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Canada Reads picks 15 titles that will “open your eyes”

This year's Canada Reads longlist is dominated by recent award honorees and bestsellers, including Omar El Akkad's American War and Tanya Talaga's Seven Fallen Feathers. Fifteen titles were selected that speak to the theme "One ... Read More »

January 8, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Panellist change for Canada Reads

By Becky Robertson

CBC Books has announced a panellist change for this year's edition of Canada Reads. Actress Tamara Taylor, who was due to champion Madeline Ashby's Company Town (Tor Books), has been forced to bow out due to ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

CBC announces Canada Reads finalists, panellists, and host

By Becky Robertson

CBC Books has revealed the finalists for this year's instalment of Canada Reads, an annual competition during which five public personalities each defend a Canadian book from the previous year, with the aim to prove ... Read More »

January 31, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Lawrence Hill’s The Illegal wins Canada Reads; Bruce Poon Tip donates 10,000 copies of Tracey Lindberg’s Birdie

By Becky Robertson

Author Lawrence Hill has been named winner of CBC's Canada Reads 2016 for his political thriller, The Illegal (HarperCollins Canada), which Olympian Clara Hughes defended in the book debates. Anita Rau Badami's The Hero's Walk ... Read More »

March 24, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Gill Deacon to host Canada Reads

By Sue Carter

CBC Radio's Gill Deacon is taking over from Wab Kinew as host of this year's Canada Reads, which takes place March 21 to 24. Kinew left the literary competition to run in the upcoming Manitoba ... Read More »

February 12, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

Lawrence Hill, Emily St. John Mandel among authors longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2016

By Becky Robertson

CBC has announced the longlist for next year's Canada Reads, its annual debate in which panelists each champion a Canadian title as the best of a particular theme or category. The 2016 faceoff will feature ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Kim Thuy, Thomas King among CBC’s 2015 Canada Reads selections

By Becky Robertson

CBC has revealed the panelists and the titles they will respectively champion in this year's Canada Reads debates, to discern "the one book to break barriers." The list is as follows: Toronto International Film Festival ... Read More »

January 20, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

CBC reveals Canada Reads 2015 longlist

By Becky Robertson

CBC Books has announced the longlist for the 14th annual Canada Reads competition. This year's edition, hosted by journalist Wab Kinew, intends to recognize "one book to break barriers." Members of an as yet anonymous ... Read More »

January 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Wab Kinew to host Canada Reads 2015

By Becky Robertson

CBC Books announced on Wednesday that Wab Kinew, the winning defender of Joseph Boyden's novel The Orenda at this year's Canada Reads, will be hosting the battle of the books in 2015, to take place ... Read More »

November 20, 2014 | Filed under: Events, People

Friends of Carmen Aguirre host fundraiser to help recoup outstanding royalties

By Julie Baldassi

Two years after Carmen Aguirre’s Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter won the 2012 CBC Canada Reads competition and became a national bestseller, a fundraiser is being held in hopes of raising the equivalent of $60,000 ... Read More »

May 20, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

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