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That said, is this for authors LIVING in Canada or who are Canadian CITIZENS? Emma Donoghue lives in Ontario now, but she's actually Irish ...

That said, is this for author..."
According to Wikipedia, she became a Canadian citizen in 2004.


Once I'd started, I decided to delete all authors I recognized as 'non-Canadian' (and it was quite a lot of work, because I checked before I deleted). I most probably haven't deleted all non-Canadian authors, just the ones I recognised, so I'm sure there are several others who do not belong on this list (the number of USA authors I had to delete was amazing...)
So please, when adding titles, do make sure the author is CANADIAN and not American (and still living in the States!!!), or whatever. Thanks! :-)

Once I'd started, I decided to delete all authors I recognized as 'non-Canadian' (and it was quite a lot of work, because I checked before I d..."
Thank you!!

There are so many incredible Canadian Authors it is hard to imagine so many people can be so sloppy or else unaware of them!


I don't know if you deleted these, but the 'yesucan' person certainly has added Agatha Christie, Michael Crichton, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson... I have deleted those I was sure of.




RemovingNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry (from Hawaii, Mass, Maine)
Removing Double Standards and A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught (from California, Missouri and Texas)

I guess it depends on whether the person adding it to the list read it in Canada or the States ( Don't know which version is available in other countries)
It does mess up the stats a lot but I can understand that people who have read the book under the "sanitized(?)" name would use that when voting.


Once I'd started, I decided to delete all authors I recognized as 'non-Canadian' (and it was quite a lot of work, because I checked before I d..."
I nominated several books which got deleted. I honestly wish someone had notified me before having them deleted, tbh, since despite the fact that they now don't fulfill the above description re: the authors, as I did put some thought into the nominations/suggestions I made.

"All right, several of my votes got deleted, which is annoying (especially since I tried to reflect the breadth of Canadian experience in my choices). It would have been nice to have been notified of this. More Goodreads censorship?"
The message a librarian sees before deleting books is as follows:
"Note: Only delete books from the list that are totally miscategorized. Deleting books that aren't will result in a loss of librarian privileges, and possible deletion of account. We're super serious!"
I've yet to see a librarian being capricious around deleting books from lists.

*sigh*
I sincerely apologize for the tone of my response (I will admit to being a bit miffed once I noticed the deletion). But surely you can sympathize with the notion of putting some serious thought into something only to have your efforts deleted?
PS: Was such a reply really necessary?

Do you really need a Listopia to promote your own books? You do realize this says something about you as the author...
I had a look at your profile where it clearly says, and I quote, "It would be appreciated if all of my Goodreads friends voted for the above books in the following lists".
I personally would consider such a thing spamming.

Do you really need a Listopia to promote your own books? You do realize this says something about you as the author...
I had..."
The answer to your question is "no." I posted that a long time ago, when I did not understand Listopia. I will attempt to remove what we both agree should not have been posted.

Do you really need a Listopia to promote your own books? You do realize this says something about you..."
Apology accepted :-) It is easy by the way to remove your own comment (and I can remove the books for you, if you like).

William Gibson - "The Miracle Worker" (The author of "Neuromancer" William Gibson is Canadian-American, this playwright is not).
Lisa Genova - "Still Alice"
Garth Nix - "Lirael"


"Kathy Reichs is a forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec. She is one of only fifty forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. A professor of anthropology at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Reichs is a native of Chicago, where she received her Ph.D. at Northwestern. She now divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal and is a frequent expert witness in criminal trials."

Actually this list is unclear. The list description isn't explicit. By custom the list creator would set this kind of criteria.
At times a librarian will make a list more explicit, especially if there is an active message board and clear consensus.

someone added her again - could you please delete all her books?
Linwood Barclay and Julia Quinn are not Canadian as well.

Done. And I fully agree, as he is indeed Australian and not Canadian :-)

Schiffsmeldungen by Annie Proulx has been deleted, as you are absolutely right.
Next time, do mention the number where you found the book/author, as it is much easier for a librarian to remove it we know approximately where it is 😉



Librarians can remove books from a Listopia (otherwise only the votes one has added can be removed). If you want a book removed, do mention not only the title/author but also the current number you found the book on, as it makes it (a lot) easier for a librarian to remove a book 😉
(The Last Templar has been removed.)
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