Name: Kate Coffey
Occupation: International development
As a newly arrived immigrant from Ireland in 1997, I journeyed by train from Halifax to Prince Rupert for a few weeks, reading local authors at every stop. It was a sure-fire way to understand the uniqueness of each place and embrace what it is to be a Canadian.
Some of the books that I read were鈥�
- The Leaving by Budge Wilson
- The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier
- Son of a Smaller Hero by Mordecai Richler
- A collection of short stories by Alice Munro
- A book on the Group of Seven (I can鈥檛 remember the name)
- Where Nests the Water Hen by Gabrielle Roy
- Spirit Transformed by Roy Henry Vickers
