Editing Canada Reads

{{short description|Canadian book competition}}
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'''''Canada Reads''''' is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Canada's [[public broadcasting|public broadcaster]], the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]. The program has aired in two distinct editions, the English-language ''Canada Reads'' on [[CBC Radio One]], and the French-language {{lang|fr|[[Le Combat des livres]]}} on {{lang|fr|[[Ici Radio-Canada Première]]|italic=no}}.

The English edition has aired each year since 2002, while the French edition aired annually from 2004 to 2014,<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/medias/435887/radio-canada-revoit-sa-strategie-litteraire "Radio-Canada revoit sa «stratégie littéraire»"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', March 30, 2015.</ref> and was then discontinued until being revived in 2018.<ref name=combatisback>[http://www.cbc.ca/books/combat-des-livres-is-back-1.4631879 "Combat des livres is back!"]. [[CBC Books]], April 24, 2018.</ref>

In 2021, sister service [[CBC Music]] launched ''Canada Listens'', which used a similar format of advocates debating five classic albums by Canadian musicians. In 2023, [[CBC Kids]] introduced ''CBC Kids Reads'', a feature which uses a similar format to highlight children's [[picture book]]s.

==Overview==
During ''Canada Reads'', five personalities champion five different books, each champion extolling the merits of one of the titles. The debate is broadcast over a series of five programs. At the end of each episode, the [[panelist]]s vote one title out of the competition until only one book remains. This book is then billed as the book that all of Canada should read.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-reads/|title=Canada Reads|last=Hazlett|first=Emily|work=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2018-05-19|language=en}}</ref>

CBC Radio producer [[Peter Kavanagh (producer)|Peter Kavanagh]] proposed the general idea of a national radio book campaign during the fall of 2001.<ref name=gm>{{cite news|first=Lisa |last=Fitterman |title=Peter Kavanagh: Author and radio producer had a 'furious intellect' |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/peter-kavanagh-author-and-radio-producer-had-a-furious-intellect/article32204841/|work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=2016-10-02 |access-date=2016-10-04}}</ref> Later that year, Talin Vartanian conceived ''Canada Reads'' and created the essential structure of the program: an annual campaign to select a book for the nation to read. She proposed the idea of five panelists, each championing a different title in a national on air debate. Vartanian was producer in the first edition (with Kavanagh), then she became executive producer from 2002 to 2007. In 2007 the program was an "All Star Edition", a reunion of the winning panelists from the first five years. From 2007 to 2017, Ann Jansen produced the program.

''Canada Reads'' was first broadcast on the CBC's [[CBC Radio One|Radio One]] in 2002, and has aired annually on radio since then. The third and fourth editions also were broadcast on television, on [[CBC Newsworld]]. Broadcast dates were February 16 to February 20, 2004, and February 21 to February 25, 2005, respectively. The seventh edition was also broadcast on [[Bold TV]], broadcasting from February 25 to February 29. Beginning with the third edition, the daily debates could be heard online as well as on Radio One. The fifth edition was broadcast from April 17 to April 21, 2006. The sixth edition aired February 25 to March 2, 2007. The seventh edition of ''Canada Reads'' was broadcast on February 25 to February 29, 2008, and for the first time, it was available as a [[podcast]].

The books in the running for each edition of ''Canada Reads'' are announced several months before the programs are broadcast. Titles must be Canadian fiction, poetry or plays. They are promoted in bookstores, in the hope that the ''Canada Reads'' audience 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 winning ''Canada Reads'' title donates a portion of sales proceeds from the winning book to a charitable organization working in the field of literacy. Recipients have included Frontier College, the Movement for Canadian Literacy, ABC Life Literacy Canada (formerly ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation) and Laubach Literacy of Canada.

Beginning in 2004, Radio-Canada, the [[French language|French-language]] service of the CBC, produced a French version of ''Canada Reads'' entitled ''Le Combat des livres'' ("Battle of the books"). It was broadcast on [[Première Chaîne]] until 2014, following which it was discontinued for three years until being revived in 2018.

Both the English and French programs sometimes, but not always, include one personality more commonly associated with the other language community, who champions a [[translation|translated]] work. One advocate, [[Maureen McTeer]],  has appeared on both programs in the same year, championing the same novel in both its original English and translated French editions. Several other novels have also been chosen for both programs, although their English and French versions were not chosen by the same advocate or in the same year; one novel to date, [[Lawrence Hill]]'s ''[[The Book of Negroes (novel)|The Book of Negroes]]'' (French title ''Aminata'') has won both competitions.

==2002==
'''''Canada Reads 2002''''' aired from April 16 to 19, 2002. The winning title was announced on April 23, 2002, [[Canada Book Day]]. [[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]] was the moderator.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Michael Ondaatje]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[In the Skin of a Lion]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Steven Page]]'''
|-
|[[Margaret Atwood]] || ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' || [[Kim Campbell]]
|-
|[[George Elliott Clarke]] || ''[[Whylah Falls]]'' || [[Nalo Hopkinson]]
|-
|[[Margaret Laurence]] || ''[[The Stone Angel]]'' || [[Leon Rooke]]
|-
|[[Rohinton Mistry]] || ''[[A Fine Balance]]'' || [[Megan Follows]]
|}

==2003==
'''''Canada Reads 2003''''' aired from April 21 to 25, 2003. [[Bill Richardson (radio)|Bill Richardson]] was the moderator.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Hubert Aquin]], translated by [[Sheila Fischman]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[Next Episode (novel)|Next Episode]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Denise Bombardier]]'''
|-
|[[Paul Hiebert (writer)|Paul Hiebert]] || ''[[Sarah Binks]]'' || [[Will Ferguson]]
|-
|[[Helen Humphreys]] || ''The Lost Garden'' || [[Mag Ruffman]]
|-
|[[Wayne Johnston (author)|Wayne Johnston]] || ''[[The Colony of Unrequited Dreams]]'' || [[Justin Trudeau]]
|-
|[[Yann Martel]] || ''[[Life of Pi]]'' || [[Nancy Lee (writer)|Nancy Lee]]
|}

==2004==
'''''Canada Reads 2004''''' aired on both CBC Radio and CBC Newsworld from February 16 to 20, 2004. Bill Richardson was the moderator.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Guy Vanderhaeghe]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[The Last Crossing]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Jim Cuddy]]'''
|-
|[[Thomas King (novelist)|Thomas King]] || ''[[Green Grass, Running Water]]'' || [[Glen Murray (politician)|Glen Murray]]
|-
|[[Alice Munro]] || ''[[The Love of a Good Woman]]'' || [[Measha Brueggergosman]]
|-
|[[Monique Proulx]], translated by [[David Homel]] and [[Fred A. Reed]] || ''The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle'' || [[Francine Pelletier (journalist)|Francine Pelletier]]
|-
|[[Mordecai Richler]] || ''[[Barney's Version (novel)|Barney's Version]]'' || [[Zsuzsi Gartner]]
|}

==2005==
'''''Canada Reads 2005''''' was broadcast from February 21 to 25, 2005. Bill Richardson was again the moderator.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Frank Parker Day]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[Rockbound]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Donna Morrissey]]'''
|-
|[[Margaret Atwood]] || ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'' || [[Olivia Chow]]
|-
|[[Leonard Cohen]] || ''[[Beautiful Losers]]'' || [[Molly Johnson]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
|[[Jacques Poulin]], translated by [[Sheila Fischman]] || ''[[Volkswagen Blues]]'' || [[Roch Carrier]]
|-
|[[Mairuth Sarsfield]] || ''[[No Crystal Stair]]'' || [[Sherraine MacKay]]
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| <small><sup>1</sup>This title had been originally chosen by [[Rufus Wainwright]], but was defended by Molly Johnson when Wainwright was unable to participate.</small>
|}

==2006==
'''''Canada Reads 2006''''' was broadcast from April 17 to 21, 2006. Bill Richardson was again the moderator.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Miriam Toews]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[A Complicated Kindness]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[John K. Samson]]'''
|-
|[[Joseph Boyden]] || ''[[Three Day Road]]'' || [[Nelofer Pazira]]
|-
|[[Frances Itani]] || ''[[Deafening (novel)|Deafening]]'' || [[Maureen McTeer]]
|-
|[[Al Purdy]] || ''Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems, 1962-1996'' || [[Susan Musgrave]]
|-
|[[Mordecai Richler]] || ''[[Cocksure]]'' || [[Scott Thompson (comedian)|Scott Thompson]]
|}

==2007==
'''''Canada Reads 2007''''' aired from February 26 to March 2, 2007. Bill Richardson again moderated the competition. For the 2007 competition, each of the five winning advocates from past series returned to champion a new book in an "all-star" edition of the series.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Heather O'Neill]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[Lullabies for Little Criminals]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[John K. Samson]]'''
|-
|[[David Bezmozgis]] || ''[[Natasha and Other Stories]]'' || [[Steven Page]]
|-
|[[Anosh Irani]] || ''[[The Song of Kahunsha]]'' || [[Donna Morrissey]]
|-
|[[Gabrielle Roy]], translated by Alan Brown || ''[[Children of My Heart]]'' || [[Denise Bombardier]]
|-
|[[Timothy Taylor (writer)|Timothy Taylor]] || ''[[Stanley Park (novel)|Stanley Park]]'' || [[Jim Cuddy]]
|}

==2008==
'''''Canada Reads 2008''''' aired from February 25 to 29, 2008. [[Jian Ghomeshi]] moderated the competition.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Paul Quarrington]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[King Leary]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Dave Bidini]]'''
|-
|[[Timothy Findley]] || ''[[Not Wanted on the Voyage]]'' || [[Zaib Shaikh]]
|-
|[[Mavis Gallant]] || ''From the Fifteenth District'' || [[Lisa Moore (writer)|Lisa Moore]]
|-
|[[Nalo Hopkinson]] || ''[[Brown Girl in the Ring (novel)|Brown Girl in the Ring]]''|| [[Jemini (singer)|Jemini]]
|-
|[[Thomas Wharton (author)|Thomas Wharton]] || ''Icefields'' || [[Steven MacLean (astronaut)|Steve MacLean]]
|}

==2009==
'''''Canada Reads 2009''''' aired from March 2 to 6, 2009. Jian Ghomeshi moderated the competition.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Lawrence Hill]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[The Book of Negroes (novel)|The Book of Negroes]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Avi Lewis]]'''
|-
|[[Gil Adamson]] || ''The Outlander'' || [[Nicholas Campbell]]
|-
|[[Brian Francis (writer)|Brian Francis]] || ''Fruit'' || [[Jen Sookfong Lee]]
|-
|[[David Adams Richards]] || ''[[Mercy among the Children]]'' || [[Sarah Slean]]
|-
|[[Michel Tremblay]], translated by [[Sheila Fischman]] || ''[[The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant]]'' || [[Anne-Marie Withenshaw]]
|}

==2010==
'''''Canada Reads 2010''''' aired from March 8 to 12, 2010. Jian Ghomeshi moderated the competition.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Nicolas Dickner]], translated by [[Lazer Lederhendler]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[Nikolski (novel)|Nikolski]]'''''<ref>{{cite web |work=Quillblog |publisher=[[Quill & Quire]] |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/12/nikolski-wins-canada-reads/ |author=[[Zoe Whittall]] |title=Nikolski wins Canada Reads |date=2010-03-12 |access-date=2012-02-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930211723/http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/12/nikolski-wins-canada-reads/ |archive-date=2012-09-30 }}</ref>||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''Michel Vézina'''
|-
|[[Wayson Choy]] || ''[[The Jade Peony]]'' || [[Samantha Nutt]]
|-
|[[Douglas Coupland]] || ''[[Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture]]'' || [[Cadence Weapon]]
|-
|[[Marina Endicott]] || ''Good to a Fault'' || [[Simi Sara]]
|-
|[[Ann-Marie MacDonald]] || ''[[Fall on Your Knees]]'' || [[Perdita Felicien]]
|}

==2011==
'''''Canada Reads 2011''''' aired from February 7 to 10, 2011. The producers announced a slightly different format for the 2011 contest. Throughout the month of October 2010, an online vote was held to determine the books that listeners consider the 40 "most essential" Canadian novels of the past decade, and the panelists made their choices from within that list. Only novels, not short story collections, were eligible; however, novels which have previously been included in a ''Canada Reads'' competition were still eligible for renomination.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canada-reads-aims-to-find-book-of-decade-1.932861 "Canada Reads aims to find book of decade"]. [[cbc.ca]], October 5, 2010.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Terry Fallis]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''The Best Laid Plans''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Ali Velshi]]'''
|-
|[[Angie Abdou]] || ''The Bone Cage'' || [[Georges Laraque]]
|-
|[[Jeff Lemire]] || ''[[Essex County Trilogy|Essex County]]'' || [[Sara Quin]]
|-
|[[Ami McKay]] || ''The Birth House'' || [[Debbie Travis]]
|-
|[[Carol Shields]] || ''[[Unless]]'' || [[Lorne Cardinal]]
|}

==2012==
The books for this edition were all non-fiction. A list of 40 non-fiction books were announced as being the shortlist finalists in October 2011,<ref>{{cite news| work=[[CBC News]] | title=40 non-fiction books suggested for Canada Reads | date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> including ''And No Birds Sang'' by [[Farley Mowat]], ''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (book)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]'' by [[Romeo Dallaire]], ''[[The Last Spike (book)|The Last Spike]]'' by [[Pierre Berton]], ''[[The Death and Life of Great American Cities]]'' by [[Jane Jacobs]] and ''[[Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War|Paris 1919]]'' by [[Margaret MacMillan]]. Listeners could vote on up to five books they wanted to be shortlisted.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/2011/10/the-canada-reads-true-stories-top-40-revealed.html | work=[[CBC News]]|title=The Canada Reads: True Stories Top 40 revealed!|date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> The debates aired from February 6 to 9, 2012. Jian Ghomeshi moderated the competition.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Carmen Aguirre]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Shad (rapper)|Shad]]'''
|-
|[[Dave Bidini]] || ''[[On a Cold Road]]'' || [[Stacey McKenzie]]
|-
|[[Ken Dryden]] || ''[[The Game (Ken Dryden)|The Game]]'' || [[Alan Thicke]]
|-
|[[Marina Nemat]] || ''Prisoner of Tehran'' || [[Arlene Dickinson]]
|-
|[[John Vaillant]] || ''[[The Tiger (book)|The Tiger]]'' || [[Anne-France Goldwater]]
|}

On the first day of discussions, panelist Anne-France Goldwater "caused shock and outrage among literary types" (according to ''The Globe and Mail'') by calling Carmen Aguirre "a bloody terrorist" and alleging that Marina Nemat "tells a story that's not true".<ref name="Lederman-06Feb">{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-reads-judge-accuses-authors-of-terrorism-lying-on-popular-cbc-contest/article2328955/ |author=Marsha Lederman |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|title=Canada Reads judge accuses authors of terrorism, lying on popular CBC contest |date=2012-02-06 |access-date=2012-02-07 |location=Toronto}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/1127490--canada-reads-controversy-as-panelist-calls-author-carmen-aguirre-a-terrorist-and-marina-nemat-a-liar |date=2012-02-07 |access-date=2012-02-07 |work=[[Toronto Star]]|author=Raju Mudhar |title=Canada Reads: Controversy as panelist calls author Carmen Aguirre a "terrorist" and Marina Nemat a liar |location=Toronto}}</ref> In response, Marina Nemat posted on Facebook, "I hope [Goldwater] can produce evidence to back up her claims. If not, I would like to receive a public apology from her."<ref name="Quill&Quire06Feb">{{cite web |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/06/marina-nemat-demands-public-apology-from-anne-france-goldwater/ |title=Marina Nemat demands public apology from Anne-France Goldwater |publisher=[[Quill & Quire]]|author=Sue Carter Flinn |date=2012-02-06 |work=Quillblog |access-date=2012-02-07}}</ref> Nemat's ''Prisoner of Tehran'' was the first voted off, with Stacey McKenzie casting a tie-breaking vote.<ref name="Lau-06Feb">{{cite web |url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/02/06/canada-reads-votes-off-first-book-marina-nemats-prisoner-of-tehran/ |author=Melody Lau |work=[[National Post]] |date=2012-02-06 |access-date=2012-02-07 |title=Canada Reads votes off first book: Marina Nemat's Prisoner of Tehran |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120206220655/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/02/06/canada-reads-votes-off-first-book-marina-nemats-prisoner-of-tehran/ |archive-date=2012-02-06 }}</ref> Arlene Dickinson (the panelist defending ''Prisoner of Tehran'') called McKenzie's vote "the wrong choice for the wrong reason".<ref name="Lau-06Feb"/>

==2013==
The theme for 2013 was "Turf Wars", with the advocates and titles chosen to each represent one of Canada's major geographic regions (British Columbia, the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces). The books and panelists for 2013 were revealed on November 29, 2012, on ''[[Q (radio show)|Q]]''. The debates ran from February 11 to 14, 2013.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Lisa Moore (writer)|Lisa Moore]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''February''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Trent McClellan]]'''
|-
|[[David Bergen]] || ''The Age of Hope'' || [[Ron MacLean]]
|-
|[[Hugh MacLennan]] || ''[[Two Solitudes (novel)|Two Solitudes]]'' || [[Jay Baruchel]]
|-
|[[Jane Urquhart]] || ''Away'' || [[Charlotte Gray (author)|Charlotte Gray]]
|-
|[[Richard Wagamese]] || ''[[Indian Horse]]'' || [[Carol Huynh]]
|}

==2014==
The theme for this year was "A Novel to Change Our Nation." Books and panelists were revealed on November 27, 2013, on ''[[Q (radio show)|Q]]''. [[Jian Ghomeshi]] moderated the competition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Canada Reads crowns Joseph Boyden's The Orenda 2014 winner|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/canada-reads-crowns-joseph-boyden-s-the-orenda-2014-winner-1.2562292|work=[[CBC News]]|date=March 6, 2014 |access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Joseph Boyden]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[The Orenda]], debated theme: First Nations, environment''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Wab Kinew]]'''
|-
|[[Margaret Atwood]] || ''[[The Year of the Flood]], debated theme: environment'' || [[Stephen Lewis]]
|-
|[[Esi Edugyan]] || ''[[Half-Blood Blues]], debated theme: racial inequality '' || [[Donovan Bailey]]
|-
|[[Rawi Hage]] || ''[[Cockroach (novel)|Cockroach]], debated theme: immigrant experience'' || [[Samantha Bee]]
|-
|[[Kathleen Winter]] || ''[[Annabel (Winter novel)|Annabel]], debated theme: gender equality'' || [[Sarah Gadon]]
|}

==2015==
The 2015 edition of ''Canada Reads'' was moderated by [[Wab Kinew]], with the theme of the discussions being "One Book to Break Barriers".<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/books/2014/11/canada-reads-2015-one-book-to-break-barriers.html "Canada Reads 2015: One book to break barriers"]. [[CBC Books]], November 19, 2014.</ref> The panelists and titles were announced on January 20, 2015, with the debates taking place from March 16 to 19.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Kim Thúy]], translated by [[Sheila Fischman]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''''[[Ru (novel)|Ru]]''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Cameron Bailey]]'''
|-
| [[Kamal Al-Solaylee]] || ''Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes'' || [[Kristin Kreuk]]
|-
| [[Thomas King (novelist)|Thomas King]] || ''[[The Inconvenient Indian]]'' || [[Craig Kielburger]]
|-
| [[Raziel Reid]] || ''[[When Everything Feels Like the Movies]]'' || [[Elaine Lui]]
|-
| [[Jocelyne Saucier]], translated by [[Rhonda Mullins]] || ''And the Birds Rained Down'' || [[Martha Wainwright]]
|}

==2016==
The 2016 edition of ''Canada Reads'' was moderated by [[Gill Deacon]], and conducted on theme of "Starting Over". Panelists and titles were announced on January 20, 2016, with the debates taking place from March 21 to 24.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Lawrence Hill]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''''[[The Illegal (novel)|The Illegal]]''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Clara Hughes]]'''
|-
| [[Anita Rau Badami]] || ''The Hero's Walk'' || Vinay Virmani
|-
| [[Tracey Lindberg]] || ''Birdie'' || [[Bruce Poon Tip]]
|-
| [[Saleema Nawaz]] || ''Bone and Bread'' || [[Farah Mohamed]]
|-
| [[Michael Winter (writer)|Michael Winter]] || ''Minister Without Portfolio'' || [[Adam Copeland]]
|}

==2017==
The 2017 edition of ''Canada Reads'' was moderated by [[Ali Hassan (comedian)|Ali Hassan]], on the theme of "The Book Canadians Need Now". Panelists and titles were announced on January 31, 2017, and the debates took place from March 27 to 30.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[André Alexis]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''''[[Fifteen Dogs]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Kanwer Singh|Humble The Poet]]'''
|-
| [[Madeline Ashby]] || ''Company Town'' || [[Measha Brueggergosman]]
|-
| [[M. G. Vassanji]] || ''Nostalgia'' || [[Jody Mitic]]
|-
| [[Katherena Vermette]] || ''The Break'' || [[Candy Palmater]]
|-
| [[Sheila Watt-Cloutier]] || ''The Right to Be Cold'' || [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]
|}
''Note:'' [[Tamara Taylor]] was originally announced as advocate for ''Company Town'' but had to withdraw due to a conflict with the filming schedule of her [[Netflix]] series ''[[Altered Carbon (TV series)|Altered Carbon]]''. [[Measha Brueggergosman]] was announced as Taylor's replacement on March 9, 2017.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/03/measha-brueggergosman-replaces-tamara-taylor-on-canada-reads.html "Measha Brueggergosman replaces Tamara Taylor on Canada Reads,"] from CBCBooks.ca, 3/9/2017</ref>

==2018==
The 2018 edition of ''Canada Reads'' was moderated by Ali Hassan, on the theme of "One Book to Open Your Eyes". Panelists and titles were announced on January 30, 2018, and the debates took place from March 26 to 29.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Mark Sakamoto]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''''Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Jeanne Beker]]'''
|-
| [[Sharon Bala]] || ''The Boat People'' || [[Mozhdah Jamalzadah]]
|-
| [[Craig Davidson]] || ''Precious Cargo: My Year of Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077 '' || Greg Johnson
|-
| [[Cherie Dimaline]] || ''[[The Marrow Thieves]]'' || [[Jully Black]]
|-
| [[Omar El Akkad]] || ''[[American War (novel)|American War]]'' || [[Tahmoh Penikett]]
|}

==2019==
The 2019 edition of ''Canada Reads'' was moderated by Ali Hassan on the theme "One Book to Move You". The books and panelists were announced on January 31, 2019, with the debates taking place from March 25 to 28.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/get-ready-for-canada-reads-2019-1.4929964 "Get ready for Canada Reads 2019!"]. [[CBC Books]], December 7, 2018.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Max Eisen]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''''By Chance Alone''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"|'''[[Ziya Tong]]'''
|-
| [[Abu Bakr Al-Rabeeah]] and [[Winnie Yeung]] || ''Homes'' || [[Chuck Comeau]]
|-
| [[Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette]], translated by [[Rhonda Mullins]] || ''Suzanne'' || [[Yanic Truesdale]]
|-
| [[David Chariandy]] || ''Brother'' || [[Lisa Ray]]
|-
| [[Lindsay Wong]] || ''The Woo-Woo'' || [[Joe Zee]]
|}

==2020==
The 2020 edition of ''Canada Reads'' was moderated by Ali Hassan on the theme "One Book to Bring Canada into Focus". The books and panelists were announced on January 22, 2020. The debates were originally slated to take place from March 16 to 19; however, as the debates normally take place in a theatre in front of a live audience, they were postponed to a later date in light of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada]].<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/canada-reads-2020-postponed-1.5497678 "Canada Reads 2020 postponed"]. [[CBC Books]], March 13, 2020.</ref> In the interim, the CBC produced a series of five specials, one profiling each of the five nominated books through interviews with both the writer and the advocate, to air in place of the original debates.

In July, it was announced that the debates would take place in the week of July 20 to 23.<ref>[https://www.thesuburban.com/arts_and_entertainment/entertainment/entertainment-cbc-announces-new-dates-for-canada-reads-2020-july-20-23/article_eea940b6-bafb-11ea-a36c-6351079a9595.html "Entertainment: CBC Announces new dates for Canada Reads 2020: July 20–23"]. ''[[The Suburban]]'', July 3, 2020.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
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!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Samra Habib]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''We Have Always Been Here''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Amanda Brugel]]'''
|-
| [[Megan Gail Coles]] || ''Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club'' || Alayna Fender
|-
| [[Cory Doctorow]] || ''Radicalized'' || Akil Augustine
|-
| [[Eden Robinson]] || ''[[Son of a Trickster]]'' || [[Kaniehtiio Horn]]
|-
| [[Jesse Thistle]] || ''[[From the Ashes (memoir)|From the Ashes]]'' || [[George Canyon]]
|}

==2021==

The 2021 debates took place in the week of March 8 to 11, 2021, moderated by Ali Hassan on the theme of "One Book to Transport Us".<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2021-contenders-1.5869833 "Meet the Canada Reads 2021 contenders"]. [[CBC Books]], January 14, 2021.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Joshua Whitehead]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''Jonny Appleseed''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs]]'''
|-
| [[Francesca Ekwuyasi]] || ''[[Butter Honey Pig Bread]]'' || [[Roger Mooking]]
|-
| [[Jessica J. Lee]] || ''[[Two Trees Make a Forest]]'' || [[Scott Helman]] 
|-
| [[C. L. Polk]] || ''The Midnight Bargain'' || [[Rosey Edeh]] 
|-
| Natalie Zina Walschots || ''[[Hench (novel)|Hench]]'' || [[Paul Sun-Hyung Lee]]
|}

===''Canada Listens''===
Also in 2021, [[CBC Music]] announced ''Canada Listens'', a debate which applied the ''Canada Reads'' format to five albums by Canadian musicians. Hosted by [[Saroja Coelho]] and broadcast on ''[[Mornings (CBC Music)|Mornings]]'', the ''Canada Listens'' debates took place in the week of April 12 to 15.<ref>[[Grant Lawrence]], [https://www.cbc.ca/music/explore/canada-listens-cbc-music-s-great-music-debate-1.5947851 "Canada Listens: CBC Music's great music debate"]. [[CBC Music]], March 19, 2021.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Artist
!width=34%|Album
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Kardinal Offishall]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1]]''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Kathleen Newman-Bremang]]'''
|-
| [[Daniel Caesar]] || ''[[Freudian (album)|Freudian]]'' || [[Miguel Rivas]]  
|-
| [[k-os]] || ''[[Joyful Rebellion]]'' || [[Andrew Phung]] 
|-
| [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]] || ''[[Illuminations (Buffy Sainte-Marie album)|Illuminations]]'' || [[Carolyn Taylor]] 
|-
| [[Tegan and Sara]] || ''[[The Con (album)|The Con]]'' || [[Alicia Elliott]]
|}

==2022==
The 2022 debates took place during the week of March 28 to 31, 2022, moderated by Ali Hassan on the theme of "One Book to Connect Us".<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2022-contenders-1.6326413 "Meet the Canada Reads 2022 contenders"]. [[CBC Books]], January 26, 2022.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Michelle Good]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[Five Little Indians (novel)|Five Little Indians]]''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Christian Allaire]]'''
|-
| [[Esi Edugyan]] || ''[[Washington Black]]'' || [[Mark Tewksbury]]
|-
| [[Omar El Akkad]] || ''[[What Strange Paradise]]'' || [[Peace by Chocolate|Tareq Hadhad]]
|-
| [[Catherine Hernandez]] || ''[[Scarborough (novel)|Scarborough]]'' || [[Malia Baker]]
|-
| [[Clayton Thomas-Müller]] || ''Life in the City of Dirty Water'' || [[Suzanne Simard]] 
|}

===''Canada Listens''===
The second ''Canada Listens'' debates were hosted by Saroja Coelho on CBC Music's ''Mornings'' from April 11 to April 14. It resulted in the first tie in the history of the ''Canada Reads'' franchise, with two albums jointly winning the final vote.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/music/it-s-a-tie-crown-lands-and-mustafa-win-canada-listens-2022-1.6410449 It's a tie! Crown Lands and Mustafa win Canada Listens 2022]. [[CBC Music]], April 14, 2022.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Artist
!width=34%|Album
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Crown Lands (band)|Crown Lands]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''Crown Lands''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''Erica Violet Lee'''
|-
| style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Mustafa the Poet|Mustafa]]''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[When Smoke Rises]]''''' || style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Dave Merheje]]'''
|-
| [[Bruce Cockburn]] || ''[[Further Adventures Of]]'' || [[Les Stroud]]
|-
| [[jacksoul]] || ''[[Sleepless (Jacksoul album)|Sleepless]]'' || [[Kim Roberts (actress)|Kim Roberts]]
|-
| [[Ria Mae]] || ''Ria Mae'' || [[Stephanie Labbé]] 
|}

==2023==
The 2023 debates took place from March 27 to March 30, moderated by Ali Hassan on the theme of "One Book to Shift Your Perspective".<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2023-contenders-1.6716837 "Meet the Canada Reads 2023 contenders"]. [[CBC Books]], January 25, 2023.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Kate Beaton]]''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''[[Mattea Roach]]'''
|-
| [[Michael Christie (writer)|Michael Christie]] || ''Greenwood'' || [[Keegan Connor Tracy]]
|-
| [[Emily St. John Mandel]] || ''[[Station Eleven]]'' || [[Michael Greyeyes]] 
|-
| [[Silvia Moreno-Garcia]] || ''[[Mexican Gothic]]'' || Tasnim Geedi
|-
| [[Dimitri Nasrallah]] || ''Hotline'' || [[Gurdeep Pandher]]
|}

===''CBC Kids Reads''===
Also in 2023, [[CBC Kids]] announced ''CBC Kids Reads'', a junior edition of the franchise which focused on illustrated books for younger readers. Unlike the original iteration of ''Canada Reads'', ''CBC Kids Reads'' did not have a winner, but selected titles recognized for significant interest for younger readers. The program aired on ''CBC Kids'' from  March 27 - 30, 2023 and celebrated six books, advocated by the hosts of CBC Kids morning programs.<ref>CBC Books, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/stars-of-cbc-kids-to-celebrate-6-canadian-picture-books-for-cbc-kids-reads-1.6771822  Stars of CBC Kids to celebrate 6 Canadian picture books for CBC Kids Reads], March 15, 2023</ref><ref>CBC Media Centre, [https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/press-release/cbc-kids-reads-shares-the-love-of-books-with-young-audiences-across-canada  CBC KIDS READS SHARES THE LOVE OF BOOKS WITH YOUNG AUDIENCES ACROSS CANADA, MARCH 27 –30], March 23, 2023</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|| [[Jeffrey Ansloos]] and Shezza Ansloos, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley|| ''Thunder and the Noise Storms'' || Tony Kim
|-
|| [[Karen Autio]], illustrated by Laura Watson || ''I Can, Too!'' || Gary the Unicorn
|-
|| Kuljinder Kaur Brar, illustrated by Samrath Kaur || ''My Name is Saajin Singh'' || Mr. Orlando
|-
|| [[Aviaq Johnston]], illustrated by Tim Mack|| ''What's My Superpower?'' || Cottonball
|-
|| Ella Russell, illustrated by Udayana Lugo|| ''Pink is for Everybody'' || Makeup Monster
|-
|| [[Tasha Spillett-Sumner]], illustrated by Salini Perera || ''Beautiful You, Beautiful Me'' || Janaye Upshaw
|}

==2024==
The 2024 debates took place from March 4 to March 7, moderated by Ali Hassan on the theme of the "One Book to Carry Us Forward."<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canada-reads-2024-contenders-1.7073689  "Meet the Canada Reads 2024 contenders"], [[CBC Books]], January 11, 2024.</ref>  [[Heather O'Neill]] became the first person to participate and to win ''Canada Reads'' as both an author, after her novel ''[[Lullabies for Little Criminals]]'' won in 2007, and as an advocate, for championing ''[[The Future (novel)|The Future]]'' by [[Catherine Leroux]], in the 2024 edition of the competition.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/heather-o-neill-championing-the-future-by-catherine-leroux-wins-canada-reads-2024-1.7135419  Heather O'Neill, championing The Future by Catherine Leroux, wins Canada Reads 2024], [[CBC Books]], March 7, 2024</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|  '''[[Catherine Leroux]], translated by [[Susan Ouriou]]'''||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''[[The Future (novel)|The Future]]''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| ''' [[Heather O'Neill]]'''
|-
| [[Carley Fortune]] ||''Meet Me at the Lake''|| Mirian Njoh
|-
| [[Jessica Johns]] || ''[[Bad Cree]]'' || [[Dallas Soonias]]
|-
| [[Téa Mutonji]] || ''Shut Up You're Pretty'' || [[Kudakwashe Rutendo]]
|-
| [[Christina Wong (author)|Christina Wong]] and [[Daniel Innes (artist)|Daniel Innes]] || ''[[Denison Avenue]]'' || [[Naheed Nenshi]] 
|}

===''CBC Kids Reads''===
A second edition of ''CBC Kids Reads'' was announced, celebrating six illustrated books for younger readers.  The hosts of ''[[CBC Kids]]'' returned as advocates.<ref>CBC Books, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/cbc-kids-reads-is-back-6-canadian-picture-books-in-the-running-to-be-crowned-this-year-s-champion-1.7103062  CBC Kids Reads is back! 6 Canadian picture books in the running to be crowned this year's champion], February 20, 2024</ref> In contrast to the previous edition, a winner was announced among the featured titles on March 7, 2024.<ref>CBC Books, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/still-my-tessa-by-sylv-chiang-mathias-ball-wins-cbc-kids-reads-2024-1.7138264  Still My Tessa by Sylv Chiang & Mathias Ball wins CBC Kids Reads 2024], March 8, 2024</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|  '''Sylv Chiang, illustrated by Mathias Ball'''||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''Still My Tessa''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''Gary the Unicorn'''
|-
|| Dallas Hunt, illustrated by [[Amanda Strong]] || ''Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock'' || Tony
|-
|| Aija Aiofe Komangapik || ''My Hood's Not Big Enough'' || Janaye
|-
|| Roz Maclean|| ''More Than Words'' || Cottonball
|-
|| Sakshi Mangal|| ''Asha and the Toymaker'' || Mosey
|-
|| Sal Sawler, illustrated by Emma FitzGerald || ''When the Ocean Came to Town'' || Mr. Orlando
|}

==2025==
The 2025 edition took place from March 17 to 20, on the theme of "books that change how we see, share and experience the world around us".<ref>Attila Berki, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/15-books-on-canada-reads-2025-longlist/ "15 books on Canada Reads 2025 longlist"]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', January 9, 2015.</ref> The competing titles and advocates were announced on January 23.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canada-reads-2025-contenders-1.7431920 "Meet the Canada Reads 2025 contenders"]. [[CBC Books]], January 23, 2025.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=33%|Author
!width=34%|Title
!width=34%|Advocate
|-
|style="background:#C8C8FA"|  '''[[Ma-Nee Chacaby]] and [[Mary Louisa Plummer]]'''||style="background:#C8C8FA"| '''''A Two-Spirit Journey''''' ||style="background:#C8C8FA"| ''' [[Shayla Stonechild]]'''
|-
| [[Samantha M. Bailey]] || ''Watch Out for Her'' || [[Maggie Mac Neil]]
|-
| [[Emma Hooper]] || ''Etta and Otto and Russell and James'' || [[Michelle Morgan (actress)|Michelle Morgan]]
|-
| [[Wayne Johnston (writer)|Wayne Johnston]] || ''Jennie's Boy'' || [[Linwood Barclay]]
|-
| [[Jamie Chai Yun Liew]] || ''Dandelion'' || [[Saïd M'Dahoma]]
|}

==Success==
As a vehicle to promote interest in [[reading (activity)|reading]] and books and to increase sales, ''Canada Reads'' has been a signal success. Even already successful titles see increases in sales driven by their inclusion in the contest: sales of Michael Ondaatje's ''In the Skin of a Lion'' increased by 80,000 in 2002, the year of its appearance on ''Canada Reads''. Its [[publisher]], [[Random House of Canada]] attributed much of this increase to ''Canada Reads''.<ref name=globe-brawl>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-great-canadian-book-brawl/article18216492/| title=The great Canadian book brawl |website=The Globe and Mail|first=Rebecca |last=Caldwell |date=Feb 19, 2005 |access-date=March 20, 2017}}</ref>

The success for lesser known titles can be as marked. Hubert Aquin's ''Next Episode'' sold 18,500 copies in the year when it won ''Canada Reads''.<ref name=globe-brawl />

For the 2005 edition, sales of Jacques Poulin's ''Volkswagen Blues'', which usually are about 200 copies a year, increased to 7,500 between the time the nominations were announced and the shows began airing. During the same period, 7,000 copies of Frank Parker Day's ''Rockbound'' were shipped by its publisher, the [[University of Toronto Press]].<ref name=globe-brawl />

Various community groups have also created local events that highlight the ''Canada Reads'' shortlist; for instance, the [[Greater Sudbury Public Library]] in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]] has staged several editions of "Sudbury Reads", an event where members of the community discuss and debate that year's ''Canada Reads'' titles to arrive at a selection of the city's own favourite ''Canada Reads'' book.<ref>Judi Straughan, [https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/local-arts/state-of-the-arts-a-bookworms-blast-on-march-2 "State of the Arts: A bookworm's blast on March 2"]. ''[[Sudbury Star]]'', February 28, 2022.</ref>

==Criticism==
There has been some criticism of ''Canada Reads''. First, criticism has been made of the use of "celebrity" panelists. In 2007, a listener named John Mutford unsuccessfully attempted to become the first non-celebrity panelist.<ref>[http://www.iqaluitonline.com/news/iqaluit-news/iqaluimmiut-for-canada-reads-2008.html "Iqaluimmiut for Canada Reads 2008"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021231839/http://iqaluitonline.com/news/iqaluit-news/iqaluimmiut-for-canada-reads-2008.html |date=2007-10-21 }}</ref> Critics have also taken issue with the game show format, and have contended that discussion of the books has often remained on a superficial level.<ref name=globe-brawl />

The choice of books has also been criticized. Originally each panelist provided a list of five books, from which the producers chose the final contenders.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} In 2005, this process changed, and each panelist submitted only one choice. Due to scheduling problems, Rufus Wainwright was not able to appear after selecting his choice, and singer Molly Johnson was chosen to defend his chosen book.<ref>"IN BRIEF: Molly Johnson replaces Rufus Wainwright for Canada Reads". [[CBC News]], January 5, 2005.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads ''Canada Reads'' web site]

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