CanadianContent discussion

This can be fiction or non-fiction about an actual historic event in Canada.

I still haven't read Do Not Say We Have Nothing and I think it would work here.

Right now, I'm planning Above All Things for this square, about Mallory's attempt to be the first to summit Mount Everest. Not an event in Canada, but a Canadian author, so...

Oh man... I missed the part about it having to be a CANADIAN historical event. I'll have to reevaluate. I'm thinking now of The Reinvention of Love.

@Allison, Do Not Say We Have Nothing would be a great choice for this square.

@Allison, I took it to mean fiction by a Canadian author about any historical event or non-fiction about an event in Canadian history. Perhaps you can clarify @Susan?

Yes, the intent is a Canadian historical event. :)

Okay, I'm now considering The Ever After of Ashwin Rao for this square. It revolves around the aftermath of the 1985 Air India bombing.

Had an idea for a few fiction books already and might still go that route. I did understood it was to be based on a Canadian event but didn't realize it could also be a non-fiction book. That opens up even more possibilities. Yay!!

I haven't read it, but I'm wondering if The Translation of Love may fit this square. Fiction based on experience in Japanese internment camps in western Canada.

Lost in September touches on the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (also known as the Battle of Quebec) in 1759. I wonder if it would fit into this square.

I really enjoyed Bride of New France, it would fit into this square nicely.

And Minds of Winter, while dense, would certainly fit too. An interesting read.

Another idea is my Secret Santa book from @Louise: Next Episode. If you're interested in Quebec separatism, this book is for you!

For Louise Penny fans, her sixth book Bury Your Dead takes place in Quebec City, lots of history architecturally, including the Separtiste movement. Samuel de Champlain plays a key role in the book. It's best to read the books in order....but I think this book qualifies for Fiction based on true event that happened in Canada.

Twenty-Six by Leo McKay Jr. looks like it would meet the criteria

Canada's french-speaking East-Coasters (Acadians) have a harrowing yet intriguing history. THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM (1928), by James Oliver Curwood is currently a FREE ebook. Considered by the Author himself, to be (Historical Romance).

@Alison - while i really liked The Translation of Love it was set in Japan so i might see Obasan as a better choice in reading about the internment.

I might like to read about the Halifax explosion if there are some good suggestions about this sad event.

@ Susan - Barometer Rising (1941) by Hugh MacLennan was required reading at my high school, and I sought it out again, 3 years ago. Deeply enjoyable. It is considered to be a 'romantic-realist' novel, that runs on a collision course with the Halifax Explosion. On Joy Kogawa, I read both Obasan and her sequel Itsuka years ago. She is a joy to read. With my partners immediate family having been swept-up in the horror and madness of the Japanese-Canadian Internment / Expulsion, and long fought-for Redress, I have spent countless hours tracking down literature on such. For me, nothing comes close to Joy Kogawa.

Yes, I was about to suggest Barometer Rising as well! This was an epic Canadian disaster which has largely been forgotten.

@Susan, @Khelli, Oh yes I forgot about Obasan. I really enjoyed that book. Really makes you feel empathy for what it must have been like.

I'm considering revisiting Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland's Confederation with Canada in which "Greg Malone relentlessly chronicles a three-year British-Canadian campaign of what he calls “connivance, duplicity, mendacity and abuse” that even then resulted in a winning referendum choice for Confederation of only 52 per cent" (Maclean’s).

I will add Barometer Rising and Itsuka to my ever-growing list!! thanks!

We have a local author who has written Emperor Of The North: Sir George Simpson and the Remarkable Story of the Hudson's Bay Company, which would fit this square too. I'm considering this one.

@Susan, also Burden of Desire by Robert MacNeil or Tides of Honour by Genevieve Graham are both about the Halifax Explosion as well. I'm planning to use Promises to Keep by Ms. Graham which is about the Expulsion of the Acadians.

Such great suggestions - thanks!

Pierre Berton has several books that would fit for this. My mother was a huge Pierre Berton fan, but i have never read anything by him.

February by Lisa Moore would also qualify for this square. It is based on a real life story but the primary focus of the book is about a sudden death of a loved one and the grieving process afterwards. If you read this book you'll have some flexibility as it would also qualify for the Death and Grief Square and 100 Canadian Novels That Make you Proud.

Ooooo, thanks, @MJ! I've slotted February into all three of those places. I have owned it for years -- maybe 2018 is the year I'll read it!? Like you, I quasi-plan my BINGO reads for the year, with a few options for each square. And even then, I end up making changes all the time!

@MJ and Allison - I really enjoyed February!! I have a couple of her other books on my shelf that I still need to get to.