Books and Backroads returns for its third year
Join CBC and rural N.B. libraries for a summer of reading and discussion, focusing on stories that explore and celebrate New Brunswick
Book club discussions at rural libraries to be featured on Information Morning in the Summer
Books and Backroads producer Cindy Grant is thrilled to be back on the road. "Bringing CBC to rural libraries to meet people in their communities and hear their opinions about what they're reading is at the heart of this program," she explains. "There's something truly special about connecting over stories that reflect our own landscapes and experiences."
This year, six rural libraries will host book clubs, all focused on books by New Brunswick authors. Starting in July, every Friday morning, one of the book club discussions will be featured on Information Morning in the Summer. Be sure to read along and listen in!
Here are this year's books:
- Agony's Lodestone by Laura Keating - Nackawic Public School Library
- Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards - McAdam Public Library
- Pélagie: The Return to Acadie by Antonine Maillet and Philip Stratford - Bathurst Public Library
- One Indian Summer by Wayne Curtis - Plaster Rock Public School Library
- Knife Party at the Hotel Europa by Mark Anthony Jarman - Port Elgin Public Library
- The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali illustrated by Hatem Aly, and Sea Glass Summer by Heidi Jardine Stoddart - Grand Manan Library
Books and Backroads is part of the CBC Collab partnership program with public libraries.