I'm compiling a list of Canadian authors for the Canadian Reading Challenge I'm hosting in July (sign-ups will be posted at the end of this week). I want to draw attention to Canadian authors, plus I want to make it easy for people who plan to participate in the challenge, so they don't have to search for authors.
Here are the authors I've come up with so far. If you know of any others (traditionally or self-published), please let me know in the comments so I can add them to the list!
Ada Adams
RJ Anderson
T. Anderson
Kelley Armstrong
Margaret Atwood
Krista D. Ball
A.C.E. Bauer
Carol Anne Biddle
Leah Bobet
Erin Bow
James Bow
Joseph Boyden
Margaret Buffie
Tish Cohen
Eileen Cook
Douglas Coupland
Lesley Anne Cowan
Megan Crewe
Ali Cross
Kady Cross
Thomas Rendell Curran
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Andrew Davidson
Monique Domovitch
Emma Donoghue
Charles de Lint
Suzanne Desrochers
Lisa Dow
Will Ferguson
Dalene Flannigan
Steven Galloway
Camilla Gibb
Sara Gruen
Janet Gurtler
Dani Harper
Alyxandra Harvey
Sarah N. Harvey
Sam Hawksmoor
Angel Haze
Nancy Huston
Frances Itani
Denise Jaden
Guy Gavriel Kay
Catherine Knutsson
Alice Kuipers
Marie Landry
Margaret Laurence
Y.S. Lee
Joanne Levy
Billie Livingston
Lesley Livingston
Carrie Mac
Clare Marshall
Yann Martel
C.K. Kelly Martin
Jessica Martinez
Dale Mayer
Caitlin McColl
Ami McKay
Catherine McKenzie
O.R. Melling
M.R. Merrick
Sarah Mlynowski
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Donna Morrissey
Farley Mowat
Alice Munro
Susin Nielsen
Kenneth Oppel
Rhiannon Paille
Kathleen Peacock
Louise Penny
Linda Poitevin
Kathy Reichs
Iain Reid
Nancy Richler
Jeyn Roberts
Talli Roland
David Rotenberg
Robert Rotenberg
Chris Rothe
Michelle Rowen
Michelle Sagara-West
Lynsay Sands
Robert J. Sawyer
Laura Scoggins
Carol Shields
Chantel Simmons
Chevy Stevens
Courtney Summers
Miriam Toews
Jo Treggiari
Vikki Vansickle
Heather Wardell
Tim Wynne-Jones
Alissa York
Moira Young
*Thanks to Michelle from Fabbity Fab Book Reviews, Sarah from Workaday Reads, and Rachelia from Bookish Comforts for adding to the list!*
You can also check out this list or these lists on GoodReads for more ideas.
You can also check out this list or these lists on GoodReads for more ideas.
Also, I still have a few spots open for blogger and author guest posts, so if you'd be interested in writing a guest post on any Canadian subject, or donating something for a giveaway, please read the Calling All Canadians page - you'll find my contact information there. Thank you!
So many awesome Canadian writers, right?! I have a few suggestions for you: Kenneth Oppel, Vikki Vansickle (MG and YA- love her writing), and Susin Nielsen (author of Word Nerd, which won multiple awards).
ReplyDeleteThere really are a ton of them, and I bet most people have no idea that some of their favorite authors might be Canadian. Thanks so much for the additional names, I'm adding them in now! :-D
ReplyDeleteHere's a few more:
ReplyDeleteDale Mayer
Laura Scoggins
Chevy Stevens
Dalene Flannigan
Miriam Toews
Robert J. Sawyer
Catherine McKenzie
Charles de Lint
Will Ferguson
Angel Haze
Yann Martel
Nancy Richler
Nancy Huston
Alissa York
Steven Galloway
David Rotenberg
Robert Rotenberg
Caitlin McColl
That's just from the first page of my Canadian Goodreads page. I have 3 more pages I could go through for you.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4695627-sarah-workaday-reads?format=html&shelf=canadian
You could also check out the Oh Canada group on Goodreads:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.goodreads.com/group/show/5121
This is a great challenge! Here are a few that are on my GR shelf:
ReplyDeleteMegan Crewe
Leah Bobet
Catherine Knutsson
A.C.E. Bauer
Thomas Rendell Curran
Farley Mowat
Yann Martel
Guy Gavriel Kay
Andrew Davidson
Douglas Coupland
Becca Fitzpatrick
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Carol Shields
Margaret Atwood
Camilla Gibb
T. Anderson
Margaret Buffie
Erin Bow
James Bow
I also have this list for authors in Waterloo Region, Ontario:
http://www.suddenlybooks.blogspot.ca/2012/05/highlights-from-waterloo-region-archive.html
Just looking at my bookshelf (mix of YA and adult books by Canadian authors:
ReplyDeleteAlice Kuipers
Kathy Reichs
Sam Hawksmoor
Carol Anne Biddle
Beth Neff
Eileen Cook
Donna Morrissey
Suzanne Desrochers
Joseph Boyden
Ami McKay
Annie Proulx
Oh, and it may be helpful to organize the list alphabetically, just a thought...
I'm not sure if she counts but Maureen Jennings might be another author - all her books are set in Canada and she lives in Canada as well *shrugs*
ReplyDeleteMichael Crummey, Lisa Moore, Heather Jessup, Shauntay Grant, George Elliott Clarke, Stuart McLean, Mordecai Richler, Brian Moore, edeet Ravel, Alan Bradley, Finley Martin, Sarah Selecky, Ami MacKay, Stephen Leacock, Esi Edugyan, Wayne Johnston, Fred Stenson, Lawrence Scanlan, Trevor Cole, Pierre Berton, Leo McKay Jr., Michael Christie, Jane Urquhart, Michael Ondaatje, Charles Foran, Phoebe Gilman, Sheree Fitch, Timothy Taylor, Richard B. Wright, Vicki Delaney, Thomas H. Raddall, Shawna M. Quinn, Elizabeth Hay, Cathy Marie Buchanan, Shandi Mitchell, Claire Mowat, W.O. Mitchell, Anna Quon, Wayson Choy, Dan Vyleta, Rawi Hage
ReplyDeleteHeather Summerhayes Cariou, Joan Clark, Gordon Rodgers, Janet Lunn, Beth Powning, Lesley Choyce, Guy Vanderhaeghe, M.T. Dohaney, Bruce Graham, Harry Bruce
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