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"Essex County" Makes the Top 10 of Canada Reads Essential Books

By | November 10th, 2010
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Previously we shared that Jeff Lemire’s “Essex County” for Top Shelf made the Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade from the Canada Reads program, and we also shared that everyone needed to vote for it to make the Top 10.

I guess our suggestion worked (or people just love this incredible story), as “County” made the Top 10 of the list. It’s still up for the Top 5, but it is no longer up to us. Five celebrity panelists will read through the ten and select the top 5 to defend during the Canada Reads debates in February. Here’s hoping Lemire makes the cut, as he really deserves it.


David Harper

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