, beauty and fullness of Black lives worldwide now and throughout history. Here's my recommendation for "a book celebrating Black joy": It's Not All […]
With the category of "a book about a season" as I write this in July, it's hard not to immediately think of classic summer reads. But, I'm not really a traditional summer reads kind of a person, so you'll not get much of that here, I'm afraid. There's so many other seasons to talk about, […]
In my previous post on books by trans and non-binary authors, I mentioned that some of this year's categories are so broad I have trouble choosing books for them! This… is one of those categories. There are non-fiction books about artists and art history, but there are also so many novels whose main characters are […]
In our first virtual Reading Challenge event of 2022, we asked the audience what category they thought would be the most challenging to complete. "A book by a trans or non-binary author" is one of the ones that came up. It is a bit more of a niche category than some of the others, but […]