Canada Reads 2013 – The People Have Chosen

The five finalists in each region for Canada Reads 2013 were announced by Canada Reads host Jian Ghomeshi. This year five books will be selected, one from each region, and will be pitted against each other in a battle to the finish. This may be the first time the regions of Canada are divided over books!

The five Canada Reads 2013 panelists will be revealed on Thursday, November 29 on Q on CBC Radio. At the same time they will tell the country which book they have selected from their region to defend.

In case you missed the announcement the winners from each region are:

Atlantic Canada

Annabel
by Kathleen Winter

Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery

February
by Lisa Moore

No Great Mischief
by Alistair MacLeod

The Town That Drowned
by Riel Nason

Quebec

The Beautiful Mystery
by Louise Penny

Ru
by Kim Thuy

Solomon Gursky Was Here
by Mordecai Richler

The Tin Flute
by Gabrielle Roy

Two Solitudes
by Hugh MacLennan

 

Ontario

Away
by Jane Urquhart

The Day the Falls Stood Still
by Cathy Marie Buchanan

The English Patient 
by Michael Ondaatje

Far To Go
by Alison Pick

Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies

 

Prairies and the North

The Age of Hope
by David Bergen

The Diviners
by Margaret Laurence

The Garneau Block
by Todd Babiak

Late Nights on Air
by Elizabeth Hay

The Trade by
Fred Stenson

British Columbia and the Yukon

Bow Grip
by Ivan E. Coyote

Everything was Good-Bye
by Gurjinder Basran

Indian Horse
by Richard Wagamese

Monkey Beach
by Eden Robinson

Obasan

by Joy Kogawa

 

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