Canada Reads 2006 Winner
by Miriam Toews
Canada’s popular battle of the books returns, and BTC Audiobooks is once again poised to release the winning book on audio. No radio show since Peter Gzowski’s Morningside has created as many instant bestsellers as Canada Reads — just consider the phenomenal success of last year’s winner, Rockbound by Frank Parker Day. In this nail-biting game of literary Survivor, five celebrity panelists choose a book they think all Canadians should read and then debate their picks on national radio over one full week. Hundreds of thousands of listeners tune in each day to discover which author’s work has been eliminated, and sales of the winning book (not to mention the audiobook) are guaranteed to soar. This year’s panelists include Maureen McTeer, Scott Thompson, Nelofer Pazira, Susan Musgrave, and John Samson.
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