Canadian Book Challenge 2018-19

The 12th Annual Canadian Book Challenge

Hosted by

The Indextrious Reader

Time Frame:

July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. (But you can join at any time during the year.)

The Challenge:

Read & Review & Share your reviews of 13 (or more) Canadian books in one year, Canada Day to Canada Day.

What constitutes a Canadian book?

Canadian books can include any genre or form (picture books, poetry, novels, non-fiction, plays, anthologies, graphic novels, cookbooks, etc), can be written by Canadian authors (by birth or immigration) or about Canadians. Ultimately, participants must decide for themselves whether or not something fits the description of Canadian.

My challenge to myself:

Log and review every Canadian book I read during the time frame and include them in the challenge. So here we go:

Turvey by Earle Birney (1949)
Playground by John Buell (1976)
Cabin at Singing River by Chris Czajkowski (1991)

My Books Read during the

The 11th Annual Canadian Book Challenge

July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018

Hetty Dorval by Ethel Wilson (1947)
Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson (1954)
Tamarac by Margaret Hutchison (1957)
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod (1999)
The Great Comic Book Heroes and Other Essays by Mordecai Richler (1978)
Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin (1984)
The Land God Gave to Cain by Hammond Innes (1958)

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My Books Read during the

The 10th Annual Canadian Book Challenge

July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017

The Swordsman by William C. Heine
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
On the Other Side of the Latch by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Swiss Sonata by Gwethalyn Graham

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My Books Read during the

The 9th Annual Canadian Book Challenge

July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016

Boo by Neil Smith
South of an Unnamed Creek by Anne Cameron
Pandora by Sylvia Fraser

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My Books Read during the

The 8th Annual Canadian Book Challenge

July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015

The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
Never a Dull Moment by Peggy Holmes
Repent at Leisure by Joan Walker
Saddlebags for Suitcases by Mary Bosanquet
Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
Within This Wilderness by Feenie Ziner
High Bright Buggy Wheels by Luella Creighton
The Last Canadian by William C. Heine
Children of My Heart by Gabrielle Roy
The Incomparable Atuk by Mordecai Richler
White Eskimo by Harold Horwood
I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
More Than a Rose by Heather Robertson

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My Books Read during the

The 7th Annual Canadian Book Challenge

July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014

1. Outside the Line by Christian Petersen
2. The Lost Salt Gift of Blood by Alistair MacLeod
3. Enchanted Summer by Gabrielle Roy
4. Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
5. River for My Sidewalk by Gilean Douglas
6. The Road Past Altamont by Gabrielle Roy
7. Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
8. Hi, There! by Gregory Clark
9. My Discovery of America by Farley Mowat
10. Hello to Springtime by Robert Louis Fontaine
11. Akavak: An Eskimo Journey by James Houston
12. Fast Fast Fast Relief by Pierre Berton
13. Honeymoon in Purdah by Alison Wearing
14. The Innocent Traveller by Ethel Wilson
15. After the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
16. War Stories by Gregory Clark
17. The Street by Mordecai Richler
18. One Happy Moment by Louise Riley
19. The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger
20. The Water in Between by Kevin Patterson

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My Books Read during the

6th Annual Canadian Book Challenge

July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013

1. As Far As You’ll Take Me by Lorna Wishaw
2. The Fields of Noon by Sheila Burnford
3. An American Girl in London by Sara Jeannette Duncan
4. Dancing Girls by Margaret Atwood
5. Let’s Kill Uncle by Rohan O’Grady (June Skinner)
6. One Woman’s Arctic by Sheila Burnford
7. Nature Diary of a Quiet Pedestrian by Philip Croft
8. Cousin Elva by Stuart Trueman
9. The View from a Kite by Maureen Hull
10. After Hamelin by Bill Richardson
11. Boss of the Namko Drive by Paul St. Pierre
12. Confessions of an Igloo Dweller by James Houston
13. The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib by Sara Jeannette Duncan
14. Far From the Rowan Tree by Margaret Gillies Brown
15. To Timbuktu for a Haircut by Rick Antonson
16. Over 40 in Broken Hill by Jack Hodgins
17. Small Stories of a Gentle Island by Ruth Loomis
18. The Honorary Patron by Jack Hodgins
19. Various Positions by Martha Schabas
20. Mexico Unknown by Lorna Whishaw
21. Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery
22. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
23. Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
24. A Tangled Web by L.M. Montgomery
25. Let the Day Perish by Christian Petersen
26. 419: A Novel by Will Ferguson
27. The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery
28. The Way of a Gardener by Des Kennedy
29. I was a Teenage Katima-Victim: A Canadian Odyssey by Will Ferguson
30. Death by Degrees by Eric Wright
31. The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
32. Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap Stories by Randy Bachman
33. White Mist by Barbara Smucker
34. There You Are by Joanne Taylor
35. The Daring Game by Kit Pearson
36. The Best Thing for You by Annabel Lyon
37. The Brideship by Joan Weir
38. The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton
39. Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker
40. The Roaring Girl by Greg Hollingshead
41. Jeannie and the Gentle Giants by Luanne Armstrong
42. David Suzuki: The Autobiography by David Suzuki
43. The Mysterious Christmas Shell by Eleanor Cameron
44. Just Add Water and Stir by Pierre Berton
45. Friendly Gables by Hilda van Stockum
46. Looking for Anne by Irene Gammel
47. The Strangers Next Door by Edith Iglauer
48. L.M. Montgomery by Jane Urquhart
49. A Reading Diary by Alberto Manguel
50. Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
51. 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi
52. Lake of the Prairies by Warren Cariou
53. The Age of Hope by David Bergen
54. Away by Jane Urquhart
55. February by Lisa Moore
56. Safe Haven by Larry Gaudet
57. The Roving I by Eric Nicol
58. The Alpine Path by L.M. Montgomery
59. One Native Life by Richard Wagamese
60. A Lamp is Heavy by Sheila MacKay Russell
61. Sisters Torn by Cynthia J. Faryon
62. Fits Like a Rubber Dress by Roxane Ward
63. Ringing the Changes: An Autobiography by Mazo de la Roche
64. Zigzag – A Life on the Move by James Houston
65. A Doctor’s Pilgrimage: An Autobiography by Edmund A. Brasset, M.D.

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2 Responses

on November 14, 2012 at 9:03 pm | Reply Melwyk

This is the exact same challenge I’ve given myself: to review all the Canadian books I read this year… But I must say, you are way ahead of me already!
- on November 15, 2012 at 7:46 am | Reply leavesandpages
  
  I’ve been a bit surprised at how much Canadian stuff I read without really planning to ahead of time. Though with the Challenge I am a lot more aware of it and a few times recently it has influenced my library choices. I’ve also paid way more attention to the Giller this year, because of discussions on Book Mine Set.