Each year, the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) gives out a book prize. They have celebrities champion each contender. One by one, the panel votes a contender out of contention. This year the conteset began on 2017-03-27.
| The Right to be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier | The Break by Katherena Vermette |
| Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis | Nostalgia by M.G. Vassanji |
| Company Town by Madeline Ashby |
Fifteen Dogs was the winner.
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recommend book⇒The Right to Be Cold: One Woman’s Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| by | Sheila Watt-Cloutier | 978-0-14-318764-6 | paperback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| birth | 1953-12-03 age:64 | 978-0-670-06710-7 | hardcover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publisher | Penguin Canada | 978-0-14-319022-6 | eBook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| published | 2016-03-01 | B00SRPU7NK | kindle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who, in spite of many obstacles, rose from humble beginnings in the Arctic community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec — where she was raised by a single parent and grandmother. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock. Try looking for it with a bookfinder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Fifteen Dogs | |||
| by | André Alexis | 978-1-55245-305-6 | paperback | |
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| birth | 1957-01-15 age:61 | 978-1-77056-403-9 | eBook | |
| publisher | Coach House Books | B00PSSDLRI | kindle | |
| published | 2015-04-14 | |||
| It explores what happens when dogs are given intelligence. One of the dogs writes poetry. The idea seems too frivolous for me, but then all fiction seems frivolous to me. | ||||
| Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock. Try looking for it with a bookfinder. | ||||
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recommend book⇒Company Town | |||
| by | Madeline Ashby | 978-0-7653-8291-7 | paperback | |
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| birth | 1983-04-24 age:35 | 978-0-7653-8290-0 | hardcover | |
| publisher | Tor Books | 978-1-4668-8985-9 | eBook | |
| published | 2016-05-17 | 978-1-5366-5560-5 | audio | |
| B0176PDIHS | kindle | |||
| Sci-fi book about a city-sized oil rig in the maritimes. People have bio enhancements. | ||||
| Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock. Try looking for it with a bookfinder. | ||||
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recommend book⇒The Break | |||
| by | Katherena Vermette | 978-1-4870-0111-7 | paperback | |
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| birth | 1977-01-29 age:41 | 978-1-4870-0112-4 | eBook | |
| publisher | House of Anansi | B01DPVWGBG | kindle | |
| published | 2016-09-17 | |||
| It explores the lives of various people who were witnesses to a crime. | ||||
| Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock. Try looking for it with a bookfinder. | ||||
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recommend book⇒Nostalgia | |||
| by | M.G. Vassanji | 978-0-385-66717-3 | paperback | |
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| birth | 1950-05-30 age:67 | 978-0-385-66716-6 | hardcover | |
| publisher | Anchor Canada | 978-0-385-68690-7 | eBook | |
| published | 2017-01-31 | B01AEPSWL4 | kindle | |
| A realistic sci-fi book that explores the consequences of life extension. | ||||
| Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock. Try looking for it with a bookfinder. | ||||
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