Claire Cameron Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Claire Cameron

I am late to the Katie Kitamura party, but I absolutely love this—reminds me of the best slow, addictive, twisting suspense, maybe something like reading an Ian McEwan in his On Chesil Beach era. Highly recommend if you want to disappear for a day (& who doesn’t?). https://t.co/M2Oz53jws3

Claire Cameron

Weekend read: A History of Burning by Janika Oza. I’m only halfway through, it’s epic, but the strength of voice of this book is so captivating and developed that it reminds me of reading American War by @omarelakkad and thinking how can this be a debut? Out May 2. https://t.co/ZGpBqXfQre

Claire Cameron

I wrote about: I Came All This Way to Meet You by @jamiattenberg, Pure Colour by Sheila Heti, Scoundrel by @sarahw, Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo, Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson, Either/Or by @BananaKarenina, and Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces by @elamin88.

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@lbourgon I really enjoyed The Yellow House by Sarah Broom. I think it was positioned as a memoir but it had so much history, context & depth leading up to Katrina.

Claire Cameron

I am getting ready to talk to @lethal_heroine about WHEN WE LOST OUR HEADS on Sunday. So far my post-it notes say "innocence" and "cake" -- I promise this will be the very best conversation! Please join us @VanWritersFest Winter Book Club: https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/heather-oneill-winter-book-club #BookTwitter https://t.co/k8XVx7hqVC

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This gem just showed up, an advance copy of Eleanor Catton’s new novel, Birnam Wood. Her previous novel, The Luminaries, was published in 2013, which means she has achieved the dream of many writers — one banger every 10 years (also known as “doing a Donna Tartt”). https://t.co/wxn41LUD9K

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“They went on. In the nights sometimes now he’d wake in the black and freezing waste out of softly colored worlds of human love, the songs of birds, the sun.” — Cormac McCarthy, The Road https://t.co/yu82ZgbALu

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@Occupy108 That's for Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion: “The bridge goes up in a dream. It will link the east end with the centre of the city. It will carry traffic, water and electricity across the Don Valley. It will carry trains that have not even been invented yet."

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I saw Women Talking last night. It's not a fable at all, it's the most realistic fight for survival I've ever seen. And still, it manages to be full of hope. Miriam Toews & Sarah Polley introduced it (picture below): "What follows is an act of female imagination." #WomenTalking https://t.co/eNriigVngH

Claire Cameron

One thing that stays with me in Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam: A grocery list that spans the length of a short chapter. It lays the life of a family bare, the dynamics between them, their politics, their point of view. It's world-building by shopping cart. It's brilliant. https://t.co/jW0hzCfr0e