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Canada Reads picks 15 titles to “inspire readers to reflect on community”

Michelle Good

The 2022 Canada Reads longlist includes recent and not-so-recent award-winning books, including Michelle Good’s Five Little Indians and Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise. The longlisted books all “inspire readers to reflect on community and who we are in the world we live in,” the CBC said in announcing the list.

The five panellists and the books they choose to champion in the annual battle of the books will be announced on Jan. 26. The Canada Reads debates will be hosted by actor and comedian Ali Hassan and will take place from March 28–31.

The longlisted books are:

 

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January 12th, 2022

1:08 pm

Category: Awards, Industry News

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