The 2025 Canada Reads competition has revealed its impressive lineup of shortlisted books, promising a compelling exploration of diverse voices and impactful stories. From the suspenseful thriller 'The Watcher' by Samantha M. Bailey to the inspiring memoir by Olympic swimmer Maggie MacNeil, the chosen books address themes of family, identity, overcoming adversity, and the power of storytelling.
The 2025 Canada Reads contenders are, from left to right, Saïd M'Dahoma, Maggie Mac Neil, Shayla Stonechild, Michelle Morgan and Linwood Barclay. (CBC)The books on this year's show all have the power to change how we see, share and experience the world around us. books in an accessible format, both CELA and NNELS provide books in audio, braille, print braille and text formats.
You can find out which formats are available for each of the books'I'm very excited for this 2025 panel to introduce many of us to new authors, beautiful and thought-provoking writing and fresh perspectives about the world around us,' said Hassan in an email. 'This year's shortlisted books have the power to change how we see, share and experience the world around us and remind us that humour books and thrillers can be profound.by Samantha M. Baileyis about a young mother named Sarah who thinks her problems are solved when she hires a young babysitter, Holly, for her six-year-old son. Her son adores Holly and Holly adores Sarah, who is like the mother she never had. But when Sarah sees something that she can't unsee, she uproots her family to start over. Her past follows her to this new life, raising paranoid questions of who is watching her now? And what do they want?. Her journalistic work can be found in publications including NOW Magazine, The Village Post, The Thrill Begins and The Crime Hub.. 'I think only children are innocent. How can you be totally innocent if you're human? Because if you're human, that means you're flawed.'- Samantha M. Bailey 'And if you're human, that means you've been hurt and you've been traumatized and you've gone through difficult situations and you've hurt other people and you've made mistakes. 'I also wanted to explore the idea that we can't watch who watches our children when we're not there.'is a Canadian swimmer who competed in two Olympic Games and won three medals at Tokyo 2020: Gold, Silver and Bronze. She is an eight-time World Champion, three-time NCAA champion and holds three world records. She is also the first person to simultaneously hold titles in 100m butterfly in the NCAA, Olympics, world short course metres and world long course metres. She was raised in London, Ont. and attended the University of Michigan for her undergrad and Louisiana State University for her Master of Science in Sport Management. In 2024, after the Paris Olympics, sheA passionate book lover who enjoys reading both for pleasure and academic study, Mac Neil credits reading as a key part of her success in the pool, in school and for her personal growth.Ma-Nee Chacaby, an Objibwe-Cree lesbian who grew up in a remote northern Ontario community, tells the story of how she overcame experiences with abuse and alcohol addiction to become a counsellor and lead Thunder Bay's first gay pride parade. is a two-spirit Ojibwe-Cree writer, artist, storyteller and activist. She lives in Thunder Bay, Ont., and was raised by her grandmother near Lake Nipigon, Ont. Chacaby won the Ontario Historical Society's Alison Prentice Award and the Oral History Association's Book Award for The Next Chapter . 'I want them to know what I was about, what I was made of, what I stood for. Because there is so much violence in the communities up north and around us.''I wish more Native women and older women, even the ones that are older than me, could write their story about their life to share it with other people so their kids can grow to understand them and learn from them. 'We are storytellers. That is our gift. And if they share their real stuff, what really happened in the past, the kids will learn from it.'is a Red River Métis and Nehiyaw iskwew (Plains Cree woman) from Muscowpetung First Nations. She founded the Matriarch Movement, an online platform, podcast and nonprofit that amplifies Indigenous voices and provides wellness opportunities for Indigenous women and two-spirit individuals. She is also a global yoga ambassador for Lululemon and is the first Indigenous person featured on Yoga Journal's cover. Stonechild has hosted APTN'sShe has collaborated with over 50 brands, including Adobe and Peloton, and is a strong voice fighting for language revitalization and Indigenous rights. She won the82-year-old Etta decides to walk 3,232 kilometres to Halifax from her farm in Saskatchewan with little more than a rusty rifle and a talking coyote named James for company. Her early life with her husband Otto and their friend Russell are revealed in flashbacks to the Great Depression and the Second World War.. She also holds a PhD in music-literary studies and has published her research on many related topics. Raised in Alberta, she currently lives in England.Morgan is an advocate for women's rights and has partnered with women's shelters across Canada, including The Brenda Strafford Women's Shelter and Homefront Calgary, and teaches workshops for survivors of domestic violenc
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