One eRead Canada
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One eRead Canada is a digital book club connecting readers and libraries from across Canada.
This year's One eRead Canada pick is What I Know About You by Éric Chacour, translated by Pablo Strauss. The ebook and audiobook will be available without waitlists in English and French from April 1–30.
Download a copy during the month and join the discussion in English or French – or both!
About the book
As a boy in 1960s Cairo, Tarek knows that his entire life is written in advance. He’ll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eyes of his mother and his sister, he starts to do just that – until Ali enters his life and turns it upside down. The two men, from very different worlds, embark on an unsayable relationship that threatens to tear apart Tarek’s family.
Years later, as Tarek is living a solitary life in Montreal, someone starts writing about him and to him, piecing together a past he wants only to forget. But who is the writer of this tale? And will he figure it out in time?
-Coach House Books
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Join the conversation
Join the online discussion happening with readers from across the country in the One eRead Canada Facebook page or on Instagram @oneereadcanada.
There will also be two online events scheduled during the month:
April 29 @ 7pm with Éric Chacour and Caroline Morin of Radio-Canada (in French)
April 30 @ 7pm with Éric Chacour, translator Pablo Strauss and Antonio Michael Downing of The Next Chapter from CBC Books (in English)
What I Know About You also makes a great pick for book clubs! Use the book club guide to help get the conversation started and learn about the background of the novel
Not in a book club? Tell your friends and family from across Canada to read the book and meet in-person or virtually to share your thoughts.
About One eRead Canada
Launched in 2019, One eRead Canada is an annual initiative by the Canadian Urban Libraries Council to promote digital reading through public libraries, while also raising awareness about issues that libraries face in providing access to ebooks and audiobooks.