Canada Reads is CBC's annual battle of the books, where five Canadian personalities select the book they think Canadians should read. Each personality selects a book to defend and the books are eliminated one by one until a winner is declared. 

In 2011, the contenders are:

• Debbie Travis, defending The Birth House by Ami McKay
  
• Ali Velshi, defending The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
  
• Georges Laraque, defending The Bone Cage by Angie Abdou
  
• Lorne Cardinal, defending Unless by Carol Shields
  
• Sara Quin, defending Essex County by Jeff Lemire

From passionate pleas to desperate defences, anything can happen -- and it often does! Discuss the debates and their outcomes here!