The books have just been announced for this year's Canada Reads, and they are:
GOOD TO A FAULT by Marina Endicott
NIKOLSKI by Nicolas Dickner
GENERATION X: TALES FOR AN ACCELERATED CULTURE by Douglas Coupland
THE JADE PEONY by Wayson Choy
FALL ON YOUR KNEES by Ann-Marie MacDonald
I haven't read any of these books (yet), and believe I only have the Douglas Coupland book somewhere on my bookshelves. Interesting choices...
A little background (from the official site):
"Canada Reads celebrates five Canadian books for three months online, at public events and on air. It all leads up to a week-long show hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. In this annual title fight, five celebrity panelists defend their favourite work of Canadian fiction. One by one, books are voted off the list, until one panelist triumphs with the book for Canada to read this year.
The half-hour debates will air on CBC Radio One from March 8 to March 12, 2010, at 11:30 am and 7:30 pm (3:30 pm and 8 pm in Newfoundland). The program will also air on CBC's digital channel Bold from March 8 to 12 at 6:00 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. NT, 3:00 p.m. PT) and on Sirius 137 on the same dates at 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. ET; it will also be available online and via podcast."
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