The CBC has announced the panellists and titles for the next Canada Reads, which runs March 3″“6.

This year’s panellists are:

• Philanthropist and activist Stephen Lewis defending The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
• Journalist and activist Wab Kinew defending The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
• Olympic medalist Donovan Bailey defending Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
• Comedian Samantha Bee defending Cockroach by Rawi Hage
• Actress Sarah Gadon defending Annabel by Kathleen Winter

While this may seem like a civilized group now, anything can happen during the heat of the debate.

It’s anyone’s game at this point, but if Stephen Lewis wins, he will be the second member of his family to take Canada Reads. In 2009, his son, Avi Lewis, successfully championed Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes.