Mary Walsh: Open Book (2002)

Country

Canada

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How it feels

An actress and comedian hosts a weekly book club where a panel of celebrities and guests discuss one featured book each episode. The late-night series covers both Canadian and international fiction and nonfiction.

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What happens

Mary Walsh: Open Book was a weekly book club series on CBC Television, which aired from 2002 to 2005. Similar to Oprah's Book Club, the series was hosted by actress and comedian Mary Walsh, who moderated a discussion about books and literature with a panel of celebrities and other guests. Each episode of the series was structured around discussion of a single book, including both Canadian and international literature, and both fiction and non-fiction titles. The series aired at 11 p.m. on Sunday nights, attracting relatively strong ratings for a late time slot. Participants included actors Megan Follows, Greg Malone, Paul Gross and Mark McKinney, political scientist Janice Stein, lawyer and politician Jerome Kennedy, writers Susan Musgrave and Evelyn Lau, singer Jann Arden, journalist Pamela Wallin and columnist Jan Wong. Michael Donovan was the creator of Open Book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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