Episode 10: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS written by Kate Beaton and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss our most anticipated books of 2023 and look back at some of the books we loved in 2022. Listen in, and please comment here on your most anticipated books for the coming year. We would love to hear what you are looking forward to reading!

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Books mentioned:

• Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
• Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
• The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
• King Baby by Kate Beaton
• Ennemonde by Jean Giono, translated by Bill Johnston
• Maus by Art Spiegelman
• Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
• Sea State by Tabitha Lasley
• Inheritance from Mother by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
• A True Novel by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
• An I-Novel by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
• The Fall of Language in the Age of English by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter and Mari Yoshihara
• Trust by Hernan Diaz
• The Black Notebook by Patrick Modiano, translated by Mark Polizzotti
• Paris Nocturne by Patrick Modiano, translated by Phoebe Weston-Evans
• Suspended Sentences by Patrick Modiano, translated by Mark Polizzotti
• The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos by Dionne Brand
• A Horse at Night by Amina Cain

Other things you might want to consider:

• Edward Burtynsky (website) https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/
• Manufactured Landscapes https://www.netflixmovies.com/manufactured-landscapes-2006

Best quote from the episode: “I’m so basic.” – Dorian Stuber

The name of Rebecca’s band revealed: Flailing on the Inside