Kate Beaton’s “Geese” has gained this 12 months’s version of Canada Reads.
The graphic memoir revealed final 12 months by Drawn & Quarterly traces Beaton’s two years working in Alberta’s oilsands.
Jeopardy! super-champion Mattea Roach defended the guide through the four-day competitors that aired dwell on CBC Radio.
“Geese” gained the competitors Thursday, beating out Emily St. John Mandel’s novel “Station Eleven,” which was championed by actor-director Michael Greyeyes.
“Hotline” by Dimitri Nasrallah, championed by bhangra dancer Gurdeep Pandher, was voted off Wednesday; “Greenwood” by Michael Christie, championed by actress Keegan Connor Tracy, was eradicated Tuesday; and “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, championed by TikToker Tasnim Geedi, didn’t make it previous the primary day, Monday.
This 12 months’s competitors sought to search out “one guide to shift your perspective.”

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