{"id":2572,"date":"2023-01-27T09:41:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T14:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2023-01-27T09:41:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T14:41:21","slug":"canada-reads-2023-at-mcgill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/canada-reads-2023-at-mcgill\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Reads 2023 at McGill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2023 list of Canada Reads finalists are out and we can&#8217;t wait to get our hands on these books. If you feel the same, check out the list below. Five of the titles will be championed by Canadian media personalities in a series of rounds to determine which of these books can truly change the way we see and interact with the world. More information about Canada Reads can be found on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/books\/canadareads\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-hana-khan-carries-on-by-uzma-jalaluddin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2582\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-hana-khan-carries-on-by-uzma-jalaluddin-690x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover for Hana Khan Carries on by Uzma Jalaluddin. The cover is a soft light blue with the faded outline of a women in a head scarf with pink lip stick kisses next to a old fashioned microphone. All you can see on her face on bright red lips.\" class=\"wp-image-2582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-hana-khan-carries-on-by-uzma-jalaluddin-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-hana-khan-carries-on-by-uzma-jalaluddin-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-hana-khan-carries-on-by-uzma-jalaluddin-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-hana-khan-carries-on-by-uzma-jalaluddin-1035x1536.jpg 1035w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-hana-khan-carries-on-by-uzma-jalaluddin.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/blood-scion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2581\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/blood-scion-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover for Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye. The cover features a powerful coloured women in profile, her skin is a mix of blues, her dark hair in braids. She wears a head dress made on white shells and she is surrounded by fire.\" class=\"wp-image-2581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/blood-scion-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/blood-scion-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/blood-scion-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/blood-scion-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/blood-scion.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/all-the-seas-of-the-world-by-guy-gavriel-kay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2579\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/all-the-seas-of-the-world-by-guy-gavriel-kay-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover for All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay. The cover features a cosmic landspace of blues, oranges, and pinks on the horizon. A large blue wave with white caps crashing in the sea and in the foreground is a faded green frame.\" class=\"wp-image-2579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/all-the-seas-of-the-world-by-guy-gavriel-kay-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/all-the-seas-of-the-world-by-guy-gavriel-kay-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/all-the-seas-of-the-world-by-guy-gavriel-kay-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/all-the-seas-of-the-world-by-guy-gavriel-kay-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/all-the-seas-of-the-world-by-guy-gavriel-kay.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-were-dreamers-by-simu-liu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2580\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-were-dreamers-by-simu-liu-670x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover for We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu. The cover features Simu Liu sitting on a stool. He is a handsome Asian-Canadian man wearing light grey pants, a white shirt, and navy\/dark grey jacket. His hands are crossed in front of his lap.\" class=\"wp-image-2580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-were-dreamers-by-simu-liu-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-were-dreamers-by-simu-liu-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-were-dreamers-by-simu-liu-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-were-dreamers-by-simu-liu-1005x1536.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-were-dreamers-by-simu-liu.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-dandelion-by-jamie-chai-yun-liew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2584\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-dandelion-by-jamie-chai-yun-liew-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover for dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew. The cover features a sketch of the black of someone's head, the person has long hair flowing in the wind. A larger white dandelion looms over the left side of the page and the entire background is yellow with white dandelion fluff floating about.\" class=\"wp-image-2584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-dandelion-by-jamie-chai-yun-liew-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-dandelion-by-jamie-chai-yun-liew-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-dandelion-by-jamie-chai-yun-liew-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-dandelion-by-jamie-chai-yun-liew-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-dandelion-by-jamie-chai-yun-liew.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-mexican-gothic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2583\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-mexican-gothic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia-675x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover for Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The cover features a Latina woman sitting in a large maroon coloured dress. The top of her head is out of frame. Her hands are crossed in her lap and she is holding a small bouquet of flowers. Behind her is green patterned wallpaper.\" class=\"wp-image-2583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-mexican-gothic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-mexican-gothic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-mexican-gothic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia-768x1164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-mexican-gothic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia-1013x1536.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-mexican-gothic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-spread.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2586\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-spread-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover for We Spread by Iain Reid. The cover features veins or roots of orange and red emerging from the text of the title and spread over the beige background of the cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-spread-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-spread-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-spread-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-spread-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/we-spread.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2585\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel-697x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover for Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The cover features a prominent dark starry sky and in the bottom third of the image there is a camp site surrounded by a brick fence or vibrant green grass.\" class=\"wp-image-2585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel-697x1024.jpg 697w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel-768x1129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel-1045x1536.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2023\/01\/book-cover-station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1320870463\"><em>Ducks<\/em>\u00a0by Kate Beaton<\/a> championed by Mattea Roach<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1128718678\"><em>Revery: A Year of Bees<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Jenna Butler<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1342080845\"><em>Half-Bads in White Regalia<\/em>\u00a0by Cody Caetano<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1097182749\"><em>Greenwood<\/em>\u00a0by Michael Christie<\/a> championed by Connor Tracy<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1255596445\"><em>Blood Scion<\/em>\u00a0by Deborah Falaye<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1247377579\"><em>Hana Khan Carries On<\/em>\u00a0by Uzma Jalaluddin<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1265005010\"><em>All the Seas of the World<\/em>\u00a0by Guy Gavriel Kay<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1287862775\"><em>Dandelion<\/em>\u00a0by Jamie Chai Yun Liew<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1292475089\"><em>We Were Dreamers<\/em>\u00a0by Simu Liu<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1125281815\"><em>Mexican Gothic<\/em>\u00a0by Silvia Moreno-Garcia<\/a> championed by Tasnim Geedi<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1226396858\"><em>Finding Edward<\/em>\u00a0by Sheila Murray<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1269075664\"><em>Hotline<\/em>\u00a0by Dimitri Nasrallah<\/a> championed by Gurdeep Pandher<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1344159376\"><em>We Spread<\/em>\u00a0by Iain Reid<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1055686854\"><em>Moon of the Crusted Snow<\/em>\u00a0by Waubgeshig Rice<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1341674257\"><em>Station Eleven<\/em>\u00a0by Emily St. John Mandel<\/a> championed by Michael Greyeyes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Books not immediately available can be requested via InterLibrary Loan in print format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 list of Canada Reads finalists are out and we can&#8217;t wait to get our hands on these books. If you feel the same, check out the list below. Five of the titles will be championed by Canadian media &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/canada-reads-2023-at-mcgill\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[352,152,351,353,214,178,130,69,70,194,98,354,179],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources","tag-2023-longlist","tag-books","tag-canada-reads","tag-canadian-literature","tag-fiction","tag-hssl","tag-library","tag-mcgill","tag-mcgill-library","tag-mcgill-university","tag-mclennan-library","tag-non-fiction","tag-redpath-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}