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Local book shelved by Canada Reads

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s 10th annual Canada Reads contest has picked its winner, but it’s not Fernie’s contender.
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Georges Laraque and Fernie author Angie Abdou at CBC's 10th annual Canada Reads competition in Toronto.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s 10th annual Canada Reads contest has picked its winner, but it’s not Fernie’s contender.

The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis, defended by CNN broadcaster Ali Velshi, won the Canada Reads 2011 title.

Angie Abdou’s The Bone Cage was selected as one of five Canadian books to fight it out for the title of “most essential book of the past year.”

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