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The Canada Reads reveal!

Today on Q, the panellists and their book choices for Canada Reads 2010 were revealed! Listen to the full audio here:

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This Week on Q


Monday

Nov 30: Devo - the groundbreaking 70s and 80s new-wave band is fully remastered and sounding more devo than ever. Brothers Gerry and Bob Casale in Studio Q. Plus, snowboarder, politician Ross Rebagliati and Q's Sports-Culture Panel reconvenes!

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Tuesday

Dec 1: Canadian actor Shawn Ashmore, best known for his role in the X-Men movies, talks about his labour of love: executive producing and acting in an HBO Canada adaptation of the Giller-winning novel, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. And, we reveal and talk to the panelists in the upcoming Canada Reads annual battle of the books. Plus, Q Screenboy Jesse Wente.

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Wednesday

Dec 2: The blogger behind This is Why You're Fat, a blog turned book that celebrates revoltingly fatty junk food recipes. Plus, Mio Adilman's Download Down-Lo.

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Thursday

Dec 3: Peter Raymont on his documentary, Genius Within, about the private life and public persona of classical pianist Glenn Gould. Plus, the Montreal creators of an "improv sitcom" on the web, called The Bitter End.

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Friday

Dec 4: Director Jason Reitman on Up in the Air, a film in which George Clooney plays a corporate downsizing expert who travels America firing workers. Plus, Elvira Kurt's Cultural Hall of Shame.

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