Canada Reads

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

Overview

During Canada Reads, five personalities champion five different books, each champion extolling the merits of one of the titles over a series of five programs. At the end of each episode, the panelists vote one title "off the island" until only one book remains. This book is then billed as the book that all of Canada should read.

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Canada Reads was first broadcast on CBC's Radio One in 2002; since its third edition it has been broadcast on Radio One and on television on CBC Newsworld.

Related Topics:
Radio One - 2002 - CBC Newsworld

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The fourth edition of Canada Reads ran from February 21 to 25, 2005.

Related Topics:
February 21 - 25 - 2005

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The candidate books for each edition of Canada Reads are announced several months before the programs are broadcast. They are then promoted in bookstores, in the hope that the listening and viewing public will purchase and read them all before the programs air. In some cases, publishers have published special editions of the nominated titles. The publisher of the final Canada Reads title makes a donation to charity. In 2005 this a portion of sales proceeds of the winning book went to The Movement for Canadian Literacy.

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Radio-Canada, the French-language service of CBC, produced a French version of Canada Reads in 2004 entitled Le combat des livres, broadcast from March 29 to April 2 on La Première Chaîne. Another edition was broadcast from March 14 to March 18, 2005.

Related Topics:
French-language - March 29 - April 2 - La Première Chaîne - March 14 - March 18

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