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Lee Maracle to receive $10K Harbourfront Festival Prize for contributions to literature
The prolific creator of books such as I Am Woman and Celia's Song, has been tapped for the annual award.
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My Life in Books
Why 2018 Polaris Music Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher loved reading Billy-Ray Belcourt's This Wound Is A World
Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt, Tanya Tagaq among 12 authors longlisted for 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize
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Grades 9 to 12 students: What is one book your entire generation should be reading?
The CBC Books fall 2018 reading list: 18 must-read Canadian books
Why economic anxiety inspired Lisa Moore's new short story collection
Elizabeth Hay makes peace with her mother's food and father's anger
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Patrick deWitt talks about his latest novel, French Exit, and the film adaptation of The Sisters Brothers
As she turns 50, Candy Palmater rethinks her reading list
Why Catherine Hernandez writes
Aaron Williams chronicles his experiences fighting forest fires in Chasing Smoke
Bedside Books
Dan Mangan on why he recommends The Heretics
Lawrence Osborne on re-imagining Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler's iconic sleuth
Christopher Paul Curtis, Lauren Groff, Tommy Orange longlisted for U.S. 2018 National Book Awards
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Why Paper Year director Rebecca Addelman loves In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
How I Wrote It
The lesson Wendy Orr wants to share with readers: 'We're all stronger than we think we are'
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Why reading Proust's In Search of Lost Time changed Polaris Prize finalist Partner's lives
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Why Polaris Music Prize finalist Hubert Lenoir loves Darlène, the companion novel for his solo album
5 writers make the 2018 CBC Nonfiction Prize shortlist
Sci-fi icon Nalo Hopkinson makes her comics debut with House of Whispers
75 facts you might not know about Michael Ondaatje for his 75th birthday
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