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| Other names | Le Combat des livres (French) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | CBC Radio One |
| TV adaptations | CBC Television CBC Newsworld Bold TV |
| Hosted by | Jian Ghomeshi Bill Richardson Mary Walsh Wab Kinew Gill Deacon Ali Hassan |
| Created by | Talin Vartanian Peter Kavanagh |
| Original release | 2002 – present |
| No. of series | 20 |
| Website | Canada Reads |
Canada Reads is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Canada's public broadcaster, the CBC. The program has aired in two distinct editions, the English-language Canada Reads on CBC Radio One, and the French-language Le Combat des livres on Ici Radio-Canada Première.
The English edition has aired each year since 2002, while the French edition aired annually from 2004 to 2014,[1] and was then discontinued until being revived in 2018.[2]
In 2021, sister service CBC Music launched Canada Listens, which used a similar format of advocates debating five classic albums by Canadian musicians. In 2023, CBC Kids introduced CBC Kids Reads, a feature which uses a similar format to highlight children's picture books.
- ^ "Radio-Canada revoit sa «stratégie littéraire»". Le Devoir, March 30, 2015.
- ^ "Combat des livres is back!". CBC Books, April 24, 2018.