Information Morning Book Panel members are:

Paul MacDougall   +   Bev McGee   +   Ken Chisholm

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Favourite Read of 2011:
- Shadows In the Street, Susan Hill
- The Border Trilogy, Cormac McCarthy
- Infrared, Nancy Huston

Favourite Current Release:
- Minding Frankie, Maeve Binchy
- Half Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan
- The Mysteries of PD James
- "The Honourable Schoolboy" "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", John LeCarre

Best Non-Fiction Read of the Year:
- The Reading Promise, Alice Ozma
- The Invention of Murder, Judith Flanders
- The Poisoner's Handbook, Deborah Blum

Best Cape Breton Book of the Year:
- The Men's Breakfast, collection of Cape Breton writers from Breton Books
- Cape Breton Facts and Folklore, Bill Doyle
- Incitements, poet Sean Howard

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The Information Morning "Book Panel" suggestions for Christmas 2010:

Fiction:

True Grit by Charles Portis (recommended by Paul MacDougall)

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (recommended by Bev McGee)

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay (recommended by Ken Chisholm)

Non-Fiction:

Coal Black Heart: The Story of Coal and Lives It Ruled by John DeMont (Paul)

Pit Talk: The Legacy of Cape Breton's Coal Miners by Ian McNeil (Paul)

Harperland: The Politics of Control by Lawrence Martin (recommended by Bev's son Danny)

The Sixth Family: The Collapse of the New York Mafia and the Rise of Vito Rizzuto by Lee Lamothe and Adrian Humphreys (Bev's son Danny)

You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier (Ken)

Local:

Under the Electric Sky: The Legacy of the Bill Lynch Shows by Christopher A Walsh (Paul)

Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond Canada's Rosa Parks by Wanda Robson (Bev)

Discovering Cape Breton Folklore by Richard MacKinnon (Ken)

Children's:

TR's Adventure at Angus the Wheeler's by Frank MacDonald with illustrations by Virginia McCoy (Paul)

A Visit From St Nicholas (aka 'Twas The Night Before Christmas) by Clement C Moore (Bev)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (appropriate for older children and young adults) (Ken)

Best book read this year:

Stone's Fall by Ian Pears (Paul)

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Bev)