EPISODE · Jun 29, 2020 · 6 MIN
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq, read by the author
from Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes · host Janna Stam
When was the last time you listened to an audiobook that shattered all of your expectations – from the format and narrative performance, to the genre-defying content? Split Tooth is part memoir, part manifesto, and it’s infused with myth, poetry, and song. Tanya Tagaq is a multi-talented Inuk artist, author, and an internationally acclaimed Juno and Polaris prize-winning throat singer, and she segments her reading of Split Tooth with throat singing.Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2018)Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose in English (2019)Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40044460-split-toothAudio production by Graham StephensonEpisode music: Caprese by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).
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When was the last time you listened to an audiobook that shattered all of your expectations – from the format and narrative performance, to the genre-defying content? Split Tooth is part memoir, part manifesto, and it’s infused with myth, poetry, and song. Tanya Tagaq is a multi-talented Inuk artist, author, and an internationally acclaimed Juno and Polaris prize-winning throat singer, and she segments her reading of Split Tooth with throat singing. Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2018) Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose in English (2019) Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40044460-split-tooth (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40044460-split-tooth) Audio production by Graham Stephenson Episode music: Caprese by Blue Dot Sessions (http://www.sessions.blue/ (www.sessions.blue)).
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