‘Ducks,’ Kate Beaton’s graphic memoir about Alberta’s oilsands, wins Canada Reads

Kate Beaton’s “Ducks” has received this 12 months’s version of Canada Reads.

The graphic memoir printed final 12 months by Drawn & Quarterly traces Beaton’s two years working in Alberta’s oilsands.

Jeopardy! super-champion Mattea Roach defended the e book throughout the four-day competitors that aired dwell on CBC Radio.

“Ducks” received the competitors Thursday, beating out Emily St. John Mandel’s novel “Station Eleven,” which was championed by actor-director Michael Greyeyes.

“Hotline” by Dimitri Nasrallah, championed by bhangra dancer Gurdeep Pandher, was voted off Wednesday; “Greenwood” by Michael Christie, championed by actress Keegan Connor Tracy, was eradicated Tuesday; and “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, championed by TikToker Tasnim Geedi, didn’t make it previous the primary day, Monday.

This 12 months’s competitors sought to seek out “one book to shift your perspective.”

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