Here’s the latest on Canada Reads:
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Canada Reads 2025 champion: Shayla Stonechild won with A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, announced in a CBC recap of the 2025 edition. This marks the most recent publicly reported outcome of the annual CBC book debate.[3]
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2025 context: CBC continued to promote its “One Book to Change the Narrative” theme for that edition, with Ali Hassan hosting and a panel of celebrity advocates, as CBC outlined in its media coverage.[4]
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Related: CBC’s Canada Reads maintains a steady schedule of annual editions, typically announced in CBC press materials and covered by CBC’s Books site, with updates on hosts, finalists, and the winning book each year.[3][4]
If you’d like, I can pull the most recent CBC CBC News or CBC Books articles for the latest updates and provide a quick summary with dates.
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News Page
www.canada.caThis is the home page for Canada Reads, CBC's annual battle of the books.
www.cbc.caWatch Reading into Canadian Library Week Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.caReading videos and latest news articles
globalnews.caOctober 27, 2020 (Toronto, ON) – In these uncertain times, when we seek to connect even while physically distanced, the goals of the second annual I Read Canadian Day, February 17, 2021* , will resonate now more than ever. The event will be a national celebration of Canadian books for young people, with the goal of elevating the genre, and celebrating their breadth and diversity. I Read Canadian Day* will take place in homes, schools, libraries and bookstores all across the country. Last year,...
journal.canadianschoollibraries.caTwo friends -- one American, one Canadian -- who share a love for CBC’s Canada Reads and Canadian literature! https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
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childrensliteracy.caThe CBC Media Centre is maintained by the Public Relations team at Canada’s national public broadcaster. The site offers information and assets to journalists and media for CBC’s news and entertainment programming across all platforms.
mediacentre.cbc.caCBC's great Canadian book debate, CANADA READS, returns for its 22nd edition, live on CBC Gem each day and available later on-demand. Hosted by Ali Hassan, a panel of celebrity advocates eliminate one book each day until a champion is declared the must-read book for Canadians in 2023.
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