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theaskew · 2 months

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World of Wonders, a novel by Robertson Davies (1913–1995). (Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1975.)

#novel #fiction #literature #literary fiction #Canadian novel #Canadian fiction #Canadian literature #classics #Canadian novelist #bildungsroman #psychological fiction #fantastical #travelling sideshow #freaks #World of Wonders #Deptford Trilogy #Robertson Davies #book cover #book excerpt

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bookjotter6865 · 6 months

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Witchery of the Week #350

An end of week recap “Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” – Bertrand Russell It has become something of a tradition at Book Jotter to spookify the wind up nearest to Hallowe’en. Thus, with the festival only three days away, you may well find sinister doorways leading to frightful features secreted amongst…

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#NonFicNov #ReadingStoryGirl #WitchWeek2023 #All Hallows&039; Eve #Bertrand Russell #Canadian Fiction #Halloween Reading #Horror Fiction #L.M. Montgomery #Nonfiction November #Witch Week 2023

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spacefruitpress · 1 year

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Peach Season, Catherine Fletcher's debut short story, set in the Niagara wine country, is a taste of summer on a long December evening.

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#mlm romance #queer romances #canadian fiction #indie publishing #sfp advent

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snapbookreviews · 2 years

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Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler

Descended from an unknown #FranklinExpedition survivor, Solomon Gursky is a mystery intentionally obscured and a source of obsession for Moses Berger in #MordecaiRichler's 1989 novel, "Solomon Gursky Was Here" from @VikingBooks

“Solomon Gursky” is an unexpectedly weird book, but one I would highly recommend to anyone with a taste for unique Franklin expedition fiction. As a novel, “Solomon Gursky” is part Franklin mystery, part Jewish family drama, and part critique of capitalist dynasty families. A lot of effort has been put into portraying the expedition accurately — Richler cites “Frozen in Time” by Owen Beattie as a…

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#canadian fiction #franklin expedition #historical fiction #mordecai richler #solomon gursky was here #viking canada #viking press

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philiprappaport · 2 months

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#canadian fiction #afro-canadian literature #kai thomas #mcgill university

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scuffedgrannysblog · 1 year

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The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney

A glimpse of the fading days of the dominance of the Hudson's Bay Company, woven into a gripping tale of murder, lust and individual courage

If I write a debut novel, I want it to be as good as this one. Stef Penney’s tale of Laurent Jammet and his unexpected murder leads us, through two different perspectives, into a stark world of rivalry and greed, addiction and control, wilderness and downfall. I have to say that I was very taken with this book. The subject matter always appeals to me – the hardness of life in the days of…

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#Adventure story #Book Review #British fiction #Canadian Fiction #costa book award #Good read #Historical fiction #Rachel Deeming #scuffed granny #Scuffed Granny Reviews #stef penney #the tenderness of wolves

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rhetthammersmithhorror · 3 months

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Overdrawn at the Memory Bank | 1983

#Overdrawn at the Memory Bank #Douglas Williams #Barry Bergthorson #John Varley #Raul Julia #Linda Griffiths #Donald Moore #mst3k #hammersmith horror #science fiction #Canadian scifi #80s scifi #dystopia #the matrix #sov #nirvana #film stills

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fightingwithallreality · 11 months

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Captain, Canada's Flying Pony (1976) written by Lynn Hall, illustrated by Tran Mawicke

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uwmspeccoll · 1 year

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Staff Pick of the Week

My staff pick this week is the trade edition of The Tale of the Shining Princess by Japanese-born writer Hisako Matsubara (b.1935) and Japanese-Canadian artist-printmaker Naoko Matsubara (b.1937), published by Kodansha International LTD. Tokyo, Japan in 1966.

As a artist-printmaker and bookmaker who makes woodcuts, I am greatly inspired by Naoko’s prints. Naoko Matsubara’s work carries on traditions of Japanese printmaking while having its own contemporary flavor. Her woodcuts are ecstatic, they are vibrating with movement. Her use of bold shapes and the white line of the the carving tool makes the most of what woodcut has to offer. In the book form, the active images carry the reader’s eyes through the book space. Her use of negative space activates the page. Additionally, her woodcuts have translated beautifully to commercial printing.

The Matsubara sisters are daughters of a senior Shinto priest, and were raised in Kyoto. Both studied, lived, and worked in the United States. Hisako received her Master of Arts degree from Pennsylvania State College, moving to Germany where she continued her studies and became a prominent writer, publishing her work in Japanese, English, and German. In the 1980s she moved back to the United States, this time to California where she worked at Stanford University.

Naoko received her Master of Fine Arts from Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, now Carnegie Mellon University. After her studies she traveled across Europe and Asia. She returned to the United States and became the personal assistant to the artist and wood engraver Fritz Eichenberg, an artist who has been featured many times on our blog. Naoko taught at Pratt University in New York and at the University of Rohde Island. She also lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts for a time. Naoko is currently living and working in Canada in Oakville, Ontario, where she continues to work and exhibit nationally.

The work of both Hisako and Naoko have had great influence inside the United States and around the world. So lets celebrate their accomplishments!

This book has end sheets of mulberry paper with inclusions of Bamboo leaves, the cover is a red textured paper with a gold stamped design by Naoko.

View some of our other AAPI selections for this month.

View our other Staff Picks.

- Teddy, Special Collections Graduate Intern

#staff pick of the week #The Tale of The Shining Princess #hisako matsubara #naoko matsubara #Japanese artists #Japanese writers #Japan #AAPI Hertitage Month #Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month #AAPI #canadian artists #trade edition #Matsubara #woodcuts #printmaking #color printmaking #fiction #stories #teddy

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animatejournal · 2 months

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Heavy Metal | Director: Gerald Potterton | Canada, 1981

#Heavy Metal #Dark Fantasy #Science Fiction #Taarna #Arzach #Animation #Fantasy #Canadian #Devo #Elmer Bernstein

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theworldofwars · 4 months

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German troops toasting the Happy New Year of 1918 in their billet. The message on the boards reads: "Kameraden trinkt im Osten schon für Frieden winkt" - translated to: "Comrades in the East already drink for peace".

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spacefruitpress · 1 year

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Take the scenic route with Catherine Fletcher’s WLW short story Baggage for Two, about a couple finding passion is still possible, even in a snowstorm.

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#sfp advent #wlw romance #wlw short story #canadian fiction

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thefugitivesaint · 1 year

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