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21 students, 24 dystopic futures: finalists for The First Page speculative fiction challenge revealed

CBC Books asked Grades 7 to 12 students across Canada to write the first page of a novel, set 150 years in the future, imagining how current affairs events and trends have played out. The winners will be announced on May 31!

14 Canadian books to read for Jewish Heritage Month in 2022

May is Canadian Jewish Heritage Month. In recognition of this month, here's a reading list of poetry, fiction and nonfiction by Canadians of Jewish descent.

Why Katherena Vermette's heartbreaking debut novel The Break continues to resonate with readers

The Métis writer's 2016 novel, a powerful intergenerational saga about the lives of residents in Winnipeg’s North End, was the 2022 selection for the national One eRead Canada virtual book club.

Radio The Next Chapter May 20

Enter the CBC Poetry Prize

You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre and have your work published on CBC Books.

Toronto poet Michael Fraser wants writers to keep the faith when it comes to creating great poetry

Liz Howard reads a poem from her new collection Letters in a Bruised Cosmos

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The CBC Books spring reading list: 50 great books to read this season

Shelagh Rogers awarded Symons Medal

News Canada PEI May 17

23 Canadian collections to read for Short Story Month

Jamaica Kincaid on family, place and the beauty of language

Radio Writers & Company May 20

Why we need to know more than just George Floyd's name

Radio The Sunday Magazine May 23

Vivek Shraya's new book Next Time There's a Pandemic examines our collective response to the COVID-19 crisis

Radio The Next Chapter May 20

'Why are we here?' and other questions for an astrophysicist-folklorist

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Exploring art, history and belonging through the lens of the Tibetan diaspora

Radio The Sunday Magazine May 22

IDEAS AFTERNOON

How to see shame as a virtue

Radio Ideas May 23

Writer Olivia Laing explores the power and vulnerability of bodies

Radio Ideas May 19

Students across Canada chose these 9 books as the 2022 Forest of Reading Award winners

Billy-Ray Belcourt's A Minor Chorus looks at modern love and the Indigenous experience — read an excerpt now

Proust Questionnaire

Why Susanna Kearsley loves finding intrigue in the ordinary

Radio The Next Chapter May 20

Joanna Chiu wins $25K Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for debut book China Unbound

Edmonton author Conor Kerr wins 2022 ReLit Award for debut novel Avenue of Champions

Rowan McCandless, Katherena Vermette & Clayton Thomas-Müller among finalists for 2022 Manitoba Book Awards

See the winner announcements on Day Three of the 2022 Forest of Reading Festival

The bestselling Canadian books for the week of May 8-14, 2022

My Life in Books

5 books that inspired Run the Burbs star Rakhee Morzaria

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