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CBC's 2025 Canada Reads Wrap Up with Host Ali Hassan

CBC's 2025 Canada Reads Wrap Up with Host Ali Hassan

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Rebecca and Tara again welcome host Ali Hassan for their annual wrap up of the CBC’s Canada Reads debates!

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Recommended books:

  • American War; What Strange Paradise; One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
  • A History of Burning by Janika Oza

THIS YEAR’S WINNER:

  • A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby and Mary Louisa Plummer; championed by Indigenous advocate Shayla Stonechild

THE RUNNERS-UP:

  • Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew; championed by "Pastry Nerd" Saïd M’Dahoma
  • Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper; championed by actor Michelle Morgan
  • Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston; championed by author Linwood Barclay
  • Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey; championed by Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Maggie Mac Neil

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