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• Spring 2021 Newsletter

  Posted at 3:00 pm by TheAuthorsBookClub

  May 24th

  More than a year later, we continue to reimagine ways to connect readers with authors living and working in Canada. We have encouraged virtual book club meetings and tried new and creative ways to bring people together, including our first “Book Tasting Event” co-hosted with The Soap Box Press. Authors Hannah Mary McKinnon, Victoria Hetherington, Cindy Aronson and Tamara Herman recommended food and drinks to pair with their books. They met with guests in private virtual rooms for this highly interactive experience.

  

  New Releases Highlights

  Early 2021 brought us new reads like the mysterious Son of Sherlock (Dorothy Ellen Palmer), the awaited Starr Sign (C.S. O’Cinneide), and the romantic comedy, Accidentally Engaged (Farah Heron).

  April was a big month! The crime-riddled thriller, Lucky (Marissa Stapley), the darkly funny Six Weeks To Live (Catherine McKenzie), and the empowering Hana Khan Carries On (Uzma Jalaluddin) were released.

  

  As always, April showers brings May… books! A bunch of new titles are hitting the shelves this month!  The exciting Lost Immunity (Daniel Kalla) and the romantic Letters Across the Sea (Genevieve Graham) are out now. New thrillers, You Will Remember Me (Hannah Mary McKinnon), and The Sister’s Tale (Beth Powning), are available on May 25, 2021.

  

  See our complete Spring 2021 Newsletter.

  Posted in Recommended Books | Tagged ann y.k. choi, Beth Powning, book clubs, C.S. O'Cinneide, canadian authors, Canadian novels, CanLit, Catherine McKenzie, Daniel Kalla, Dorothy Ellen Palmer, Farah Heron, Fiona Ross, Genevieve Graham, Marissa Stapley, New Releases, The Authors Book Club, Uzma Jalaluddin

• We welcomed 40 authors!

  Posted at 12:55 pm by TheAuthorsBookClub

  Feb 1st

  When our website launched on January 1, 2020, we set 15 authors as a goal (including the two of us!) for the month. We ended with 40! Forty amazing authors from across Canada.

  As Canadian authors and readers ourselves, we wanted to support Canadian book publishers and authors who worked and lived in Canada. We wanted to create a community that was welcoming and inclusive with authors from big and small publishing houses, and authors at different stages of their professional writing careers.

  We thank all the authors who have joined The Authors’ Book Club. We could not have done this without you! A special thanks to Uzma Jalauddin, Laurie Petrou, Marissa Stapley, Blair Hurley, and Farzana Doctor who were among the first authors to support this initiative. Thank you for leading the way! We also want to thank Deborah Dundas from the Toronto Star and Sue Carter from Quill & Quire for helping to generate awareness of what we are doing.

  As we continue to welcome authors, we will now focus on increasing our visibility amongst private book clubs. We remain committed to creating a vibrant online community for author and reader engagement.

  Posted in General | Tagged ann y.k. choi, authors, Blair Hurley, book clubs, canadian authors, Canadian books, Canadian publishing, david albertyn, Farzana Doctor, Fiona Ross, Laurie Petrou, literature, Marissa Stapley, The Authors' Book Club, Uzma Jalaluddin

• Name the Authors!

  Posted at 1:15 pm by TheAuthorsBookClub

  Jan 11th

  Our website is 11 days old. We are grateful to the authors who have joined our initiative to connect readers with authors working and living across Canada.

  Readers, can you name our amazing authors?

  

  

  Answers:

  Click on their names to learn more about them & how you can invite an author to your next book club meeting.

  1 Marissa Stapley

  2 Becky Blake

  3 Tehmina Khan

  4 Jenny Heijun Wills

  5 David Albertyn

  6 Maria Meindl

  7 Nate Hendley

  8 Lisa de Nikolits

  9 Farzana Doctor

  10 Laurie Petrou

  11 Blair Hurley

  12 Ann Y.K. Choi

  13 Uzma Jalaluddin

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  Posted in General | Tagged ann y.k. choi, authors, Becky Blake, Blair Hurley, book clubs, canadian authors, canadian book clubs, CanLit, david albertyn, DiverseCanLit, Farzana Doctor, Invite An Author, Jenny Heijun Wills, Laurie Petrou, Lisa di Nikolits, Maria Meindl, Marissa Stapley, Nate Hendley, Tehmina Khan, The Authors' Book Club, Uzma Jalaluddin

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