Rebecca and Tara again welcome host Ali Hassan for their annual wrap up of the CBC’s Canada Reads debates!

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Recommended books:

THIS YEAR’S WINNER:

THE RUNNERS-UP:

https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads

Rebecca and Tara discuss Day THREE of CBC's Canada Reads debates!

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NOW OUT:

https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads

Please note that on DAY FOUR Rebecca and Tara will be live on YouTube wrapping up the debates with Jolene (@bookwormadventure girl) on Thursday, March 20 @ 7:30 pm EDT:

https://www.youtube.com/@canadareadsamericanstyle

Also, make sure to check out Jolene's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@BookwormAdventureGirl

Rebecca and Tara discuss Day TWO of CBC's Canada Reads debates!

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NOW OUT:

https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads

Rebecca and Tara discuss Day One of CBC's Canada Reads debates!

https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads

Rebecca and Tara share their latest good reads AND make their final predictions for CBC's 2025 Canada Reads debates which begin on Monday, March 17.

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2025 Canada Reads titles:

Also mentioned:

Rebecca and Tara share some of their favorite books that others have recommended to them AND they wonder if they have convinced you to read any of their recommendations.  

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Rebecca and Tara have come up with a new feature for the podcast called, “Hidden Gems with…”. In which they ask authors to share their top book recommendations.  Rebecca is excited to kick off the inaugural episode with Sheena Kamal and her Crime Fiction picks!   

Sheena is an author, essayist, and screenwriter.  She wrote the critically acclaimed Nora Watts thriller series (The Lost Ones, It All Falls Down, and No Going Back).  As well as a YA novel titled, Fight Like a Girl.  You may have heard Rebecca and Tara rave about her novels many times on the podcast, so they encourage you to listen to Sheena's past interview on December 6, 2022.

Crime Fiction Hidden Gems:

https://www.sheenakamal.com/

https://www.instagram.com/sheenakamalwrites/

Tara chats with Joanne Jackson, an award-winning author of three novels: The Wheaton (2019); A Snake in the Raspberry Patch (2023), winner of the Crime Writers of Canada's Best Crime Novel set in Canada and short listed for the Saskatchewan Book Awards; and her latest novel Sunset Lake Resort (2024) published by Stonehouse Publishing. Regardless of what weather Saskatchewan throws at her, she can often be found walking outside.

Joanne's recommendations:

https://www.joannejackson.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/joannejacksonauthor/

https://www.stonehousepublishing.ca/store/sunset-lake-resort

Rebecca and Tara chat about their latest reads, some of which include CBC's Canada Reads titles for the 2025 debates airing March 17-20 on CBC TV, CBC Radio, and CBC Books (website and YouTube).

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Rebecca and Tara celebrate some of their favorite Love Stories in all their different forms in honor of Valentine's Day.  

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Tara (@onabranchreads):