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How Rosanna Deerchild found her voice

The poet, CBC host and 2017 CBC Poetry Prize juror tackles eight tough questions from writers in the CBC Books Magic 8 Q&A.

Candy Palmater is writing a book inspired by the need for more kindness in today's world

HarperCollins will publish the comedian's first book in the spring of 2019.
Ryan B. Patrick

The bestselling books in Canada: Aug. 6-12, 2017

Madeleine Thien, Ami McKay and Rupi Kaur are on top of the Canadian fiction list.
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Finalists for $10K science writing prizes revealed

The Lane Anderson Awards celebrate the best in Canadian science writing for adults and young readers.
Jane van Koeverden
Magic 8 Q&A

Why Fanny Britt wields her fiction writing as an instrument for conquering real world anxiety

Ryan B. Patrick

Jury announced for 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Jane van Koeverden
Writing Tip

A mystery writer's tip to getting it "write"

Dionne Codrington

Ottawa writer Amal El-Mohtar wins int'l sci-fi prize for best short story

Jane van Koeverden
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Thriller writer Adam Sternbergh on spirtuality, redemption and making a living

Jane van Koeverden
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How Jay Odjick illustrated Robert Munsch's newest book

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David Alexander Robertson and IsKwé stand up for missing and murdered Indigenous women

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How Linda Granfield keeps history alive

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How I Wrote It

Why journalist Linden MacIntyre channeled the violence he saw in Lebanon into his fiction

Jane van Koeverden
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Why Jane Urquhart is interested in Canada's past

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Reading List

3 books to read if you loved The Glass Castle

Ryan B. Patrick

How Ian Hamilton's 10-book series was born

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Why being a lawyer makes Robert Rotenberg a better writer — and being a writer makes him a better lawyer

Jane van Koeverden
Writers & Company

Margarethe von Trotta on telling the story of Germany through the eyes of women

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Elan Mastai imagines the future in his debut novel

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17 writers to watch in 2017

Erin Balser
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Zoey Leigh Peterson shatters myths about polyamory

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Magic 8 Q&A

Why Kate Hilton believes in the power of reinvention

Ryan B. Patrick
Writing Tip

Wondering how to write your best story? Get something down

Dionne Codrington
Canada Writes

Margaret Atwood adaptation to make its world premiere at TIFF

Ryan B. Patrick

Dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale earns Program of the Year honours by television critics

Jane van Koeverden

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