CANADA READS 2008: Winnipeg Edition (Presentation and Discussion)
Thursday Feb 28 2008 8:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park, in Prairie Ink Restaurant

Join in this celebration of Canadian literature. Host Ron Robinson welcomes five dynamic presenters to defend their selection from the 2008 CBC Canada Reads list. The audience will get their chance to ask the hard questions and to cast a vote on which book should win the title. Before the night is done, we will know what Winnipeg prefers to read.

List of 2008 Contenders:

King Leary by Paul Quarrington (Random)

Advocated by Jem Rolls, Performance Poet and 5 star Fringe Veteren, hailing from England.

Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley (Penguin)

Advocated by Lesley Hughes, journalist, broadcaster, outspoken media activist and humorist.

Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson (HB Fenn)

Advocated by Anita Daher, Author of Young Adult Novels, Recipient of the 2007 John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer.

Icefields by Thomas Wharton (Newest)

Advocated by Kathy Strub, McNally Robinson Book Club mediator and facilitator of book talks throughout the city.

From the Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant (McClelland & Stewart/Random)

Advocated by Morley Walker, Winnipeg Free Press columnist and book reviewer.

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