One of the country’s most influential literary competitions, Canada Reads is an excellent tool to help your students develop their love for literature and learn debating skills. This year’s edition is hosted by CBC Radio Q’s Jian Ghomeshi. Five panelists each champion one work of Canadian fiction in a series of half-hour debates. One by one, books are voted off the list, until one panelist triumphs with the book for Canada to read this year.
Canada Reads 2009 Lineup:
- Author and radio personality Jen Sookfong Lee defends Fruit by Brian Francis.
- Broadcaster Anne-Marie Withenshaw defends The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant by Michel Tremblay.
- Media personality Avi Lewis defends The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill.
- Actor and filmmaker Nicholas Campbell defends The Outlander by Gil Adamson.
- Musician Sarah Slean defends Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards.
