Canada Reads 2017
The great Canadian book debate is just around the corner with live debates taking place on CBC Radio March 27-30. Over four days, the five defenders will bring their diverse perspectives to answer the question: What is the one book Canadians need now? The debates will air on CBC Radio One at 11 a.m., will be livestreamed on CBCbooks.ca at 11 a.m. ET and can be seen on CBC Television at 4 p.m.
The contenders and their chosen books are:
- Chantal Kreviazuk defending The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
- Humble The Poet defending Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
- Tamara Taylor defending Company Town by Madeline Ashby
- Candy Palmater defending The Break by Katherena Vermette
- Jody Mitic defending Nostalgia by M.G. Vassanji
Two of these books are already on our shelves, with The Right to be Cold, Company Town and Nostalgia expected to arrive this week. Contact us to place a hold.
New fiction
The Lost Garden by Katharine Swartz
The Port-Wine Stain, With an Unfinished Tale by Edgar A. Poe by Normal Lock
The Tsar of Love and Techno, stories by Anthony Marra
New crime
The Last Dead Girl by Harry Dolan
Flesh Wounds by Chris Brookmyre
The Z Murders by J. Jefferson Farjeon
New non-fiction
Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must be Stopped by Garry Kasparov
Sully: My Search for What Really Matters by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (the story behind the ‘miracle on the Hudson)
This is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison and Other Complications by Diane Schoemperlen