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Canada Reads reveals celebrity defenders and titles

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 ... Read More »

November 27, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Canada Reads 2014 seeks inspirational novels

By Julie Baldassi

Canada Reads, the CBC's battle of the books, is underway again. The annual radio showdown seeks to elevate one book that all Canadians should read. This year, advocates will debate not only the best book, ... Read More »

October 2, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Lisa Moore: trusting change

By Q&Q Staff

In the June 2013 issue of Q&Q, Mark Callanan speaks to Lisa Moore about her third novel, Caught, a story of courage and escape When Lisa Moore's February won the CBC's Canada Reads competition earlier ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Photos: Canada Reads’ three remaining contenders

By Natalie Sequeira

Two debates remain until CBC's Canada Reads winner is crowned, and the "turf wars" are down to the Atlantic provinces, Quebec, and ... Read More »

February 12, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

Q&A with Canada Reads defender Trent McClellan

By Natalie Sequeira

This year's Canada Reads debates are underway and David Bergen's Age of Hope has already been eliminated. Dubbed the Canada Reads Turf Wars, the debates feature five panelists defending a book they selected to represent ... Read More »

February 11, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

Canada Reads announces 2013 “turf war” titles

By Sue Carter

The latest instalment of CBC's Canada Reads is being called a" turf war," and for good reason. As usual, each of the five titles will be defended by a celebrity panelist, but this time they'll ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Esi Edugyan, JJ Lee, Charlotte Gill nominated for B.C. Book Prizes

By Sue Carter

The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the shortlists for the 28th annual B.C. Book Prizes, and for Esi Edugyan, the competition cuts close to home. Edugyan, whose novel Half-Blood Blues won the 2011 ... Read More »

March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Book links roundup: Kobo design update, writers favourite love poems, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Preview Kobo's next iOS app update The Guardian asks Jeanette Winterson, A.S. Byatt, and other writers to share their favourite love poems Despite tattooing the word "patience" on her body, novelist Stacey May Fowles can ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Police sketches of literary characters, Bookninja’s send-off, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

The Atlantic on literary characters' police composite sketches The National Post bids farewell to Bookninja Hot off her CBC Canada Reads win Carmen Aguirre performs her one-woman show based on her memoir Something Fierce Extremely ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Carmen Aguirre wins CBC Canada Reads

By Natalie Samson

Carmen Aguirre came out victorious at this year's CBC Canada Reads. The B.C.-based author and playwright's memoir, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter (Douglas & McIntyre), about growing up in the underground among South ... Read More »

February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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