75 years of CanLit on CBC: Margaret Atwood's Survival

kennyc · 10-15-2011, 12:55 PM

75 years of CanLit on CBC: Margaret Atwood's Survival

CBC 75 On November 2, 2011, CBC celebrates its 75th anniversary and CBC Books is taking part in the celebration with a look back at 75 years of Canadian literature. Over the years, CBC has interviewed authors known and new, covered literary awards and hosted book clubs. CBC personalities have written books themselves; some have had books written about them. Join us this month as we feature some of our favourite moments and books from the past 75 years!

Margaret Atwood We'd be remiss if we were to celebrate Canadian literature without including Margaret Atwood. The writer, poet and essayist has won numerous awards and has garnered critical acclaim the world over.

While Atwood is best known for her own works of literature, she also makes waves when she critiques or defends the written word. Just this summer, Atwood took to her Twitter account to stand up for public libraries and ended up in a war of words with Toronto city councillor Doug Ford, the mayor's brother. Ford and Atwood have since made up, but the incident still inspired an "Atwood for Mayor" campaign.

Rest:
http://www.cbc.ca/books/2011/10/75-y...et-atwood.html

HomeInMyShoes · 10-16-2011, 06:58 AM

Thanks for the link.

There have been lots of great books from my country and some that everyone should read.

kennyc · 10-16-2011, 06:59 AM

And also great musicians! Joni, Cowboy Junkies to name my two favorites!

HomeInMyShoes · 10-16-2011, 10:06 AM

For musicians, you might want to check out Crash Vegas. I definitely recommend their debut Red Earth as well as Aurora.

kennyc · 10-16-2011, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

For musicians, you might want to check out Crash Vegas. I definitely recommend their debut Red Earth as well as Aurora.

Thank you! Listening to "Smoke" right now....I like what I'm hearing.

HomeInMyShoes · 10-16-2011, 06:22 PM

Smoke would definitely be in the Cowboy Junkies stream. Overall Aurora is a brilliant album from beautiful to disturbing to catchy. One of my favourite albums of all time.

Then again, this is supposed to be about writers. My favourite Canadian authors:
Rohinton Mistry (A Fine Balance)
Douglas Coupland (Generation X, Generation A, All Families are Psychotic)

taming · 10-16-2011, 06:31 PM

One of the neat things about immigrating here eleven years ago was the discovery of some amazing authors I probably would never have heard of if I had stayed in the US. Not Atwood, of course or people like Alice Munro--they are well known outside of Canada. So many books, so little time...

PeterT · 10-16-2011, 08:02 PM

Can we add a member of this forum to the list... RobertJSawyer

kennyc · 10-16-2011, 08:20 PM

Excellent writer as well.

Phogg · 10-16-2011, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

And also great musicians! Joni, Cowboy Junkies to name my two favorites!

Coincidentaly, I have Cherokee Louise as my ringtone at the moment.

kennyc · 10-16-2011, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Phogg

Coincidentaly, I have Cherokee Louise as my ringtone at the moment.

What a great song!

Latinandgreek · 10-16-2011, 09:56 PM

My personal favourite Canadian author is Robertson Davies.

rkomar · 10-16-2011, 10:18 PM

Speaking of the CBC and books, the Radio program "Writers and Company" is one of my favourite programs in any medium. Eleanor Wachtel does a fantastic job interviewing authors, drawing them out and creating an atmosphere of intimacy with the audience. I'm not sure if the podcasts are available outside Canada, but anyone who can download them should give them a try.

elizilla · 10-17-2011, 12:23 AM

There's a Canadian band, Moxy Fruvous, that does a song that could practically be the theme song for this forum... My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors

I like to go out dancing,
My baby loves a bunch of authors
We'll be together for ages
Eating and sleeping and
Eating and sleeping and
Eating und sleeping und
Turning pages!

kennyc · 10-17-2011, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkomar

Speaking of the CBC and books, the Radio program "Writers and Company" is one of my favourite programs in any medium. Eleanor Wachtel does a fantastic job interviewing authors, drawing them out and creating an atmosphere of intimacy with the audience. I'm not sure if the podcasts are available outside Canada, but anyone who can download them should give them a try.

Thank you: http://www.cbc.ca/writersandcompany/

Podcast links there and audio under past shows tab.

Since I've recently taken an interest in Jennifer Egan I'm listening to her talk about
"A Visit from the Goon Squad":

http://www.cbc.ca/writersandcompany/...gan-interview/

10-15-2011, 12:55 PM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	75 years of CanLit on CBC: Margaret Atwood's Survival 75 years of CanLit on CBC: Margaret Atwood's Survival CBC 75 On November 2, 2011, CBC celebrates its 75th anniversary and CBC Books is taking part in the celebration with a look back at 75 years of Canadian literature. Over the years, CBC has interviewed authors known and new, covered literary awards and hosted book clubs. CBC personalities have written books themselves; some have had books written about them. Join us this month as we feature some of our favourite moments and books from the past 75 years! Margaret Atwood We'd be remiss if we were to celebrate Canadian literature without including Margaret Atwood. The writer, poet and essayist has won numerous awards and has garnered critical acclaim the world over. While Atwood is best known for her own works of literature, she also makes waves when she critiques or defends the written word. Just this summer, Atwood took to her Twitter account to stand up for public libraries and ended up in a war of words with Toronto city councillor Doug Ford, the mayor's brother. Ford and Atwood have since made up, but the incident still inspired an "Atwood for Mayor" campaign. Rest: http://www.cbc.ca/books/2011/10/75-y...et-atwood.html

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taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	One of the neat things about immigrating here eleven years ago was the discovery of some amazing authors I probably would never have heard of if I had stayed in the US. Not Atwood, of course or people like Alice Munro--they are well known outside of Canada. So many books, so little time...

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