Congratulations to Joseph Boyden for winning the 2014 CBC Canada Reads competition. Joseph currently teaches in the Optional-Residency MFA
Joseph’s novel The Orenda was pitted in the competition against four other Canadian books, including Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood and Esi Edugyan’s Giller Prize-winning novel Half-Blood Blues. The National Post explores the contest and the win in an interview with Joseph.