Category: Books
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Review: The Wangs vs. The World
I’m thrilled to share a review of The Wangs vs. The World, a dazzling debut by the witty and wonderful Jade Chang. I received an advanced copy from Harper Collins Canada as a part of the #HCCFirstLook program – big thank you to the team at HCC for fuelling my love of books (and chocolate…
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Literally, Katrina: Refreshed
Hello readers and wanderers! Literally, Katrina has a new look and new content – combining my love of literature and my passion for travel, you can now look forward to the same great posts about literary news and book reviews, alongside exciting travel tips and tricks. Over the past year, I’ve been sharing reflections on…
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Character Study – The Road to Atlantis
Guest post by Leo Brent Robillard Diane Schoemperlen’s “How to Write a Serious Novel About Love” offers the following advice: “Begin with a man and a woman. Many famous novels begin with this familiar combination. Although it may at first strike you as rather trite, in fact, once you get going, you will find that…
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2015 in review
Hello lovely readers, 2015 was a great year for Literally, Katrina – thank you so much for reading my posts and listening to my podcast! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog – check it out! Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was…
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Enter to Win!
Hey readers! We’re a week into the Literally, Katrina book give-away contest and this is a reminder to get your entries in to win! I’m giving away a copy of Giller Prize-winning author Elizabeth Hay’s new novel His Whole Life, a story that stares down tough questions with wit and grace. The winner will be announced on Episode…
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Book giveaway coming your way!
Hello readers, With a new podcast episode on its way (Monday!), I want to let you in a little not-so-secret-secret – to celebrate the launch of the Literally, Katrina podcast, I’m giving away a book! Exciting! As a thank you to all of you for listening to Episode 1 and subscribing to the podcast, I will…
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The Dogs by Allan Stratton
Hey there readers, It’s hot and stormy out and there’s nothing better to read poolside (or lakeside!) than a little summer suspense. Check out The Dogs by Allan Stratton, an award-winning Canadian writer who will be in Winnipeg this September for Thin Air 2015, the Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival! I’ll be partnering with the festival this year…
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Summer Reads
Hello readers, Welcome back! I’ve taken quite the break from blogging over the past few weeks but I promise you, I haven’t stopped reading. One of my favourite things about summertime is having more time to read, so here are a few good ones I’ve picked up over the past month and a half. …
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Review – Where They Found Her
Hello readers, Now that school’s out, I’ve been a book-reading machine! I’ve had the chance to finish up Love in the Time of Cholera, The Darkest Minds, Red Queen, and binge-read two Kimberly McCreight novels in 3 days: Reconstructing Amelia and Where They Found Her. You can look forward to my thoughts on Reconstructing Amelia in…
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