Canada Reads 2019

CBC’s Canada Reads is an annual “battle of the books” where five celebrity panelists will be championing their chosen book as the one book they think all Canadians should read. Homes: a Refugee Story was one of the five contenders and defended gracefully by rock star Chuck Comeau, the drummer from Simple Plan.

Presented with intelligence and class, Chuck Comeau got Homes: A Refugee Story to the final round of debates in March 2019.

Click on the links below to learn about this journey for Chuck, Abu Bakr, and Winnie.

• “Where I Write” article for CBC Arts: Winnie Yeung on how the spaces she wrote helped her create Homes: A Refugee Story
• The Next Chapter interview: Listen to Winnie Yeung and Abu Bakr al Rabeeah talk to CBC host Shelagh Rogers about the their roles of author and story-teller in creating the book, Homes: A Refugee Story
• Book trailer video produced by CBC
• CBC Books article: Why Chuck Comeau chose to defend Homes: A Refugee Story in Canada Reads 2019
• “How I Wrote It”: Winnie Yeung and Abu Bakr al Rabeeah talk about the collaborative process in creating Homes: A Refugee Story
• Canada Reads 2019 article: Winnie Yeung and Abu Bakr al Rabeeah on being a part of Canada Reads