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Shayla Stonechild, championing A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, wins Canada Reads 2025
The powerful memoir won in a 3-2 vote on the final day of the great Canadian book debate.
Salman Rushdie's first book of fiction since his stabbing will be published in November
The Eleventh Hour is a a collection of interlinked stories and novellas.
8 books to read if you loved A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby
Fans of the Canada Reads-winning autobiography will love these titles.
8 books to read if you loved Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
Fans of the moving immigrant story will love these other Canadian titles.
8 books to read if you loved Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
Fans of the heartwarming novel will enjoy these other Canadian titles.
8 books to read if you loved Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston
Fans of the humorous memoir will love these other Canadian titles.
8 books to read if you loved Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey
Fans of the first thriller on Canada Reads will enjoy these other titles.
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Saïd M'Dahoma shares how food in Dandelion evokes "home" — Watch the Canada Reads Finale here
Want to watch the finale of Canada Reads 2025? Here's the full replay and the best moments from the final day of debates!
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How Michelle Morgan's personal story connects to her book — Watch Day Three of Canada Reads
Want to watch Day Three of Canada Reads 2025? Here's the full replay and the best moments from the third day of debates!
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For Linwood Barclay, humour helps the story go down — Watch Day Two of Canada Reads here
Want to watch Day Two of Canada Reads 2025? Here's the full replay and the best moments from the second day of debates!
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Why thrillers brought Maggie Mac Neil back to reading — Watch Day One of Canada Reads here
Want to watch Day One of Canada Reads 2025? Here's the full replay and the best moments from the first day of debates!
Watch the Canada Reads 2025 book trailers
The great Canadian book debate takes place March 17-20.
How to tune in to Canada Reads 2025: Watch, listen or stream the debates March 17-20
The debates will air on CBC TV, CBC Radio, CBC Listen, CBC Gem and CBC Books.
Meet the Canada Reads 2025 contenders
The debates take place March 17-20 live at 10:05 a.m. ET. You can tune in live or catch a replay on the platform of your choice.
Missed the Canada Reads contenders on The Next Chapter? Catch up here
Each author and contender duo discussed their book on The Next Chapter with Ali Hassan. Canada Reads takes place from March 17-20.
Vote for your Canada Reads 2025 book — you could help break a Day One tie!
This survey will be used to help break a 5-way tie on Day One of the great Canadian book debate.
Celebrate Canada Reads 2025 in your community!
In the lead up to and after Canada Reads 2025, communities across the country are celebrating with local events.
Where I Write
To write her new novel, Emma Hooper chose a desk near a frigid lake
When feeling doubt in her writing ability, the 2025 Canada Reads finalist puts on a swimsuit and plunges into a local lake — sometimes breaking the ice to do so.
Where I Write
We needed an open and trusting space to write this sometimes harrowing story
The authors of A Two-Spirit Journey, Ma-Nee Chacaby and Mary Plummer collaborated on their book from opposite sides of the earth
Where I Write
The first time author Samantha M. Bailey walked into her backyard studio, she cried with relief
Working from a desk in her family's kitchen, the Watch Out For Her writer and Canada Reads finalist says she was stressed and burned out. She felt like she was about to crack, until she gave herself a room of her own.
Where I Write
Author Wayne Johnston is building a sensory deprivation room for writing. He calls it 'The Bunker'
A Canada Reads finalist for Jennie's Boy, the writer says, 'the main enemy of creativity is noise.' So he seeks tranquillity in his windowless, undecorated and noise-free workspace.
Where I Write
Jamie Chai Yun Liew writes while she waits — at the soccer field, the passport office, wherever
The author of Dandelion and Canada Reads finalist says her desk is not always a creative space. Increasingly, she works wherever she finds herself waiting, 'in between the places' she and her family need to be.
Get your Canada Reads 2025 poster!
Get a poster for your bookstore, school, library, community group or home! Canada Reads will take place from March 17-20.
Q&A
Canada Reads contenders Ma-Nee Chacaby and Shayla Stonechild discuss finding allies in Indigenous communities
Shayla Stonechild will champion A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby on Canada Reads 2025.
Michelle Morgan loves books set in the past — here are 6 books that move her
The actor will champion Etta and Otto and Russell and James on Canada Reads 2025. The debates will air March 17-20.
