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Georgian Bay Read Titles

What a celebration of Canadian literature! These are the titles that our Defenders will be debating. Please see your library to check out each book. Thank you to the publishers for providing copies and supporting Georgian Bay Reads.

Previous Titles

2023 Titles

Winner: good morning, monster by Catherine Gildiner, defended by Gia Lynde, Collingwood Public Library

People’s Choice Award: good morning, monster by Catherine Gildiner, defended by Gia Lynde, Collingwood Public Library

2022 Titles

Winner: Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel, defended by Connie Cook, Wasaga Beach Public Library

People’s Choice Award: On Foot to Canterbury by Ken Haigh, defended by Annie Schiefer, Collingwood Public Library

2021

Winner: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot, defended by Kieran Rupke, Clearview Library

People’s Choice Award: Birds Art Life by Kyo Maclear, defended by Ashley Trusler, Meaford Library

Reader’s Choice Award: Birds Art Life by Kyo Maclear, defended by Ashley Trusler, Meaford Library

2019

Winner: The Luminous Sea by Melissa Barbeau, defended by Jack Pledger, Meaford Public Library
People’s Choice Award: The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman, defended by Katherine Wallis, Springwater Public Library

2018

Winner: All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Towes, defended by Cathy Marie Buchanan, Meaford Public Library
People’s Choice Award: Random Passage by Bernice Morgan, defended by Tracy L. Ward, Springwater Public Library

2017

Winner: Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, defended by Leslie Ransom, Meaford Public Library
People’s Choice Award: Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese, defended by Meaford Public Library

2016

Winner: The Mantiocore by Robertson Davies, defended by Julie LeBlanc, Collingwood Public Library
People’s Choice Award: They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, defended by Michele McKenzie, Clearview Public Library

2015

Winner: The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay, defended by CindyLou LeBrew, Meaford Public Library
People’s Choice Award: The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay, defended by CindyLou LeBrew, Meaford Public Library

2014

Winner: Elizabeth and After by Matt Cohen, defended by Lorraine Gurzuk, Wasaga Beach Public Library
People’s Choice Award: The Orenda by Joseph Boyden, defended by Danielley Dunsey, Clearview Public Library

2013

Winner: Crow Lake by Mary Lawson, defended by Monica Quinlan, Wasaga Beach Public Library

2012

Winner: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, defended by Ashley Kulchycki, Collingwood Public Library

2011

Winner: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald, defended by Mariane McLeod, Wasaga Beach Public Library

2010

Winner: The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan, Clearview Public Library

2009

Winner: Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, Collingwood Public Library