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Kai Cheng Thom: 'Faith and science, to me, are one and the same when it comes to writing'
The poet and author answers eight questions from eight fellow authors.
YA author E.K. Johnston on what we can learn from William Shakespeare
The Bard died 402 years ago on April 23; E.K. Johnston adapted his work for her YA novel Exit, Pursued by a Bear.
Enter the CBC Poetry Prize now
You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, attend a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre and have your work published on CBC Books. Enter by May 31, 2018.
The 2018 Shakespeare Selfie Student Writing Challenge is now open for submissions
Poetry Month
Lenea Grace on how poetry breaks all the rules
Mystery novelist Gail Bowen on how to write engaging fiction
Journalist Aida Edemariam on her 20-year quest to share her grandmother's story
Why novelist Catherine Leroux thinks you shouldn't fear translated books
Why Shawn Hitchins invented a new genre for his memoir A Brief History of Oversharing
My Life in Books
The poets that inspire Cree storyteller Louise Bernice Halfe
Writers & Company launches a special series on the Nordic imagination
How I Wrote It
Elisabeth de Mariaffi on the importance of giving herself the space to write
Writers & Company
The haunting world of Nordic noir, with Hans Rosenfeldt
Poetry Month
Why we can count on poetry, according to Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Donato Mancini
Canadian students win $25,000 national poetry competition
Gail Bowen among finalists for 2018 Arthur Ellis crime writing awards
Poetry Month
9 must-read Canadian poetry for children and young adults
Poetry Month
Joshua Whitehead on poetry's radical, survivalist nature
How I Wrote It
How a trip to Sweden inspired long-time nonfiction author Katherine Ashenburg to write her first novel
How I Wrote It
How confronting body image issues inspired Mallory Tater's debut poetry collection
Guy Delisle, Joe Ollmann among 2018 Doug Wright Award finalists, which recognize the best in Canadian comics
The bestselling books in Canada: April 8 to April 14, 2018
Poetry Month
Where award-winning writer Gregory Scofield finds the power in poetry
CBC Literary Prizes
Leah Mol wins the 2018 CBC Short Story Prize
Book Awards
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