Words At Large

He Shoots, He Scores!

Posted by Words At Large Admin on March 05 at 12:00 AM

The battle of the books is over and the novel left standing is Paul Quarrington's story about an aging hockey player called King Leary.

If you missed any of the verbal fisticuffs, you can catch those podcasts on the Canada Reads site.

It seems you don' t have to be a hockey fan to enjoy the winning book. But it’s not just fiction that has snapped up the hockey theme. There are dozens of non-fiction books about our national sport and this week in the Words At Large podcast we look at why they're so popular.

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