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Slideshow: Introducing the 2012 Canada Reads finalists

If yesterday's CBC Canada Reads public meet-and-greet in Toronto was any indication, the non-fiction contest, which airs in February 2012, will be a battle fuelled by strong personalities. Canada Reads host Jian Ghomeshi introduced the ... Read More »

November 24, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

CBC Canada Reads opts for non-fiction lineup

By Natalie Samson

This morning, CBC Books announced that the 2012 edition of its annual book battle, Canada Reads, will focus on non-fiction. Canada Reads: True Stories follows the same format of last year's 10th anniversary contest by ... Read More »

September 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Shields, McKay among CBC Canada Reads finalists

By Scott MacDonald

CBC Canada Reads host Jian Ghomeshi announced the five finalists this morning, selected from a previous listener-chosen shortlist of 10 titles. Happily, the panelists have mostly avoided the Canada Reads candidates of prior years, which ... Read More »

November 24, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Martel, Boyden make cut for CBC Canada Reads

By Scott MacDonald

This morning, CBC Canada Reads host Jian Ghomeshi announced results of the second round of public voting, which saw a list of 40 titles reduced to a mere 10. At the risk of sounding biased, ... Read More »

November 9, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

CBC Canada Reads announces Top 40

By Scott MacDonald

As many of you are doubtless aware, the next CBC Canada Reads competition will be slightly different from past ones, in that the public is being asked to narrow the field of candidates by voting ... Read More »

October 28, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

A new twist on the Canada Reads spin-off trend

By Laura Godfrey

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the CBC must be feeling pretty good right now. Just in case you can't get enough of the various spin-offs of the CBC's Canada Reads competition “ ... Read More »

February 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Wayson Choy, Ann-Marie MacDonald among Canada Reads finalists

By Scott MacDonald

The five finalists for the 2010 CBC Canada Reads competition have been unveiled. Take a look: Marina Endicott, Good to a Fault (Freehand Press), defended by Simi Sara Nicolas Dickner, Lazer Lederhendler, trans., Nikolski (Random ... Read More »

December 1, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

The unstoppable Book of Negroes

By Scott MacDonald

At this point, you gotta wonder: has anyone in Canada not read Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes? Released by HarperCollins Canada more than two years ago, the book has grown from a solid word-of-mouth ... Read More »

February 13, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

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