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We are pleased to offer the community the opportunity to participate in the One eRead Canada program.

One eRead Canada is an annual digital, bilingual, cross-Canada book club initiated and supported by the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC). 

From April 1 to April 30, members of the Library can get instant access to Katherena Vermette's eBook/Audiobook The Break through our OverDrive platform and Libby app or our Hoopla service.

Online Author Events

There will also be two live events on Facebook and Twitter with the Katherena Vermette and Shelagh Rogers, host of CBC’s The Next Chapter in English at 7 p.m. on April 20^th in English, and with Mélissa Verreault and Marie-Louise Arsenault, host of Plus on est de fous, plus on lit! on Ici Radio-Canada Première on April 21^st in French. 

About The Break

When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break – a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house – she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim – police, family, and friends – tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Lou, a social worker, grapples with the departure of her live-in boyfriend. Cheryl, an artist, mourns the premature death of her sister Rain. Paulina, a single mother, struggles to trust her new partner. Phoenix, a homeless teenager, is released from a youth detention centre. Officer Scott, a Métis policeman, feels caught between two worlds as he patrols the city. Through their various perspectives a larger, more comprehensive story about lives of the residents in Winnipeg’s North End is exposed.