Canada Reads

Canada Reads is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Canada's public broadcaster, the CBC.

Le combat des livres 2005

Radio-Canada, the French-language service of CBC, aired a French version of Canada Reads entitled Le combat des livres from March 14 to March 18, 2005. It was moderated by Marie-France Bazzo.

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March 14 - March 18

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The books selected for Le combat des livres 2005 and their respective champions were:

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• Dolce agonia by Nancy Huston, championed by physician and president of Médecins du monde Canada Réjean Thomas
• L'avalée des avalés by Réjean Ducharme, championed by actor Sophie Cadieux
• Thérèse et Pierrette à l'école des Saints-Anges by Michel Tremblay, championed by union activist Monique Simard
• La chair disparue by Jean-Jacques Pelletier, championed by pianist Alain Lefèvre
• À la hauteur de Grand Central Station, je me suis assise et j'ai pleuré by Elizabeth Smart, the French version of By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, championed by journalist and broadcaster Dennis Trudeau

The winning title was L'avalée des avalés by Réjean Ducharme.

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