Based on the wildly popular Canada Reads, four lively panelists champion their chosen title to a grueling finish, when we all will know the Manitoba title for our winter bookshelf! Panelists: Alison Gillmor, Vincent Ho, Paul Jordan, Niigonwedom James Sinclair -- Thin Air Festival 2011
8:00 to 10:00 pm
Saturday, September 24
Shaw Performing Arts Centre (MTYP), The Forks
$12/ $10 student/senior
Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman has made it to the final shortlist of CBC's Manitoba Reads. After being chosen by the public to be one of the final eight books, Wayne Tefs's gritty take on Canadian outlaw Ken Leishman will be defended by Paul Jordan, CEO of the Forks.
Joining Bandit on the shortlist are Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas, The Life of Helen Betty Osborne by David Alexander Robertson and Where Nests the Water Hen by Gabrielle Roy.
The winner of Manitoba Reads will be selected on September 24th at the Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers Festival mainstage.
For complete details visit http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/books/2011/08/26/manitoba-reads-finalists-have-been-selected/