I was hopeful that books might actually stay off of the Idol voting lame-train, but no such luck. But then I thought about it again, and realized that anything that gets people talking about Canadian authors, and draws attention to lesser-known names (AKA un-Atwood) is actually a good thing, especially when it involves one of our own. Sustainable City columnist Chris Benjamin‘s first book Drive-by Saviours is nominated in the top-40 longlist for next year’s Canada Reads competition, along with several other local-ish writers including Ami McKay (The Birth House) and Christy Ann Conlin (Heave).
Vote for the top 10 on the Canada Reads website.
This article appears in Oct 28 – Nov 2, 2010.