Reading list: Canada Reads 2009
Canada Reads 2009
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2009 Canada Reads winner was The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, defended by filmmaker and journalist Avi Lewis.

The other 2009 contenders were:

📘 Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards, defended by Sarah Slean
📘 The Outlander by Gil Adamson, defended by Nicholas Campbell
📘 Fruit by Brian Francis, defended by Jen Sookfong Lee
📘 The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant by Michel Tremblay, translated by Sheila Fischman, defended by Anne-Marie Withenshaw