Mattea Roach to defend graphic memoir ‘Ducks’ on CBC’s Canada Reads

TORONTO – “Jeopardy” champ Mattea Roach will go to bat for a graphic memoir on CBC’s “Canada Reads” this 12 months.

The on-air literary contest returns March 27, with Roach championing “Geese” by Nova Scotia writer Kate Beaton, which was on former president Barack Obama’s checklist of favorite books of 2022.

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Actor-filmmaker Keegan Connor Tracy will argue on behalf of Michael Christie’s “Greenwood,” whereas Yukon-based bhangra artist and educator Gurdeep Pandher will defend “Hotline” by Dimitri Nasrallah.

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In the meantime, TikToker Tasnim Geedi will champion “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, whereas the actor-director Michael Greyeyes will signify “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel.

Comic Ali Hassan, who stars within the CBC comedy “Run the Burbs” and has hosted “Canada Reads” for the final six years, will return to average.

Every day of the competitors, one e book will likely be eradicated by the panellists till the one which greatest defines this 12 months’s theme of “One Guide to Shift Your Perspective” is said.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 25, 2022.

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