03.Nov.2011 Louis Riel Voted Into Canada Reads Top 10
Chester Brown’s 2004 graphic history of the life of Louis Riel and the Red River Rebellion has made the final cut for the CBC Radio Canada Reads literary competition after several rounds of popular internet voting. The book joins 9 other works of non-fiction in the annual event that pits a celebrity panel against each other and their chosen books. The event, to be broadcast over several weeks in early 2012, usually serves to promote book sales on all the nominated titles but especially boosts the profile of the winner, chosen by the celebrity panel after a cut-throat “Survivor-style” winnowing. Brown’s book is only the second comics work to be included in the contest. Last year, Jeff Lemire’s Essex Novel graphic novel was eliminated early amid much controversy.
The nominees are:
The Boy in the Moon by Ian Brown
Cockeyed by Ryan Knighton
The Game by Ken Dryden
Louis Riel by Chester Brown
On a Cold Road by Dave Bidini
Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan
Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat
Shake Hands with the Devil by Roméo Dallaire
Something Fierce by Carmen Aguirr
The Tiger by John Vaillant
