Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Canada Reads 2009 / CBC bookclub

Lawrence Hill has emerged victorious in CBC's 2009 Canada Reads contest.

His novel The Book of Negroes was selected as the book for Canada to read this year.

*FYI*
Lawrence Hill online chat:
CBC's new online bookclub is hosting a chat today (Mar.10th) with Lawrence Hill.

(btw CBC is also giving away a Sony Reader Digital Book to a lucky reader.)

The other Canada Reads finalist were:
Fruit, by Brian Francis;
Outlander, by Gil Adamson; and
Mercy Among the Children, by David Adams Richards.

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