CBC's 'Canada Reads' Names Panelists, Books

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CBC RADIO ONE's "CANADA READS" competition has named the five celebrities and the books they will debate in the 2007 edition of the competition to choose a book for everyone in CANADA to read:

-BARENAKED LADIES co-leader STEVEN PAGE has chosen DAVID BEZMOZGIS' collection "NATASHA AND OTHER STORIES."

-BLUE RODEO frontman JIM CUDDY has chosen TIMOTHY TAYLOR's novel "STANLEY PARK."

-Novelist DONNA MORRISSEY has chosen ANOSH IRANI's novel "THE SONG OF KAHUNSHA."

-Author and broadcaster DENISE BOMBARDIER has chosen GABRIELLE ROY's "CES ENFANTS DE MA VIE" ("CHILDREN OF MY HEART," English translation by ALAN BROWN).

-THE WEAKERTHANS' JOHN K. SAMSON has chosen HEATHER O'NEILL's novel "LULLABIES FOR LITTLE CRIMINALS."

The debates will air FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 2 at 11:30a and 7:30p (noon and 8p NT) on CBC RADIO ONE, with BILL RICHARDSON hosting. The panel will vote one book off the show each day until a winner emerges. The publisher of the winning book will donate part of the book's sales to FRONTIER COLLEGE.

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