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- In Robert J. Sawyer's novel Rollback, aliens send us a message - but what does it mean?
- It’s the end of the line for Guy Vanderhaeghe’s The Last Crossing
- Family, betrayal, glory, and madness —The Last Crossing has it all
- The fate of the search party hangs in the balance in this instalment of The Last Crossing
- Rough terrain challenges the rescue party in Guy Vanderhaeghe’s The Last Crossing
- Some of Canada’s best actors read episodes seven to nine of The Last Crossing
- Frontier justice is a missed blessing in this week’s Between the Covers podcast
- High adventure marks this Between the Covers podcast of The Last Crossing
- Between the Covers wraps up a road trip across Western Canada with Open Arms
- The latest episodes of Open Arms take us from a house with no windows to a down-home bar
- Listen to episodes 9 and 10 of Marina Endicott’s Open Arms
- Events come to a boil in episodes seven and eight of Open Arms
- It’s a mix of family feud and French farce in episodes five and six of Open Arms
- In the latest episodes of Open Arms, divorce seems like a better option even to the kids
- Rock ’n’ roll meets a teenage road show in Marina Endicott’s Open Arms
- Benny Cooperman solves a case of murder most foul in the final episodes of Memory Book
- Missing persons and puzzling developments fill episodes 9 to 12 of Memory Book
- Sleuth Benny Cooperman faces a unique challenge in episodes five to eight of Memory Book
- The Between the Covers podcast takes on mysteries big and small in Howard Engel’s Memory Book
- Shenanigans and misdirection fill the final episodes of Chokecherry
- Necessity is the mother of invention in episode three of Chokecherry
- Eleanor Wachtel talks to a panel of authors in the second of a special series, Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country
- Shelagh Rogers in conversation with Jean Vanier about his memoir
- Corner Gas star Janet Wright reads Chokecherry, a novel about life with a man of the cloth
- Eleanor Wachtel talks to Alexis Wright in the first of a special series, Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country
- Shelagh Rogers talks with Meg Federico about her book on caring for her aging mother
- Join us for chuckles and groans in the opening chapter of Chokecherry
- Eleanor Wachtel talks to Ann Wroe about the vision, politics and poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Hear episodes 16 to 20 of the 2009 Canada Reads winner The Book of Negroes
- Episode 11 through 15 of The Book of Negroes: Aminata becomes a slave in America
- Shelagh Rogers heads to Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood to chat with Pat Capponi about her latest detective fiction novel, The Corpse will Keep.
- Eleanor Wachtel talks to Ian McEwan about his novel, On Chesil Beach
- Shelagh Rogers talks to mystery writer José Latour about his suspenseful new thriller, Crime of Fashion
- Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with award-winning Irish poet Paul Durcan
- Canada Reads winner The Book of Negroes continues with episodes six through 10
- Shelagh talks to mystery writer Gail Bowen about her latest novel, The Brutal Heart
- Get swept up in the reading of this year’s Canada Reads-winning novel, The Book of Negroes
- After the Revolution: Eleanor Wachtel interviews Cristina García about writing as a Cuban-American
- Shelagh Rogers speaks with Hannah Sung, online host of CBC’s new Book Club
- Eleanor Wachtel talks to British author and editor Diana Athill about Somewhere Towards the End, her candid memoir of old age
- Shelagh Rogers celebrates the winners of this year's CBC Literary Awards
- Between the Covers features six winning entries from this year’s CBC Literary Awards
- Eleanor Wachtel talks to graphic novelist Lynda Barry about her latest mixed-media book, What It Is
- Shelagh Rogers asks her fictional therapist for reading to combat the winter blues
- Sneak-peek readings from the five Canada Reads contenders, presented on the Between the Covers podcast
- Eleanor Wachtel talks to Joseph O'Neill about his breakthrough novel, Netherland
- The Next Chapter uncovers Canadian bodice rippers
- This week on the podcast catch the final adventures of King Leary
- Eleanor Wachtel talks to Dutch author Ian Buruma about The China Lover, his fascinating new novel of turbulent times
- Shelagh Rogers participates in a tribute to the late Carol Shields and her acclaimed novel, The Stone Diaries
- Hockey highs and personal lows: King Leary continues with episodes 13 -15
- Eleanor Wachtel interviews the bestselling Iranian writer Azar Nafisi about her new memoir, Things I've Been Silent About
- The Next Chapter: Shelagh Rogers talks with Abigail Carter about her book, The Alchemy of Loss
- The hockey rivalry heats up in parts 10-12 of King Leary
- The ‘kaleidoscopically gifted’ writer John Updike talks with Eleanor Wachtel in an interview from 1996
- War interrupts a promising hockey career in episodes seven to nine of King Leary
- The Next Chapter: Shelagh Rogers speaks to the creators of graphic novel Skim
- Dutch and Canadian authors take part in a panel discussion on multiculturalism, as The Dutch Debate continues on Writers & Company
- Author Malcolm Gladwell chats with Shelagh Rogers about his new book, Outliers, and the keys to success
- Pranks and comeuppance pepper episodes four to six of King Leary
- Eleanor Wachtel talks with Dutch novelist and travel writer Cees Nooteboom in the second of a four-part series on the Netherlands
- Shelagh Rogers talks to Russell Wangersky about Burning Down the House, his memoir of being a firefighter
- Anticipating this year’s battle of the books, Between the Covers revisits the 2008 Canada Reads winner
- Eleanor Wachtel talks with distinguished Dutch journalist Geert Mak in the first of a four-part series on the Netherlands
- Canadian icon Farley Mowat checks in with Shelagh Rogers about his memoir, Otherwise
- Chaos continues in episodes seven to 10 of Still Life with Children
- Eleanor Wachtel talks with Dave Eggers about his latest book, set in the Sudanese civil war
- Getting down to the business of parenthood in episodes four to six of Still Life with Children
- David Adams Richards chats with Shelagh Rogers about his Canada Reads contender Mercy Among the Children
- Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with the neurologist and bestselling author Oliver Sacks
- Richard Scrimger tells true tales of his adventures as a stay-at-home dad in Still Life with Children
- Shelagh Rogers checks in with author Brian Francis about his Canada Reads contender, Fruit
- Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with the internationally renowned writer Mavis Gallant
- Shelagh Rogers talks with author Gil Adamson about her debut novel The Outlander, which is in the running for Canada Reads
- A manipulative editor causes trouble in the final episodes of Some Great Thing
- Salman Rushdie speaks with Eleanor Wachtel at the Festival of Ideas at the University of Alberta
- Shelagh Rogers talks with playwright and novelist Michel Tremblay about his Canada Reads contender, The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant
- A tragic fire marks episodes 10 through 12 of Some Great Thing
- Malcolm Gladwell talks to Eleanor Wachtel about his new book Outliers, and his quest to figure out the keys to success
- Top 15 Bestsellers
- A breaking news story plunges a young reporter into trouble in episodes seven to nine of Some Great Thing
- Neil Bissoondath talks with Shelagh Rogers about his new novel, his elusive main character and why living with secrets can be tricky
- Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with the extraordinary travel writer Dervla Murphy
- Canada Reads contender Lawrence Hill started out with a media satire called Some Great Thing
- Shelagh Rogers talks with writer Rebecca Eckler about Rotten Apple, her coming-of-age novel for teens
- Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Israeli writer David Grossman, who probes the psyche of his country in two new books
- Kathleen Norris discusses how the age-old concept of soul-weariness is relevant to modern times in her book Acedia & Me
- Lawrence Hill’s Some Great Thing is a rollicking journey from Winnipeg to Cameroon
- Shelagh Rogers talks to author Richard Wagamese about One Native Life, his memoir of tough times and triumphs
- Focus on film: Eleanor Wachtel talks to director Mike Leigh and actor Michael Caine
- Alex Pentland discusses his book Honest Signals, about how a tool for reading body language can improve communication skills
- Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Amitav Ghosh about Sea of Poppies, his captivating new novel of adventure and intrigue
- Between the Covers presents the final compelling episodes of Ascension
- Shelagh Rogers talks with author Deborah Ellis about her book Off to War, which focuses on the experiences of children of North American soldiers
- Killer shoes: Elizabeth Hay, winner of last year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize, reflects on the award’s impact
- Jian Ghomeshi speaks to Rawi Hage about his new novel, Cockroach
- Tragedy and triumph follow a circus family in episodes 10 to 12 of Ascension
- Shelagh Rogers speaks with ghostwriters Bill Novak and Naomi K. Lewis in an offbeat nod to Halloween
- Eleanor Wachtel leads a panel discussion about politics in literature with writers in Toronto for the International Festival of Authors
- Quirks & Quarks host Bob McDonald discusses the puzzling nature of time with science journalist Dan Falk
- Hard times and espionage follow a circus performer in episodes 7 to 9 of Ascension
- Shelagh Rogers speaks with award-winning outdoors journalist Maria Coffey about the link between extreme sports and spirituality
- Eleanor Wachtel speaks with British screenwriter and playwright Peter Morgan, best known for The Queen and The Last King of Scotland
- Blogger Nikki Reimer reports from the opening of the Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival
- Walk the high wire with episodes four to six of Ascension
- Patrick Lane talks to Shelagh Rogers about writing fiction after decades as a poet
- Eleanor Wachtel talks with Sebastian Barry about The Secret Scripture, which was shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize
- Biologist Kate Jackson describes catching snakes in Central Africa
- Ascension takes us on a roller-coaster ride from WWII Europe to the Canadian West
- Margaret Atwood speaks with Shelagh Rogers about a topic on the minds of most Canadians: debt
- Eleanor Wachtel speaks with British novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, author of the famous Cazalet Chronicles
- Stephen Baker talks to Nora Young about The Numerati, his book on how mathematicians use the data gleaned from our electronic trail
- Between The Covers presents the final episodes of The Restoration of Emily
- Author Miriam Toews talks with Shelagh Rogers about road trips, Toews’ new novel and her big screen debut
- Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Brazilian writer Milton Hatoum about his Lebanese roots and what inspired his award-winning novel Ashes of the Amazon
- Sadie Jones discusses her transformation from struggling screenwriter to successful novelist
- Donna Morrissey talks with Shelagh Rogers about how growing up in a Newfoundland outport inspired her new novel
- Eleanor Wachtel speaks with James Wood who is, love him or hate him, one of the most highly regarded critics writing today
- The Restoration of Emily continues with episodes 10 through 12
- As season two of The Tudors begins, CBC interviews Michael Hirst, the man behind the scenes
- Robertson Davies discusses comedy and tragedy, his eclectic interests and his novel World of Wonders
- Robert Thurman outlines a plan for Tibetan autonomy in his book Why the Dalai Lama Matters
- Shelagh Rogers launches her new show about Canadian books and writers
- Between the Covers presents episodes seven to nine of The Restoration of Emily
- The Words At Large Podcast features Eleanor Wachtel talking to a trio of Jane Austen experts about the enduring popularity of her work
- Shelagh Rogers talks to Cate Cochran about Reconcilable Differences, her book about families that stay together after a divorce
- Eleanor Wachtel speaks to Junot Díaz, who won this year's Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Dr. Andrew Weaver discusses what must be done to deal with climate change in Keeping Our Cool
- Andrew Pyper explores how far a wannabe writer will go in pursuit of success in his book The Killing Circle
- Can Emily be wise and funny? Tune in to parts four to six of The Restoration of Emily
- Shelagh Rogers talks with Douglas Coupland about his new book, The Gum Thief, and the TV series based on his novel JPod
- American novelist Donald Antrim talks to Eleanor Wachtel about his memoir of life with a ‘Jekyll and Hyde alcoholic’ for a mother
- Steven Galloway talks about the distance between fact and fiction in his novel The Cellist of Sarajevo
- Lana Šlezić talks about collecting images and personal accounts for her book on women in Afghanistan
- The Restoration of Emily begins on Between the Covers
- Anne Lamott talks to CBC’s Mary Hynes about her conversion to Christianity despite her best efforts to the contrary
- Shelagh Rogers talks to M. G. Vassanji about the conflicted protagonist of his novel The Assassin’s Song
- Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Aleksandar Hemon, the acclaimed author of Nowhere Man
- D.R. MacDonald speaks to Shelagh Rogers about how life in Cape Breton and the islanders’ love of boxing inspired his new novel
- A prize-winning journalist tells the story of Canadian Omar Khadr, who has grown up in Guantanamo Bay
- Talking Books looks back at 11 years of taking on all kinds of books
- Beloved young adult fiction writer Judy Blume talks with CBC Radio’s Jian Ghomeshi
- It’s the end of the line for the amazing Constantine brothers in Last Seen by Matt Cohen
- Writers & Company celebrates Simone de Beauvoir on the centenary of her birth
- Shelagh Rogers speaks with Gail Anderson-Dargatz about her new book, Turtle Valley
- Julie Andrews finds a new voice in her revealing memoir, Home
- Miracles or delusions? Between the Covers presents episodes 4-6 of Last Seen
- Authors Padma Viswanathan, Glenn Patterson and Andrew O’Hagan talk about where they — and their fiction — come from
- Talking Books discusses Lloyd Jones’s novel Mister Pip and its connection to Great Expectations
- How does a talking kosher chicken become a metaphor? Eleanor Wachtel finds out when she interviews Michael Chabon about his latest novel
- Christopher Dewdney reflects on the nature of time in his book The Soul of the World
- Bestselling author Chris Turner finds hope in his search for a sustainable future
- The true story: Charles Foran, Anna Porter and Donald Antrim talk about mixing fact and fabrication in memoirs
- A journey from despair to laughter begins in Matt Cohen’s acclaimed novel Last Seen
- Talking Books discusses the horror and the hope in Cormac McCarthy’s dark masterpiece The Road
- Eleanor Wachtel talks with poet and fiction writer Jackie Kay in the final part of Re-writing History: Scotland’s New Century
- Katherine Ashenburg talks with Shelagh Rogers about The Dirt on Clean, her account of how the West’s attitudes toward washing have changed through history
- Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
- The final bittersweet episodes of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams unfold on Between the Covers
- The game is afoot: experts on Sherlock Holmes offer their take on the master sleuth of Baker Street
- Talking Books discusses Agent Zigzag, Ben Macintyre’s biography of a notorious spy who played both sides in the Second World War
- In part two of Re-writing History: Scotland’s New Century, Eleanor Wachtel talks with novelist and essayist Andrew O’Hagan
- Shelagh Rogers talks with Jan Wong about remorse, redemption and her search for a woman whose life she thought she had ruined
- Simon Winchester talks to The Current about his biography of Joseph Needham, a British scientist who shaped the West’s view of China
- Israeli writer Etgar Keret discusses his offbeat stories and adapting his work for the big screen
- Love, politics and mystery haunt episodes 10 to 12 of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
- Do a pair of century-old mystery novels stand the test of time? Talking Books examines the evidence
- Eleanor Wachtel talks with three of Scotland’s foremost writers about the country’s nationalist politics and its ‘out-loud’ tongue
- Shelagh Rogers speaks with Todd Babiak about The Book of Stanley, his comic spoof of New Age religious movements
- A Cross Country Checkup of summer reading
- In This is Your Brain on Music, Daniel Levitin explains why music matters so much to us
- Fact and fiction blur in episodes seven to nine of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
- Céline Dion’s popularity is dissected by Carl Wilson in his book Let’s Talk About Love
- British biographer Hermione Lee talks with Eleanor Wachtel about her book on Edith Wharton
- Michael Winter speaks to Shelagh Rogers about his novel The Architects are Here
- Internationally acclaimed author Alberto Manguel explores the key to creating healthy societies
- Destiny calls in episodes four to six of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
- James Meek and Andrew O’Hagan reveal how being from Scotland has coloured their writing
- The Queen develops a love of books in Alan Bennett’s The Uncommon Reader
- Eleanor Wachtel talks to Philip Pullman about his extraordinary success in children's literature
- The Best of the Booker is awarded to Salman Rushdie for Midnight’s Children
- The photographs that shook the world: a new non-fiction book examines the Abu Ghraib scandal and its aftermath
- An international panel of travel writers talk about their journeys with CBC host Paul Kennedy
- A legend begins in Wayne Johnston’s best-selling novel, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
- The Talking Books panelists consider Pierre Bayard’s advice on How to Talk about Books You Haven’t Read
- Edwidge Danticat’s memoir is both an affecting family story and a tale of two countries
- The Book of Negroes: one woman’s unforgettable story is also a people’s history
- Eleanor Wachtel on her visit to Beijing, a city balancing between cherished traditions and building booms as it prepares to host the Olympics
- This week on Between the Covers, the final thrilling episodes of All Hat
- Nino Ricci, Wayson Choy, Paul Quarrington and Susan Swan on the real-life perils of making a living as an author
- A man’s letter of complaint about a flight delay turns into a bitter and funny look back at his colourful past in Jonathan Miles’s Dear American Airlines
- Eleanor Wachtel continues her conversation with Martin Amis and takes a closer look at his personal story
- A salute to Rawi Hage, whose debut novel beat out 136 other books to win this year’s International IMPAC Dublin Award
- Tapestry delves into the story of a 17th-century Innu boy whose unhappy fate foreshadows the damages inflicted by the residential school system
- How Bilbo Baggins got his start: an interview with Rayner Unwin, who helped persuade his father to publish The Hobbit
- There’s more than one way to steal a horse in episodes 10 to 12 of All Hat
- It’s anchors away on Talking Books, with the high-spirited tale of Sailor Girl by Sheree-Lee Olson
- Eleanor Wachtel speaks with writer Martin Amis about his writing and life in the public eye
- Michael Ondaatje chats with Eleanor Wachtel about weaving together two narratives in Divisadero
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