Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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CBC's Canada Reads
Me carping and enthusing in semi-equal measure about the show.

cbc.ca/books/canadareads
*THE WEBSITE TELLS YOU IMMEDIATELY WHO HAS WON THE COMPETITION*

Listen to the four episodes of the show and individual shows about the books:
cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-6-canada-reads

Or watch on youtube, starting here at Day 1:
youtube.com/watch?v=XKnq2D-mKyY

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"Over four days, the five champions will bring their diverse perspectives to this year's theme: One book to bring Canada into focus."

* Alayna Fender defends "Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club" by Megan Gail Coles ( fiction)

* Akil Augustine defends "Radicalized" by Cory Doctorow (fiction - novellas)

* Amanda Brugel defends "We Have Always Been Here" by Samra Habib (autobiography)

* Kaniehtiio Horn defends "Son of a Trickster" by Eden Robinson (fiction, YA, magic realism?)

* George Canyon defending "From the Ashes" by Jesse Thistle (autobiography)

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Please check out Erin @ The Bibliotherapist
youtube.com/c/erindillman
and her review of 'Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club':
youtube.com/watch?v=ApCW52CU8x8

(Video #319)