Amongst all the talk about Diversity in Books in 2014, the hashtag #DiverseCanLit became popular, spearheaded by Léonicka of Léonicka.com. Canada is a hugely multicultural nation, our beginnings and history firmly planted in Aboriginal culture and now in 2014 representing all races, cultures, and religions. And yet, our literature does not look like that. Canada has some amazing stories to tell, from all parts of the world. Here is a list of books I have reviewed on the blog that reflect this diversity.
Abraham, Carolyn
Aguirre, Carmen
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
Al-Solaylee, Kamal
Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes
Alexis, André
Baruwa, Yahaya
Basu, Arjun
Blair, Peggy
Bowen, Rhonda
Boyden, Joseph
Brand, Dionne
Chow, Olivia
Clarke, Austin
Edugyan, Esi
Dreaming of Elsewhere: Observations on Home
Enahoro, Carole
Ferguson, Will
Fu, Kim
Goodwin, Debi
Citizens of Nowhere: From Refugee Camp to Canadian Campus
Grady, Wayne
Hamilton, Ian
The Scottish Banker of Surabaya
Hill, Lawrence
The Book of Negroes Illustrated Edition
Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book
Hopkinson, Nalo
King, Thomas
Laferrière, Dany
Lam, Vincent
Maharaj, Rabindranath
McWatt, Tessa
Mootoo, Shani
Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab
Nawaz, Zarqa
Laughing All the Way to the Mosque
Nemat, Marina
After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed
Ondaatje, Michael
Ozeki, Ruth
Richardson, Jael Ealey
Suzuki, David
Thuy, Kim
Uppal, Priscila
Viswanathan, Padma
originally posted on http://goodbooksandacupoftea.blogspot.ca/