QUESTIONS
1.
1.
If you read books, do you try to find Canadian authors?
Yes
7%
65 votes
Sometimes
24%
211 votes
Not really, I buy what seems interesting
44%
390 votes
Not Applicable
26%
229 votes
2.
2.
These are the 5 books shortlisted. Which one sounds the most interesting to you?
Study for Obedience: A Novel by Sarah Bernstein. A young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has recently left him. Soon after her arrival, a series of inexplicable events occurs.
22%
199 votes
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton. Centers on young members of a radical environmental rights group who wind up entangled with a billionaire drone manufacturer.
7%
65 votes
The Double Life of Benson Yu: A Novel by Kevin Chong. Recounts the difficult adolescence of the titular character growing up in a housing project in 1980s Chinatown.
6%
54 votes
The Islands: Stories by Dionne Irving. Details the migration stories of Jamaican women and their descendants. Each short story explores colonialism and its impact as women experience the on-going tensions between identity and the place they long to call home
8%
69 votes
All the Colour in the World: A Novel by C.S. Richardson. Written in poetic chapters of only a page each, All the Colour in the World recounts Henry's eventful journey – from his childhood in 1920s Toronto to serving in the Second World War to returning to Italy in the 1960s – referencing the works of art that inspire him along the way.
9%
80 votes
Not Applicable
48%
428 votes
3.
3.
The winner will be announced on Nov. 13, 2023. The ceremony will be broadcast on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Listen and CBC Radio starting at 9:00 p.m. local time (11:30 AT/12 midnight NT) and is hosted by Rick Mercer. It will also be streamed online at CBC Books and YouTube. Are you going to tune in to the ceremony?
Yes
8%
76 votes
No
60%
536 votes
Undecided
32%
283 votes
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