03/07 Good books about a bad badger, the badlands & bad things happening to good people

I talk about quilting & 10 books in this March 7 #booktube episode: Contemporary realism, speculative fiction, a trans coming out memoir, nature writing, an Indigenous authored picture book & middle grade for younger readers; 5 are in audio format

00:00 intro: Tim Hortons references

03:37 Patchwork tablecloth

02:56 🇹🇹🇨🇦 Winter, or a Town Near Palgrave (After Landolfi) by André Alexis; published by Coach House

05:11 🏳️‍⚧️🇧🇪🎧 I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante; audiobook read by the author; published by Books on Tape

07:54 🇺🇸🇮🇹🎧 Bad Badger by Maryrose Wood; audiobook read by Chris Devon; published by Dreamscape

11:11 🇨🇦🎧 Bad Land by Corinna Chong; audiobook read by Tara Koehler; published by Bespeak

15:03 🇨🇦 Minor Arcana, issue #1 by Jeff Lemire; published by Boom!

16:34 🇬🇧🎧 Wilding by Isabella Tree; audiobook read by the author; published by Picador

24:33 🇬🇧 Oaklore: Adventures in a World of Extraordinary Trees by Jules Acton; published by Greystone

26:58 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

28:53 🇨🇳🇬🇧 Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China’s New Social Order by Yuan Yang; published by Viking

33:37 🇺🇸 Aloha Everything by Kaylin Melia George [Native Hawaiian] and Mae Waite; published by Red Comet/ Mythify

35:13 🇨🇦🎧 Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles; audiobook read by the author; published by House of Anansi

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