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Why Canada Reads finalist David Chariandy thinks memory is a powerful tool
The author discusses his latest novel, Brother, which is in contention for Canada Reads 2019.
Opera superstar Jessye Norman reflects on political activism and her 50-year career in music
The gifted soprano talked to Eleanor Wachtel about her life and work.
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Stella Xia, Peter Ola Paul win The First Page student writing challenge
How a solitary Douglas fir inspired Harley Rustad to write a book
When Wayne Grady discovered his family's secret past, it changed who he was and how he wrote
Novelist Uzma Jalaluddin recommends three genre-pushing YA novels
Michael Chabon on reading, writing and Captain Picard
Bedside Books
Why singer-songwriter Chris Velan is enjoying the mind-bending Norwegian thriller Encircling
Why I Write
Why Canada Reads author Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette chased her grandmother's ghost, then wrote a novel about it
Cherie Dimaline to executive produce, write first season of The Marrow Thieves TV adaptation
'The sharing process is to disrupt the system': Saul Williams on the power of poetry, on stage and on the page
Children's book creator Mo Willems named Kennedy Center artist-in-residence
Kimmy Schmidt's fictional novel, The Legends of Greemulax, is being published for real
Bestsellers
The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Feb. 10-16, 2019
How I Wrote It
Whitney French on why nurturing the next wave of black Canadian writers is important
Oscar nominee Regina King and Colman Domingo get emotional reflecting on If Beale Street Could Talk
Vancouver illustrator Julie Morstad wins Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Bloom
Humble The Poet writing Things No One Else Can Teach Us, a new book about finding happiness
Beyond Tragedy: The living history of Native America
In Conversation
Why Simple Plan drummer Chuck Comeau says books helped make him the person he is today
New children's book about Beothuk comes full circle
There may be no difference between your brain and Hitler's, psychologist says
Stella Xia, Peter Ola Paul win The First Page student writing challenge
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