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Indigiqueer author Joshua Whitehead s "Jonny Appleseed" has won CBC s Canada Reads Contest.The debut novel from Whitehead, an Oji-nehiyaw scholar from Peguis First Nation, follows a two-spirit . . .
Joshua Whitehead’s novel Jonny Appleseed wins Canada Reads 2021
Joshua Whitehead’s novel Jonny Appleseed wins Canada Reads 2021
The book follows a two-spirit Indigiqueer man who faces his past after returning home to his reserve for his stepfather’s funeral By Craig Takeuchi
Jonny Appleseed has been crowned the 2021 champion of CBC’s annual book debate.
After four days of discussion and debate – as well as laughter and tears – in Toronto from March 8 to 11, Joshua Whitehead’s debut novel was named the top book for Canadians to read.
Host Ali Hassan moderated the debate between five celebrity panelists who advocated for their chosen Canadian books, based on the theme of One Book to Transport Us.
The trailer for
was narrated by Alex McKenna. Sound design was by Alex Redekop.
It was created by Ontario director Celeste Koon with animation and VFX by Abhilasha Dewan and Ian Macdonald.
Koon is a mixed-race writer/director with a wild imagination and a unique and colourful, mixed-media filmmaking style. Celeste fluidly adapts to writing and directing for various ages, genres, and mediums. Her short films have shown in festivals across the globe as well as have been broadcast on Canadian and American television.
Dewan is a Sheridan College animation graduate from New Delhi, India. Abhilasha endeavours to create stories with universal appeal structured around inventive design.
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If I Knew Then is a book by Jann Arden.(Random House Canada)
Jann Arden is one of Canada s best known singer-songwriters. But when she reached her 50s, her life changed in unexpected ways: she became the caregiver for her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer s, she became the star of the sitcom
Jann and she realized that getting older doesn t mean she can t grow, change and celebrate.
If I Knew Then is Arden s memoir looking back on this journey, and how she learned to free herself from expectations and not only live her life, but revel in it.