{"id":1286,"date":"2020-07-15T10:44:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T17:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2020-07-15T10:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T17:50:40","slug":"the-afrikaner-shortlisted-best-fiction-2020-by-miramichi-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/2020\/07\/15\/the-afrikaner-shortlisted-best-fiction-2020-by-miramichi-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Afrikaner&#8221; shortlisted &#8220;Best Fiction 2020&#8221; by Miramichi Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment=\"{&quot;blocks&quot;:[{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;2u72a&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Arianna Dagnino's THE AFRIKANER shortlisted for 'BEST BOOK' by Miramichi Reader. \u201cBest Fiction\u201d is the most popular category at The Miramichi Reader. Here are the seven \u201cBest Fiction\u201d titles of 2020:&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:199,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;FG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#NaN0000\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:199,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;BG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#ffffff\\&quot;}&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;d104d&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot; &quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;atomic&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:1,&quot;key&quot;:0}],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;4l2b7&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Side by Side\\&quot; by Anita Kushwaha (Inanna Publications)&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:54,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;FG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#NaN0000\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:54,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;BG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#ffffff\\&quot;}&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;4f073&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;The Afrikaner\\&quot; by Arianna Dagnino (Guernica Editions, guest post at \\&quot;Consumed by Ink\\&quot; by James Fisher).&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:104,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;FG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#NaN0000\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:104,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;BG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#ffffff\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:70,&quot;length&quot;:15,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;UNDERLINE&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:70,&quot;length&quot;:15,&quot;key&quot;:1}],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;jvs2&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Some People\u2019s Children by Bridget Canning\\&quot; (Breakwater Books)&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:62,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;FG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#NaN0000\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:62,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;BG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#ffffff\\&quot;}&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;b54v3&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;The Tender Birds\\&quot; by Carole Giangrande (Inanna Publications)&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:61,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;FG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#NaN0000\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:61,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;BG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#ffffff\\&quot;}&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;828fi&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;A Song From Faraway\\&quot; by Deni Ellis B\u00e9chard (Goose Lane Editions)&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:65,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;FG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#NaN0000\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:65,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;BG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#ffffff\\&quot;}&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;5lo90&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Lay Figures\\&quot; by Mark Blagrave (Nimbus Publishing)&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:50,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;FG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#NaN0000\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:50,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;BG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#ffffff\\&quot;}&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;24qq2&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;All I Ask\\&quot; by Eva Crocker (House of Anansi Press)&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:50,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;FG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#NaN0000\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:50,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;BG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#ffffff\\&quot;}&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;ngd5&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Of the above seven titles, three will be awarded either gold, silver, or bronze award early in September 2020. The entire longlist can be seen here.&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:148,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;FG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#NaN0000\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:148,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;BG\\&quot;:\\&quot;#ffffff\\&quot;}&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:143,&quot;length&quot;:4,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;UNDERLINE&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:143,&quot;length&quot;:4,&quot;key&quot;:2}],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;ff3bs&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}}],&quot;entityMap&quot;:{&quot;0&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;wix-draft-plugin-image&quot;,&quot;mutability&quot;:&quot;IMMUTABLE&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:{&quot;config&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:&quot;right&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;small&quot;,&quot;showTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true},&quot;src&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;88e423_2e8dee18b1184e56bde8f61fa2f36051~mv2.jpg&quot;,&quot;original_file_name&quot;:&quot;88e423_2e8dee18b1184e56bde8f61fa2f36051~mv2.jpg&quot;,&quot;file_name&quot;:&quot;88e423_2e8dee18b1184e56bde8f61fa2f36051~mv2.jpg&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:480,&quot;height&quot;:765}}},&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;LINK&quot;,&quot;mutability&quot;:&quot;MUTABLE&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/consumedbyink.ca\/2019\/07\/02\/guest-post-the-afrikaner-by-arianna-dagnino\/&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;_blank&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;noopener&quot;}},&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;LINK&quot;,&quot;mutability&quot;:&quot;MUTABLE&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/miramichireader.ca\/2020\/07\/2020-shortlist-best-fiction\/?fbclid=IwAR0JZYFtIZTNh7yhVI3tbmJ4IQmatTrKgXEo1QIUtUp5I3ndrsMYGJwMlpg&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;_blank&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;noopener&quot;}}}}\">\n<div class=\"jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"70g0m\" data-offset-key=\"f3j5r-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"f3j5r-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"f3j5r-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1287 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2020\/07\/Image-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2020\/07\/Image-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2020\/07\/Image-768x749.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2020\/07\/Image.png 884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Arianna Dagnino&#8217;s THE AFRIKANER shortlisted for &#8216;BEST BOOK&#8217; by Miramichi Reader. \u201cBest Fiction\u201d is the most popular category at The Miramichi Reader. Here are the seven \u201cBest Fiction\u201d titles of 2020:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"70g0m\" data-offset-key=\"6qsaf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"6qsaf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6qsaf-0-0\">&#8220;Side by Side&#8221; by Anita Kushwaha (Inanna Publications)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"70g0m\" data-offset-key=\"5lelr-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"5lelr-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5lelr-0-0\">&#8220;The Afrikaner&#8221; by Arianna Dagnino (Guernica Editions, guest post at &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _1cJeG\" href=\"https:\/\/consumedbyink.ca\/2019\/07\/02\/guest-post-the-afrikaner-by-arianna-dagnino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-offset-key=\"5lelr-1-0\">Consumed by Ink<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"5lelr-2-0\">&#8221; by James Fisher).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"70g0m\" data-offset-key=\"24af5-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"24af5-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"24af5-0-0\">&#8220;Some People\u2019s Children by Bridget Canning&#8221; (Breakwater Books)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"70g0m\" data-offset-key=\"ed2oi-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"ed2oi-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ed2oi-0-0\">&#8220;The Tender Birds&#8221; by Carole Giangrande (Inanna Publications)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"70g0m\" data-offset-key=\"fiph9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"fiph9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fiph9-0-0\">&#8220;A Song From Faraway&#8221; by Deni Ellis B\u00e9chard (Goose Lane Editions)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"70g0m\" data-offset-key=\"etcqq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"etcqq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"etcqq-0-0\">&#8220;Lay Figures&#8221; by Mark Blagrave (Nimbus Publishing)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"70g0m\" data-offset-key=\"9eei9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"9eei9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9eei9-0-0\">&#8220;All I Ask&#8221; by Eva Crocker (House of Anansi Press)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jwLWP _2hXa7 _1dPe8 blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"70g0m\" data-offset-key=\"1n6qr-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"1n6qr-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n6qr-0-0\">Of the above seven titles, three will be awarded either gold, silver, or bronze award early in September 2020. The entire longlist can be seen <\/span><a class=\"_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _1cJeG\" href=\"https:\/\/miramichireader.ca\/2020\/07\/2020-shortlist-best-fiction\/?fbclid=IwAR0JZYFtIZTNh7yhVI3tbmJ4IQmatTrKgXEo1QIUtUp5I3ndrsMYGJwMlpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n6qr-1-0\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"1n6qr-2-0\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"ei5k6-0-0\">Arianna Dagnino&#8217;s website: https:\/\/www.ariannadagnino.com\/<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ei5k6-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"ei5k6-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1023 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2019\/05\/Cover-The-Afrikaner-copy-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2019\/05\/Cover-The-Afrikaner-copy-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2019\/05\/Cover-The-Afrikaner-copy.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arianna Dagnino&#8217;s THE AFRIKANER shortlisted for &#8216;BEST BOOK&#8217; by Miramichi Reader. \u201cBest Fiction\u201d is the most popular category at The Miramichi Reader. Here are the seven \u201cBest Fiction\u201d titles of 2020: &#8220;Side by Side&#8221; by Anita Kushwaha (Inanna Publications) &#8220;The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/2020\/07\/15\/the-afrikaner-shortlisted-best-fiction-2020-by-miramichi-reader\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1289,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}