101 Letters to a Prime Minister

The Complete Letters to Stephen Harper

Author  Yann Martel
101 Letters to a Prime Minister

A compendium of 101 book recommendations from Booker Prize–winning author Yann Martel (Life of Pi) to Prime Minister Stephen Harper—each with an accompanying letter, together probing the question: what sort of mind, nourished by what, do we want our leaders to have?

Politely and unfailingly, every two weeks for almost four years, Yann Martel sent Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper a book and accompanying letter. He completed the project in 2011 with 101 book recommendations.

Now, from the mailbox of the Prime Minister’s Office to your bookshelf comes a list of essential reading for all Canadians. This largely one-sided correspondence from the “loneliest book club in the world” (Stephen Harper never personally responded to Yann Martel’s gifts) is a valuable…

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October 30, 2012
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The Position of Spoons

The Position of Spoons

Deborah Levy
Salvage

Salvage

Dionne Brand
Some of My Best Friends Novelist as a Vocation

Novelist as a Vocation

Haruki Murakami
Burning Questions

Burning Questions

Margaret Atwood
A Guest at the Feast

A Guest at the Feast

Colm Tóibín
Languages of Truth

Languages of Truth

Salman Rushdie
Real Estate

Real Estate

Deborah Levy
Hamnet

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell
Year of the Monkey

Year of the Monkey

Patti Smith
Bread Out of Stone

Bread Out of Stone

Dionne Brand
Sonnet's Shakespeare

Sonnet's Shakespeare

Sonnet L'Abbé
My Seditious Heart

My Seditious Heart

Arundhati Roy
See What Can Be Done

See What Can Be Done

Lorrie Moore
Feel Free

Feel Free

Zadie Smith
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World...

The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World...

David Graeber; edited by Nika Dubrovsky; foreword by Rebecca Solnit
Memories of Distant Mountains The Position of Spoons

The Position of Spoons

Deborah Levy
Making Love with the Land

Making Love with the Land

Joshua Whitehead
A Book of Days

A Book of Days

Patti Smith
Nowhere, Exactly

Nowhere, Exactly

M.G. Vassanji
Some of My Best Friends Burning Questions

Burning Questions

Margaret Atwood
Care Of

Care Of

Ivan Coyote
Carving Space: The Indigenous Voices Awards Anthology

Carving Space: The Indigenous Voices Awards Anthology

Various; Edited by Jordan Abel and Carleigh Baker
A Guest at the Feast

A Guest at the Feast

Colm Tóibín
A Private Spy

A Private Spy

John le Carré; edited by Tim Cornwell
Languages of Truth

Languages of Truth

Salman Rushdie
Letters of Note: Grief

Letters of Note: Grief

Compiled by Shaun Usher
Murakami T

Murakami T

Haruki Murakami