Welcome to the BookClub Commons! Here you will find links to author podcasts, helpful resources, and our 2015 Festival reading list – great reading by this year’s Festival authors.
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BOOK CLUB RESOURCES
- Kingston Public Library Book Club Page »
Helpful info and articles about starting, running or finding a local book club - The Book Lounge »
Audio podcasts of interviews with Canadian authors - Book Club in a Box »
Canadian source of reading guides, author interviews, reading lists, and book club news - Free Reading Guides
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS
For a sneak preview of our 2015 Festival authors, search under author name or book title.
ONSTAGE AT KINGSTON WRITERSFEST
Conversational highlights from past events as authors talk about their books, the writing process and the power of words.
2015 Festival Reading List
There’s something here for every taste – history and mystery, love and revenge, big ideas and small treasures.
FICTION
- A History of Forgetting by Caroline Adderson
- Ellen in Pieces by Caroline Adderson
- A Pitying of Doves by Steve Burrows
- Subway Stations of the Cross by Ins Choi
- Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick DeWitt
- Close to Hugh by Marina Endicott
- English is Not a Magic Language by Sheila Fischman
- His Whole Life by Elizabeth Hay
- The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
- The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys
- Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
- Sleep by Nino Ricci
- Twenty-One Cardinals by Jocelyne Saucier
- Martin John by Anakana Schofield
- The Night Stages by Jane Urquhart
CHILDREN’S FICTION
- Norman Speak! by Caroline Adderson
- The Incredible Space Raiders from Space! by Wesley King
- Punch Like a Girl by Karen Krossing
- Galloping Through History by Elizabeth MacLeod
- Best Friends Through Eternity by Sylvia McNicoll
- Our Flag: The Story of Canada’s Maple Leaf by Ann-Maureen Owens
- Boo by Neil Smith
SHORT FICTION
- Swing in the House and Other Stories by Anita Anand
- A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism by Tomson Highway
- Knife Party at the Hotel Europa by Mark Anthony Jarman
- The Secrets Men Keep by Mark Sampson
- The Pain Tree by Olive Senior
- Cover Before Striking by Priscila Uppal
- Sabotage by Priscila Uppal
POETRY
- Endangered Hydrocarbons by Lesley Battler
- The Wrong Cat by Lorna Crozier
- Frayed opus for strings and wind instruments by Ulrikka Gernes
- a thin line between by Wanda Praamsma
- The First Little Bastard to Call Me Grampa by Bill Richardson
- Careen by Carolyn Smart
NONFICTION
- Dogs and Underdogs by Elizabeth Abbott
- The Human Age by Diane Ackerman
- Kill the Messengers by Mark Bourrie
- Free Days With George by Colin Campbell
- Moncalm and Wolfe by Roch Carrier
- This is Happy by Camilla Gibb
- Act Normal by Greg Hollingshead
- JK: The Jamie Kennedy Cookbook by Jamie Kennedy
- The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew
- Le sortilège de Louisbourg by Daniel Marchildon
- Sir John’s Table by Lindy Mechefske
- Slick Water by Andrew Nikiforuk
- Alone Against the North by Adam Shoalts
- Make Ahead Meals: Over 100 Easy Time-saving Recipes by Michael Smith
- Puckstruck by Stephen Smith
- The Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge by Edward Struzik
- Me Artsy by Drew Hayden Taylor
- Spin by Clive Veroni
- The Prison Book Club by Ann Walmsley
- Moncalm and Wolfe by Donald Winkler