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Canadian Author Megathread? (slrpnk.net)

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Who are some of your favourite Canadian authors? Remember to share the author's website if available, instead of an Amazon link. Your local library may have a lot of Canadian books too!

I saw a Silverwing book by Kenneth Oppel at a clearance sale and that took me on a nostalgia train. Looked him up and I didn't realize he's quite a prolific Canadian author!

Not sure if its all YA/easy reading, but that's what I grew up with. Both the Silverwing series and Airborn are top notch for that sorta thing and still hold up well for a re-read occassionally.

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

I have an immense amount of warm nostalgia for Stuart McClean and the Vinyl Café, both the written stories and the CBC radio versions.

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Margaret Atwood is the first that comes to mind... I've enjoyed all that I've read by her!

Life of Pi by Yann Martel is another popular one.

I'm a sucker for Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery too.

I had to look up top Canadian Authors to see what/who I've read, and I discovered one of my favorite recent YA fantasy authors lives in BC... Rachel Heartman (although she was born in the US so I don't know if that counts, lol).

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would also like to know a good Canadian audible alternative

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Apparently Kobo Plus offers unlimited ebooks and audiobooks for $10/month. Not sure how that compares to audible, because I haven't used it.

I like Libby, which is free and run through your local library, although it's not a Canadian company.

Hoopla is another free library app.

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Monica Hughes had some good books, and at least a few were set in Canada. I'm too lazy to google, but I bet she's a Canuck. Gordon Korman. (YA books. Reaching into my childhood.)

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I looked it up! She was british-Canadian! I remember reading so many of her books in middle school, they were great! My school library labeled books by Canadian authors with a maple leaf on the spine, so I tried to read as many of those as I could.

[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I recently learned about this black-owned bookstore in Toronto, and their website has a filter for Canadian authors:
https://adifferentbooklist.com/browse/filter/b/canada/v/popularity

[–] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I remember in secondary school, we had to do independent reading units. There were pages and pages containing lists of novels we could choose from, exclusively from Canadian authors. Wish I still had access to this.

This is the author I picked: Cary Fagan.

Margaret Atwood is also infamous for the The Handmaid's Tale.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I haven't read them yet but on my wishlist atm are:

Steven Erikson - Malazan book of the fallen

Nicholas Eames - Kings of the Wyld

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Michael Ondaatje comes to mind, and In the Skin of a Lion is an excellent Canadian story.