CanadianContent discussion

Welcome @Natasha!

Thanks! Yay, another Natasha! :)

Welcome Natasha - you will find this an excellent group of readers but be warned, your TBR pile will grow quickly!!!

That's fine-nothing new there lol.

Hi everyone. This looks like a great group! Looks like I'm not the only one from Nova Scotia here :) I love reading all kinds of books, especially fantasy, sci-fi, british classics like dickens, and of course I have a soft spot for Canadian fiction.

I'm a teacher by day, but I also write fantasy and sci fi whenever I can get the time!

Welcome Noor!

Welcome Noor, happy to have another reading friend from the East Coast!!

Hello Everyone, I live in British Columbia, in the interior. I am originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba though, and over the years, have driven many times across the prairies to return home to Winnipeg for a visit. I look forward to participating and reading some great Canadian fiction next year.

Welcome Amelina! If you are looking for great Canadian fiction, you have definitely come to the right place!!

Hi everyone,
I'm Jordan from Scarborough. As a geologist, I've worked all over Canada, from The Yukon, to the interior BC, Sask, and Northern Ont.
I'm also a new author!
The Shaman's Carving

My new novella just came out on Amazon, 'Free' with Kindle Unlimited or $1.49.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01MRN99X3

Thank you all for your time :)

Welcome Jordan - this is a great place where we share CanLit. We do have a separate thread for sharing our blogs, book clubs and links in our general discussion - congrats on the novella.

I am sure that you will find many great suggestions for reading here too!

Thank you Susan :)

Welcome Jordon..this is an awesome place:)

Marian wrote: "Welcome Jordon..this is an awesome place:)"

Thank you Marian

Hi everyone. I am new to the group. I try to read Canadian authors as much as possible and joined this group to give me ideas and to share thoughts. I was born in Northern Ontario (Timmins), grew up and married in Toronto, and have lived in Calgary for the last 20 years. Recently retired, I have moved a little further west into the foothills of the Rockies. Today it is -30C just right for curling up with a new book.

Welcome Pauline - you will find your TBR pile growing with this group! Wow - it sure is cold where you are - the perfect time for a book!

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!

Hello,
I'm newly active on GoodReads and found your group while exploring. I live in Toronto, where I create art and dabble in writing and spend time looking after and enjoying our grandsons (two, almost three and almost five). I blog and belong to a memoir writing group at our local library, and in the summer I sail as much as possible with my husband. And I've spent time in the Maritimes, and highly recommend traveling there!

Great to "meet" you Margaret - welcome to the group. yo will soon find your TBR pile growing!!

Thank you, Susan. Looking forward to it!

It has been a while since I caught up on this thread - I love reading about all our diverse new members! Welcome everyone:-).

Welcome to all the new members! Great to see this group grow. Hoping to add many new and diverse books to the TBR in 2017.

Greetings all and thank-you Susan for this group. I am quite new to 'goodreads' and I am also a new author. I love non-fiction Canadian history and find I can never get enough. My wife and I are retired on Vancouver Island and I am finding much more time that I can devote to reading and writing. Please feel free to visit my profile as I shall certainly explore this group. Thank-you.

Glen welcome! Great blog on your profile - I look forward to reading more when I have a bit of time. It's wonderful to see this group continue to grow. Hats off to everyone!

Welcome Glen! Pleased to "meet" you here in the Canadian content group. :)

Hello! I'm new to Good Reads and am happy to have found a group of people interested in books by Canadian authors. I'm 56 and living with my husband in Caledon Ontario. I manage a busy community mental health service and am a part time musician. I love reading and haven't found a book club that suits my interests and schedule. So it seems this is the perfect solution! Looking forward to the exchanges here.

Welcome Sharon - I hope you enjoy our group!

Hi, Glen and Sharon! Welcome!

Hello fellow members from Victoria, British Columbia! I'm new to Goodreads, this group and also a new author. I'm retired and live with my husband and adult handicapped daughter who is my joy.Holidays in Poem for the Heart of a Child

Welcome Sharon - you are in good company as the second Sharon we have welcomed this week. Enjoy!

Hello,
I'm Tess. I'm from Ontario, and I enjoy reading fantasy novels, mysteries, classics, non-fiction (history and science, mostly), humour, and poetry.

Welcome Tess! You will find some kindred reading spirits here!

Hi! I live just outside Vancouver BC. I love reading, pets, cross-stitch, crochet, cookies and writing. I wrote a non-fiction tinnitus book, but am now writing short creepy horror stories and a novel trilogy. I'm glad to be in a Canadian GR group. Feel free to check out my blog http://www.janlmayes.com/blog/

Welcome Jan! We have a few members from BC and are happy to have you join. You will find great discussions on CanLit here! Feel free to add your blog link to our "helpful blogs..." thread.

Thanks Susan! Will do.

Hello Everyone. I'm Cynthia, from central Ontario. Have been on Goodreads for ages but rarely posted in groups. I am an avid Bookcrosser (www.bookcrossing.com) and the LFL movement gives me a safe place to pass on my books, so I am grateful for that. I consult in govt relations part time, and spend the rest of my time volunteering in local elementary schools. And, of course, reading. My reading choices are predominantly literary fiction and mainstream fiction, but I love to stretch my horizons and read other genres too. Because we have so many talented Cdn authors, it is always easy to find a good read from one. I look forward to some bookish discussions.

Great to meet you here Cynthia!! Book Crossing is one of the things I need to learn more about as I think it might be nice to incorporate with my LFL.

Welcome CynthiA, I belonged to a book crossings meetup years ago but it disbanded. Before the lfl mvt which blows me away, I was a huge bookcrossings fan.

Hello everyone, my name is Jenna and I'm from Winnipeg. I read a lot of different things, but I mostly enjoy speculative fiction and middle-grade fiction. I found this group via Susan's blog. I think the Canada Bingo sounds like a great idea, especially for this year, so I'm looking forward to joining in on that. I am particularly interested in reading more books by Canadian Indigenous authors. I blog at Falling Letters.

Welcome Jenna! I hope that you enjoy the bingo and we have a thread dedicated to Indigenous authors/books. I will check out your blog and we have a thread for you to add that link to as well. :)

Hi Jenna! Welcome!

Hello, again! I haven't had the chance to post in soooo long I thought I should reintroduce myself. :)

I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, home of Smith Island Cake and lovely blue crabs. Salisbury University is my work-home and this is what has kept me so busy lately. We've gone through a complete reorganization of my department and just this month I was promoted! I still won't have much time for reading and posting, but I did miss the conversations here and want to do a better job keeping up.

Right now I'm reading Louise Penny's A Great Reckoning and am loving it! I look forward to being more involved again.

Welcome (again) Catherine! I hope that you do find some time to read and you will find many suggestions here!

❀ Susan wrote: "Welcome (again) Catherine! I hope that you do find some time to read and you will find many suggestions here!"

Thank you! I'm working on carving out the reading time.

Welcome Catherine!

Hi Catherine. Welcome back and congrats on your promotion!!

Mj wrote: "Hi Catherine. Welcome back and congrats on your promotion!!"

Thanks!

Welcome again Catherine, and welcome Jenna and Cynthia! I'd never heard of Bookcrossings, will check it out.

Hi everyone,

I'm a Toronto science & social justice writer & author of one of the non-fiction books on the Globe 100 list (the skinniest one; it's called Opium Eater: The New Confessions). I'm also an ardent reader of both fiction and non-fiction. Very pleased to be here. Happy New Year to all.

Carlyn

Welcome, Carlyn! I just added your book to my to-read list - sounds fascinating.