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Rooke championed The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence in the 2002 edition of Canada Reads. Jean Margaret Wemyss, better known as Margaret Laurence, (July 18, 1926 - January 5, 1987) was a Canadian novelist. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Canada Reads is an annual battle of the books competition organized and broadcast by Canadas public broadcaster, the CBC. Overview During Canada Reads, five personalities champion five different books, each champion extolling the merits of one of the titles over a series of five programs. ...

For detailed bibliography, see Leon Rooke's official website at www.leonrooke.com [1]

Bibliography

• Last One Home Sleeps in the Yellow Bed - 1968
• Krokodile - 1973
• Sword/Play - 1974
• The Love Parlour - 1977
• The Broad Back of the Angel - 1977
• Cry Evil - 1980
• Fat Woman - 1980 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• Death Suite - 1981
• The Magician in Love - 1981
• The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta - 1982
• Shakespeare's Dog - 1983 (winner of the 1983 Governor General's Award for Fiction)
• A Bolt of White Cloth - 1984
• Sing Me No Love Songs, I'll Say You No Prayers - 1984
• A Good Baby - 1989
• How I Saved the Province - 1989
• The Happiness of Others - 1991
• Who Do You Love - 1992
• Oh! Twenty-Seven Stories - 1997
• Who Goes There - 1998
• The Fall of Gravity - 2000
• Painting the Dog - 2001

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