Why the young don’t read: part XXIV
The CBC site has a piece on this year’s Canada Reads shortlist, which the on-air panel will whittle down to a single title by the end of this week. In Other Media couldn’t help but notice that, except for Mordecai Richler’s Cocksure, which takes place in Swinging-Sixties London, the titles on the shortlist either take place in the distant past or focus on small-town and rural life. Apparently us Canadians are either hard at work fixing our snowmobiles or reflecting on distant World Wars. Noticeably absent from the list is the token French-Canadian novel in translation, an oversight that is no doubt being discussed at the highest levels of the mother corp.
Related links:
Read about Canada Reads on the CBC site
