Ann-marie MacDonald

Jul 26, 2023 | booksfromscotland.com | Ann-marie MacDonald |Patrick E. Jamieson

‘My tutor opened for me daily the Book of Life and bid me peruse where I would in pursuit, not so much of answers – for answers are abundant as drones in a hive – but Questions.

May 30, 2023 | hebban.nl | Ann-marie MacDonald

Charlotte Bell woont op een groot en afgelegen landgoed in Schotland, Fayne, eind negentiende eeuw. Haar vader, die haar aanbidt, houdt haar het liefst verborgen voor de wereld vanwege een mysterieuze ‘aandoening’. Charlotte is sterk en nieuwsgierig en verliest zich graag in de ruige natuur. Van de oude knecht Byrn heeft ze alle geheimen van het even heilzame als verraderlijke moerasland geleerd.

Mar 8, 2023 | cbc.ca | Kate Beaton |Sheila Heti |Ann-marie MacDonald |Noor Naga

March 8 is International Women's Day. Here are 16 Canadian books by women writers you should read in 2023. Ducks by Kate BeatonDucks is an autobiographical graphic novel that recounts author Kate Beaton's time spent working in the Alberta oil sands. With the goal of paying off her student loans, Kate leaves her tight-knit seaside Nova Scotia community and heads west, where she encounters harsh realities, including the everyday trauma that no one discusses.

Jan 27, 2023 | cbc.ca | Suzette Mayr |Michelle Good |Ann-marie MacDonald |Nita Prose

Here are the bestselling Canadian books from Jan. 15-21, 2023. Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores. (Coach House, Ryan Emberley)The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr is the #1 Canadian fiction book this week. The Sleeping Car Porter tells the story of Baxter, a Black man in 1929 who works as a sleeping car porter on a train that travels across the country.