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Canada Reads
Student panelists promote the books
Across the nation, a CBC initiative is inspiring debates and conversation about Canadian literature.
Canada Reads, an annual competition that sees celebrity advocates defend and promote a work of their choosing, is approaching its 14th year.
In recent years, copycat debates have surfaced, and now, perhaps motivated by the inclusion this year of a work of teenage fiction (When everything feels like the movies), students at Shawnigan have formed their own panel.
At Chapel on Thursday, host Liam M. invited a group of his peers to defend the same books that will appear on Canada Reads 2015 - which will air on the CBC March 16-19.
Shawnigan's panelists worked alone and in pairs - Damian P. defended And the birds rained down, Chelsea G. and Axel S. defended Inconvenient Indian, Taylor C. defended Intolerable, Alex H. and Meagan W. defended When everything feels like the movies, and Cecil A. defended Ru.
The panelists presented their cases with passion, humour and empathy, and seem certain to have inspired their peers to read the books for themselves.
– Jon Zacks
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