Canada Reads from CBC Radio
Summary: In this annual title fight, five celebrity panelists defend their favourite work of Canadian fiction. One by one, books are voted off the list, until one panelist triumphs with the book for Canada to read this year.
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Carmen is beginning to feel comfortable in Bolivia, until she hears the adults talking about Operation Condor.
In this installment, Carmen and her family slipped out of Peru to avoid the secret police and are now living in Bolivia.
In this installment of Something Fierce, Carmen's mother and stepfather take Carmen and her sister on a reconnaissance hike through the Andes mountains.
When she was eleven, Carmen Aguirre and her family left the safety of Vancouver to return to South America and life in the Chilean resistance. Her memoir about those years is called Something Fierce and it won Canada Reads 2012.
This summer we're featuring this year's Canada Reads winning book. "Something Fierce: Memoirs of A Revolutionary Daughter" is the true story of a Chilean family in the resistance against Augusto Pinochet. Here's author Carmen Aguirre reading the open
After one of the liveliest editions ever, Carmen Aguirre's Something Fierce was crowned the Canada Reads 2012 champion. You can relive all four days of debate during the hour-long special on CBC Radio One.
The conclusion to Canada Reads 2012.
The third day book battles on Canada Reads
The second episode of Canada Reads: True Stories.
Canada's most lively literary battle gets off to a roaring start on Day one of Canada Reads: True Stories.
Supermodel Stacey McKenzie discusses her chosen Canada Reads book, her strategy for the debates and more on the Canada Reads podcast.
The Tiger author shares a playlist inspired by his Canada Reads-contending book with Shift's Tom Allen.
Liitigator Anne-France Goldwater discusses why she chose The Tiger by John Vaillant for Canada Reads and how she prepared for the February debates.
The Dragon's Den star discusses her chosen Canada Reads book and her strategy for the 2012 debates.
Musician Shad discusses why he chose Something Fierce for Canada Reads and discusses how he's preparing for Canada's annual battle of the books.
