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comments Books make great gifts. From history to fantasy and everything in between, here are some suggestions for your mom on Mother's Day. If your mother likes mother/daughter stories, try  My Mother's Daughter is a memoir by Canadian Olympian Perdita Felicien.(Martin Brown, Doubleday Canada) Perdita Felicien's mom Catherine was a poor young woman in St. Lucia when she was given a seemingly random, but ultimately life-changing, opportunity: to come to Canada with a wealthy white family and become their nanny. But when she gets to Canada, life is tougher than she expected, as she endures po...

by Craig Takeuchi on March 11th, 2021 at 12:50 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1 One book 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 Jonny Appleseed 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. Each day of the competition saw the panelists eliminate one of five books chosen as fina...

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...

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...