Canada Reads 2023

The longlist for the 2023 Canada Reads competition was released this week. This year the event is looking for one book to shift your perspective and the following titles were chosen. The five panellists and the five books they choose to champion (aka the shortlist) will be revealed on January 25. The debates will take place March 27-30. Once again, the debates will be hosted by  Ali Hassan and will be broadcast on CBC Radio One, CBC TV, CBC Gem and on CBC Books. 

Learn more about the event here.

Find the full book list for our catalogue here.

Ducks by Kate Beaton (Borrow print, borrow eBook) 

Revery: A Year of Bees by Jenna Butler (Borrow print, borrow eBook)

Half-Bads in White Regalia by Cody Caetano (Borrow)

Greenwood by Michael Christie (Borrow)

Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye (Borrow)

Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin (Borrow print, borrow eBook)

All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay (Borrow)

Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
We don’t have this one but you can try an InterLibrary Loan request: nfpl.info/InterLibraryLoan 

We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu (Borrow print, borrow eBook, borrow eAudiobook) 

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Borrow print, borrow Large Print, borrow eBook) 

Finding Edward by Sheila Murray (Borrow print, borrow eBook)

Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah (Borrow)

We Spread by Iain Reid (Borrow print, borrow eBook)

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Borrow print, borrow eBook, borrow eAudiobook)

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
(Borrow print, borrow eBook, borrow eAudiobook, borrow CD Audiobook, borrow Large Print, borrow our Book Club Kit)