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Canada Reads

Canada Reads Express collection

The Greater Sudbury Public Library is partnering with Wordstock to have a Canada Reads Event at the end of March, and the partnership includes this special collection of EXPRESS copies of the Canada Reads titles that are being defended.

The Canada Reads Express collection is available for loaning out in our Chelmsford, Lively, Main, New Sudbury, South End, and Valley East libraries until March 31, 2023.

Loan Period and Late Fees
ItemLoan PeriodRenewalsHoldsLate FeesReplacement Cost
Canada Reads Express 7 Days No No  $0 / day* Cost of Title

Books are loaned out on a first-come-first serve basis - please return to the title's designated home library. Get a copy at your library today!   

Haven't you heard of Canada Reads?

Every year, CBS hosts a battle of books – Canada Reads, where five people each defend one book to a worldwide audience – they debate each book in depth to decide a final, reigning book that all of Canada must read that year.  

Our circulating titles...

Express copies, like outlined above, are available in our libraries for a quick 7-day loan period, so you can read without waiting through regular circulation; to pick-up where available with no holds.

If you want to add yourself to the waiting list for a full 3-week period, click the links below to add this years contending titles to your account. Feel free to contact one of our branches for help adding these Canada Reads to your list.

  1. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. By Beaton, Kate. 
  2. Greenwood. By Christie, Michael.
  3. Hotline. A Novel. By Nasrallah, Dimitri. 
  4. Mexican Gothic. By Moreno-Garcia, Silvia.
  5. Station Eleven. A Novel. By Mandel, Emily St. John. 
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