Neepawa reads along with Canada

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Published on Friday, February 13, 2015

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What is the one book to break barriers? That’s the question host Wab Kinew will be asking for the 14th edition of CBC’s battle of the books.

Canada Reads 2015 is all about books that can change perspectives, challenge stereotypes and illuminate issues.   Canada Reads has been a National event since 2001in which five books are selected and their virtues debated in cities and towns across the provinces.

On this year’s short list :

•Ru: by Kim Thúy, translated by Sheila Fischman

• Intolerable: by Kamal Al-Solaylee

• And the Birds Rained Down: by Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Rhonda Mullins

• The Inconvenient Indian: by Thomas King

• When Everything Feels like the Movies: by Raziel Reid

At each event, five local speakers per participating town, read aloud a passage from the book assigned to them. They  speak on the merits of their book and why their books should be the book Canada reads .  Books can then be discussed  by the audience. Eventually, on CBC radio between March 16 and 19, the books will be debated and defended by celebrities. One by one, the books get eliminated until there is one book left, suggesting it be the book Canada Reads.

In Neepawa the Canada Reads Event takes place on March 5 and 12 at 7 pm at the Margaret Laurence Home.   Along with local celebrity readers, there will also be live music and refreshments .  

Suggested entry fee is $5.  The featured  books will be for sale at the event. Everyone is welcome !