Posted in Newsy, tagged canada reads 2010, CBC on December 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
*Trumpets and Fanfare*
And the Canada Reads 2010 selections and their champions are:
Good to a Fault, by Marina Endicott. Championed by professional broadcaster Simi Sara.
Fall on Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald. Championed by Olympic track star Perdita Felicien.
The Jade Peony, by Wayson Choy. Championed by physician and humanitarian Samantha Nutt.
Generation X, by Douglas Coupland. Championed by rapper/poet Roland [...]
Posted in JK's Reviews, Newsy, tagged canada reads 2009, canadian, CBC, fiction on March 6, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Welcome back ladies and gents, for the last episode and our thrilling conclusion…
We start the show with yesterday’s vote, which went as follows:
NC: Fruit
AW: The Outlander
SS: Fruit
JSL: The Outlander
AL: The Outlander
Once again, NC gives mad props to JSL for being a stellar advocate, and she admits she didn’t think she would get this far.
Next, [...]
Posted in JK's Reviews, Newsy, tagged canada reads 2009, canadian, CBC, fiction on March 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We’ve reached Day 4, and the competition’s getting tough and demonstrating that the reality-tv principle makes for as unpredictable entertainment as ever. Once again, the panelists have 30 seconds to summarize their books, which I won’t summarize, because most people who are coming here already know the books.
So on to the vote!
JSL: The Outlander
NC: Fat [...]
