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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Canada Reads. CBC tells us all about it.
The theme is Starting Over. A great theme. The books and defenders are listed below.I loved The Hero's Walk. I have always liked Michael Winter and Lawrence Hill. So but now I have to read the others. Info below from CBC web site.
Okay, bibliophiles — put the kettle
on and ready your reading nooks. It's time once again to
launch Canada Reads,
CBC's annual battle of the books.
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The 2016 contenders are:
•
Bruce Poon Tip, defending Birdie by Tracey
Lindberg: "For all of us that care about reconciliation …
this book opens that path."
•
Farah Mohamed,
defending Bone and Bread by Saleema Nawaz:
"For a fiction book, this book is incredibly real. You go on a roller
coaster ride and at the end you feel like you know the characters"
•
Clara Hughes,
defending The Illegal by Lawrence Hill: "It puts a
face to the faceless and it brings a humanity to the struggle … it's a thriller
that sweeps you along."
•
Adam "Edge"
Copeland, defending Minister
Without Portfolio by Michael
Winter: "It's about falling flat on your face, dusting
yourself off and how do you walk on."
•
Vinay Virmani, defending The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami: "It shows us
that each one of us can be a hero that can look change in the eye and walk a
road that leads to transformation and betterment."
This year's host is author, broadcaster and previous
Canada Reads winner Wab Kinew.
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