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Sarah Selecky's advice to aspiring writers? 'Write what you want to read'
The author of Radiant Shimmering Light answers eight questions from eight fellow writers.
The trailer for The Sisters Brothers film — based on Patrick deWitt's 2011 novel — is here
The movie, which comes out in fall 2018, stars John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed.
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 CBC Books summer reading list: 18 cool books to read while the weather heats up
Here's the 2018 Shakespeare Selfie student writing challenge shortlist
My Life in Books
CBC Music Festival performers Caveboy share the books that inspired them
Cherie Dimaline, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson among finalists for $20K Trillium Book Award
The bestselling books at Canadian independent bookstores this week
From the Archives
Listen to Philip Roth's 2009 conversation with Eleanor Wachtel on Writers & Company
Former editor remembers Interview magazine — the 'school newspaper of Andy Warhol's factory'
Writing Tip
CBC Poetry Prize juror Jordan Abel's advice for becoming a better writer? Keep writing
Michael Kaan wins $40K Amazon.ca First Novel Award for The Water Beetles
Robin Williams' biographer Dave Itzkoff sheds light on the late comedian and actor's life
'A great voice for our time': Friend remembers author Philip Roth
Flights by Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk wins 2018 Man Booker International Prize
Author Philip Roth dead at 85
Indigenous Voices Awards, which recognize emerging Indigenous writers, reveal 2018 finalists
How a search for the world's best coffee led to Yemen in the midst of civil war
Dismissed in her lifetime, African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston is considered a legend in ours
Michael Pollan on the science of how psychedelics can 'shake your snow globe'
How Louise Penny keeps her Armand Gamache mystery series fresh and surprising
Novelists Cherie Dimaline, Omar El Akkad and Sharon Bala discuss Canada Reads
Why David Adams Richards wrote a novel about the tragedies of the rich
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