These stories may be shared during the broadcast. WARNING: The books chosen for Canada Reads deal with difficult topics, such as trauma and abuse. The episode will be posted each day after the live airing. PODCAST: Listen to the debates as a podcast on CBC Listen.

FINALE replays: CBC Books, CBC Gem, YouTube, Facebook.DAY THREE replays: CBC Books, CBC Gem, YouTube, Facebook.DAY TWO replays: CBC Books, CBC Gem, YouTube, Facebook.DAY ONE replays: CBC Books, CBC Gem, YouTube, Facebook.Here's how you can watch the Canada Reads2023 debates: Actor Michael Greyeyes champions Station Eleven by Emily St.TikTok creator Tasnim Geedi champions Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.Bhangra dancer Gurdeep Pandher champions Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah.Actor Keegan Connor Tracy champions Greenwood by Michael Christie.Jeopardy! super-champ Mattea Roach champions Ducks by Kate Beaton.(Joanna Roselli/CBC) Meet the Canada Reads 2023 champions and their chosen books are: The cast of Canada Reads 2023 in studio for the final day of debates, from left to right: Michael Greyeyes, host Ali Hassan, Mattea Roach, Tasnim Geedi, Gurdeep Pandher and Keegan Connor Tracy. And I think that that is a perspective shift,' said the trivia star. 'And I'm reminded of the Bong Joon-ho quote when he won the Oscar for Best Picture for Parasite where he said, 'If you can get over the barrier of the one inch barrier of subtitles to watch foreign films, an entire world of other stories opens up to you.' I think a lot of people - and this is something we've addressed in this competition - feel that there's a barrier to engaging with graphic novels that has perhaps been removed by its inclusion. Ducks is a graphic memoir that is the first graphic novel that many people I think in Canada are picking up as a direct result of this competition. I know people have mixed feelings about relying on theme. Kate Beaton's affecting Ducks dives into the lonely life of labour in Alberta's oilsandsĭuring the portion of the show where the champions make their final 60-second pleas, Roach reflected on this year's theme of 'one book to shift your perspective.' Ducks is a graphic memoir that is the first graphic novel that many people I think in Canada are picking up as a direct result of this competition.When she was 21 years old and with the goal of paying off her student loans, Beaton leaves her tight-knit seaside Nova Scotia community and heads west, where she encounters harsh realities, including the everyday trauma that no one discusses. The first was Jeff Lemire's Essex County, which was voted off in round one of the debates after being defended by musician Sara Quin in 2011.ĭucks recounts Beaton's time spent working in the Alberta oil sands between 20. Jeopardy! star Mattea Roach is championing the graphic memoir Ducks by Kate Beaton, the second graphic novel ever to compete in Canada Reads.

Ducks graphic novel