The “champions” for the 2017 Waterloo Reads: battle of the books are:
- Patti Brooks – Executive Director, UpTown Waterloo BIA
- Mandy Bujold – National Boxing Champion, 2x Pan-Am gold medalist, Olympian
- Alison DeMuy – WPL Board Member
- Janice Jo Lee – Singer/songwriter/poet
- Jasmine Mangalaseril – Culinary Writer
- Fauzia Mazhar – Chair, Coalition of Muslim Women of KW
- Kelly McManus – Senior Director, Community Relations & Events at U of W
- Joe Pavia – CBC Reporter/Editor
- Sheldon Periera – Director, University Relations at WLU
- Scott Wahl – Creator of the “Reading the World” blog
Each champion will be defending one of the 10 most popular Canadian novels of all time, as voted by our community. Those titles will be announced in early August.
If you haven’t voted for your favourite book yet, vote online now. Voting closes July 31, 2017