In Toronto? Come see the Canada Reads 2020 authors and panellists in conversation

In Toronto? Come see the Canada Reads 2020 authors and panellists in conversation. 

Gill Deacon, host of CBC Toronto's Here & Now, will moderate a conversation between the authors and their celebrity champions as they discuss the one book to bring Canada into focus.

The event will be held at Indigo Eaton Centre on Wed. Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. The event is free, but requires a ticket. You can reserve your tickets here.

There will not be a book signing at this event.

The final five books and their champions will be revealed the morning of Jan. 22, 2020.

The debates will take place March 16-19, 2020 and will be hosted by Ali Hassan.

The debates will be broadcast on CBC Radio One, CBC TV, CBC Gem and on CBC Books. 

Ticket information to attend the live debates will be announced on Jan. 22.

The 2020 longlist was revealed on Jan. 8. The complete longlist is:

• NDN Coping Mechanisms by Billy-Ray Belcourt
• Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles
• Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
• Sputnik's Children by Terri Favro
• Amphibian by Carla Gunn
• We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
• Love Lives Here by Amanda Jetté Knox 
• The Dishwasher by Stéphane Larue, translated by Pablo Strauss
• Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
• The Youth of God by Hassan Ghedi Santur
• From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle
• The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp
• Worry by Jessica Westhead
• The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
• Dear Scarlet by Teresa Wong

You can learn more about the longlisted books here.

Science journalist and broadcaster Ziya Tong won Canada Reads 2019, championing Max Eisen's memoir By Chance Alone.

Since winning Canada Reads, it was announced that By Chance Alone would be published in the United States.

You can watch past Canada Reads on CBC Gem or listen to past Canada Reads on CBC Listen.

You can see all the past Canada Reads books and panellists here.