This month we are reading Fox by Margaret Sweatman and we are thrilled to welcome Margaret as a guest on our podcast this month! Do you have any questions for her? Comments about the book?
Here are a few questions we will be contemplating:
- Why is the novel called Fox?
- Fox is written in a number of different voices and styles. Did you have a favourite voice or narrator?
- Many themes, attitudes, and news headlines expressed in the novel are still relevant today. Which one really stood out for you?
- How has the 1919 General Strike impacted your life today?
- In Fox, McDougal wonders: what makes a book “used”? What do you think makes a book used?
Please join in on the discussion!
You can comment below or email us your answers and thoughts to wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca.
Glad I was able to finish the book and catch the episode…..I was racking my mind about why it was called Fox!!! Thanks for the discussion!
I wanted to know more about Helen who ran the soup kitchen for strikers (was she an Eleanor type from the south or was she working class?) And I found this incredible article on her https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/helen-armstrong-wild-woman-of-the-west
I think I found my new role model 🙂
Hey Amy! Nice to hear from you. Glad you liked the episode and wow, what a great article about an AMAZING woman who deserves to have her name out there! The world needs more people like her.