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How to tune into the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize
The gala will air on CBC Radio and CBC TV and be livestreamed on CBC Books on Nov. 19, 2018.
CBC Massey Lectures
The Massey Lectures air this week on CBC Radio
Prize-winning journalist Tanya Talaga (author of Seven Fallen Feathers) explores the legacy of cultural genocide against Indigenous peoples — in Canada and elsewhere — in her 2018 CBC Massey Lectures, All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward.
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What is one book your generation should read? 12 kids from Canada's Smartest Person Junior share their picks
Bestsellers
The bestselling books in Canada: Nov. 3 to Nov. 10, 2018
95 facts about Marvel comics legend Stan Lee
Books on glaciers, biometrics win $10K Canadian science writing prizes
CBC Literary Prizes
Natalie Lim from Vancouver wins the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize for Arrhythmia
The Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists recall when they decided to become writers
Novelist Erwan Larher remembers surviving Paris Bataclan attack in new memoir
'They're with me': Artwork by Indigenous youth catches spotlight in Massey Lectures
Why Stan Lee saw Spider-Man as a regular guy
How I Wrote It
How Eric Dupont wrote the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Songs for the Cold of Heart
Michelle Obama memoir is Oprah's new book club pick
Charles Foran awarded $50K Writers' Trust of Canada Fellowship
'We're still trying to get it made:' Stan Lee backed Canadian-set series in final years
Magic 8 Q&A
Why Governor General's Literary Award winning writer Jonathan Auxier is terrible at answering emails
Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee dead at 95
Writing Tip
Participating in NaNoWriMo? Anita Rau Badami shares her secret to creating believable characters
Patrick deWitt's novel French Exit looks at how parent-child relationships evolve (and devolve) over time
Thomas King returns to mysteries with the latest Thumps DreadfulWater novel
Eric Dupont recalls the moment he learned he was a Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist
Q&A: Tanya Talaga on writing All Our Relations and delivering a Massey lecture in Thunder Bay
How Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca inspired Lisa Gabriele's romantic thriller The Winters
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The Next Chapter
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