Your Spotify playlist might be getting a bit stale and not everyone has the same taste in music. Audiobooks are perfect for a road trip, dock lounging sessions, camping trips or starlight bedtime stories with the family. Here is a list of some Canadian audiobooks that are ideal for Canada Day.
Biographies & Memoirs:
Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip
Written by: Michael Barclay
Narrated by: George Stroumboulopoulos
Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School
Written by: Bev Sellars
Narrated by: Bev Sellars
Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
Common Ground: Exclusive Edition
Written by: Justin Trudeau
Narrated by: Justin Trudeau, Colm Feore
Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
Anchorboy: True Tales from the World of Sportscasting
Written by: Jay Onrait
Narrated by: Jay Onrait, Dan O’Toole
Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
Written by: Ivan Coyote
Narrated by: Ivan Coyote
Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
Literature & Fiction:
Written by: Margaret Atwood
Narrated by: Margot Dionne
Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
Written by: Katherena Vermette
Narrated by: Michaela Washburn
Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
Written by: Michael Ondaatje
Narrated by: Tom McCamus
Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
Written by: David Chariandy
Narrated by: Joseph Pierre
Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
Written by: Catherine Hernandez
Narrated by: Catherine Hernandez
Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
