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Happy 2024! Have a listen to my top 10 reads of 2023, and a few short thoughts on them. It's safe to say that all of these books need to be on your TBR, so happy reading! Fiction: The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding The Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di Zhang We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin & Marissa Stap...

The last episode of 2023 is here, and I'm looking ahead to some early 2024 releases to kickstart my year with (as they slowly come out). Have a listen on what's on my pre-order shelf now! Pre-Ordered Books Mentioned Midnight by Amy Mcculloch (Jan 2) Twenty Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate (Jan 23) Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke (Jan 23) We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr (Jan 30) The Inhe...

Check out the CanLit holiday romances that made my nice (and naughty) list! Books mentioned: It Happened One Christmas by Chantel Guertin The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaludin & Marissa Stapley The Christmas Wager by Holly Cassidy A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli Follow the podcast on Instagram now @getcanlitpo...

Still keeping the spooky season reading vibes going? Here are two spoilery chats about my latest reads, plus a deep dive into my unread NetGalley CanLit shelf of shame. Books talked about: Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong Follow the podcast on Instagram now @getcanlitpodcast! Discounts: If you love hardcover books as much as I do, then you have to subscribe...

Today’s episode is all about two amazing books - River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta and Jawbone by Meghan Greeley - as well as my thoughts on the disappointment that is the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist. Enjoy! Follow me @readingmaria and @getcanlitpodcast on Instagram!

If you're looking to add more mystery, thriller, horror, and dystopian Canadian authors to your spooky season reading plans, you've come to the right place! Book Recs: Things We Do In the Dark by Jennifer Hillier Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Blood Atonement by S.M. Freedman (use code READINGMARIA20 at dundurn.com) Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Gutter Child by Jael R...

Marsha Lederman recently wrote an opinion piece in the Globe & Mail entitled "Indigo is essential to CanLit, for better or for worse." This is a response to that as an avid Canadian book consumer. Follow me @getcanlitpodcast and @readingmaria on Instagram!

With so much to talk about, besides book mail, I figure now would be a great time to bring up the entire 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist! Learn more about the books on their website now . Books mentioned: Bookmail: River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta; And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott New releases: Rouge by Mona Awad; Daughter by Claudia Dey; Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong; Her Body Among...

There is ONE book you absolutely have to read this year, and that's Janika Oza's debut A History of Burning. Whether you like historical fiction or not, let me convince you to pick it up ASAP! Find the podcast on Instagram at getcanlitpodcast!

Did you go shopping at your local bookstore for #CIBD2023? Listen along for my book haul!

Another day, another poetry review roundup, a giveaway for some cool CanLit, and other news! Check out these recent awards that were announced recently! The Ninth Annual Rakuten Kobo Writer Prize and the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence . Find the podcast on Instagram at getcanlitpodcast, and don't forget to enter for your chance to win a copy of Mad Honey by Katie Welch!

Talk about having an array of genres I review in this episode! Reviewed Books: Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan (check out my review on Instagram ) 305 Lost Buildings of Canada by Alex Bozikovic and Raymond Biesinger Books Mentioned: Mad Honey by Katie Welch Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall You Still Look the Same by Farzana Doctor Streams that Lead Somewhere by Fareh Malik Letters in a Bru...

In which I barely touch the surface of the state of the Griffin Prize. If you're curious about upcoming poetry collections you should read, make sure you listen to this episode! Thank you Guernica Editions for providing me with (digital) ARCs of the following titles: Love Is a Place But You Cannot Live There by Jade Wallace The Vanishing Act (& The Miracle After) by MIRABEL Casting Out by...

A very short book buying update, and Canadian achievements with the Women’s Prize and the inaugural Carol Shield’s Prize! Books mentioned: Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality by Lindsay Wong Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova (Women’s Prize) Junie by Chelene Knight (Carol Shields Prize) God Isn't Here Today by Francine Cunningham (Carol Shields Priz...

The Indigo situation is all Canadian book lovers are thinking about right now, and today I approach the impact of the cybersecurity incident from all perspectives. My recent reads mentioned: These Days Are Numbered by Rebecca Rosenblum Two For the Road by Chantel Guertin The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding Bad Cree by Jessica Johns Don't forget to follow the Get (Can)Lit podcast on Instagram (@get...

Ok, these might not be the most conventional romance authors, but hey. It's CanLit! Everything here has a "literary" aspect to it! Romance Book Recs mentioned: You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked. by Sheung-King (published by Book*hug Press) The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan (published by Penguin Random House Canada) Lucien & Olivia by Andre Narbonne (published by Black Moss Press) Follo...

Today, I’m diving into some Black Canadian authors you should add to your to-be-read piles for February and beyond! *All links below are affiliate links, which means I get a small commission for qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Poetry Finish This Sentence by Leslie Roach Burning Sugar by Cicely Belle Blain Where the Baedeker Leads by James Yeku Short Stories Shut Up You’re Pretty by T...

In this episode, listen to some spoiler-free book reviews of my most recent reads, as well as some thoughts and predictions for the 2023 Canada Reads debates. Recommended Reads: * The Bliss House by Jim Bartley (Dundurn Press) * These Days Are Numbered by Rebecca Rosenblum (Dundurn Press) * The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc (Random House Canada / Penguin Random House Canada) * Superfan: How Pop C...

Wondering what Canadian authors to read? Listen in as I talk about some of the best (and a few of the not-so-best) CanLit books I read in 2022. Want more CanLit? Follow @getcanlitpodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter today!