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Chris Hadfield, Katherena Vermette, Gord Downie among Forest of Reading's 108 nominees for 2018 awards

Chris Hadfield is nominated for his picture book The Darkest Dark, Katherena Vermette for her multi-perspective novel The Break and Gord Downie for his graphic novel collaboration with Jeff Lemire Secret Path.
My Life in Books

Fantasy writer Charles de Lint: 9 books I love

The most recent inductee into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association's Hall of Fame reveals the writers that have influenced his own work.
Jane van Koeverden
The Next Chapter

How Property Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott began building their empire at seven years old

The TV stars speak with Shelagh Rogers about their memoir, It Takes Two.
Radio The Next Chapter

Enter the 2018 CBC Short Story Prize

You could win $6,000, attend a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and have your story published on CBC Books.

Claire Humphrey's Toronto-set debut novel wins Canadian fantasy prize for 'fresh take on magic'

Jane van Koeverden
The Next Chapter

Candy Palmater on the freedom that comes with letting go of books

Radio The Next Chapter
TD Kids Book Clubs

TD Kids Book Clubs bring award nominated kids lit to communities across Canada

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TD Kids Book Corner
The Current

Ken Dryden wants hockey rules changed to save players' lives

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What 'The Curious Incident' reveals about the experience of autism

Radio Day 6

The Hockey Sweater: A Musical offers fresh take on classic tale

Claire Loewen
News Montreal
Tapestry

What can The Princess Bride teach us about Buddhism?

How I Wrote It

Why Claire Cameron wants to change the way we see Neanderthals

Olivia Pasquarelli
Spark

Why you should read War and Peace on your phone

Radio Spark
Writers & Company

Javier Marías on secrets and betrayal — in politics and fiction

Radio Writers & Company
Magic 8 Q&A

'All art is failed art.' Michael Redhill on being comfortable with failure

Ryan B. Patrick
Writing Tip

Feeling anxious about your writing? Procrastinate

Dionne Codrington
Canada Writes
The Next Chapter

Why Suzette Mayr set out to write a horror novel

Radio The Next Chapter

12 books you heard about on CBC Radio this week: Oct. 7-13, 2017

CBC Books

B. Denham Jolly's memoir about growing up Black in Toronto wins Toronto Book Award

Ryan B. Patrick
How I Wrote It

How David Alexander Robertson wrote a picture book about the history of Canada's residential schools

Ryan B. Patrick

Carleigh Baker wins 2017 Vancouver Book Award for her short story collection Bad Endings

Olivia Pasquarelli

The Fan brothers: Books we'd love to illustrate

Jane van Koeverden

5 things you should expect when writing short stories, according to Eden Robinson

Rodrigo Toromoreno
CBC Literary Prizes
Magic 8 Q&A

Why Joey Comeau thinks we should burn CanLit down

Jane van Koeverden
How I Wrote It

Why Tanya Talaga wrote a book about the lives and deaths of 7 Indigenous students in Thunder Bay

Ryan B. Patrick

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