The 332 day countdown is over and the big day is here: the return of Civilians Read, your favourite knock-off since PC’s Blue Menu. This year, we’re continuing our assessment of the panelist x-factor as we see how five literary-types change the conversation. For the 2011 debates, we’ve brought back four of our intrepid panelists and one fresh-faced innocent to debate which title should be the one all of Canada should read.
Before we got started this year, in the proud tradition of last year’s bathroom confessional, we had our panelists enter the closet confessional (yes, our panelists go into the closet to reveal their secrets) and give us a preview of what’s to come.
Now to move on to the main event. This episode our panelists will give us one 1-minute pitches for their title and the first shots are taken at disliked books. We also talk about what makes a novel “essential,” hilarious Kate Beaton comics, namby-pamby narrators and Brent Butt. Have a listen:
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[Running time: 24:51]
You can also scope out our state of the art studio with some behind-the-scenes Day 1 photos:
After the first show, our panelists headed back to the closet to let [...]
