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As both a bookseller and a book buff, Ben McNally can hardly keep quiet about the books he loves. Don't miss Ben's reading recommendations, as he shares his new favourite read.
photo credit: Michael Lionstar
John Vaillant introduces The Tiger, his account of a Siberian tiger who stalked and killed a would-be poacher.
photo credit: Terence W. Bailey
Sara Gruen, author of the bestselling Water for Elephants, has a new novel coming on Sept. 7, inspired by the bonobos and scientific research at Great Ape Trust in Des Moines. In this video Sara and scientist Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh talk about Ape House and Great Ape Trust's language competent bonobos.
photo credit: Erinn Hartman
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, C follows the short, intense life of Serge Carrefax, a man who - as his name suggests - surges into the electric modernity of the early twentieth century, transfixed by the technologies that will obliterate him.
Peter Carey for Parrot and Olivier in America
David Mitchell for The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Rose Tremain for Trespass
Damon Galgut for In a Strange Room
Tom McCarthy for C (available Sept. 7)
The shortlist will be announced on Sept. 7 and the winner will be revealed on Oct. 12 in London.
Jeff Rubin, who won for his book Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
The $20,000 prize is presented annually to an outstanding Canadian business-related book. The winner was announced on June 9 at a luncheon in Toronto. Also nominated was
John DeMont for Coal Black Heart: The Story of Coal and the Lives it Ruled.
2010 CBC Canada Reads 2010 winner!
The announcement was made on March 12, 2010 after a week of debates on CBC Radio, hosted by Jian Ghomeshi.
Check out the CBC Canada Reads website for more information!
by Drew Hayden Taylor
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