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How I Wrote It
Rawi Hage ponders death, war and the nature of mourning in the novel Beirut Hellfire Society
The Montreal-based novelist discusses the creative process behind his latest book.
Kim Maltman, Ulrikka Gernes and Srikanth Reddy named judges for 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize
The shortlist for the annual award will be announced on April 9, 2019.
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You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre and have your work published on CBC Books. Enter by Oct. 31, 2018.
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Vote for your favourite 2018 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award nominee
Magic 8 Q&A
Wayne Grady on family history, redemptive endings and the illusion of freedom
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Grades 9 to 12 students: What is one book your entire generation should be reading?
Meghan Markle backs Grenfell fire charity cookbook
Romance fiction is so much more than swashbuckling bodice-rippers, say authors
CBC Literary Prizes
Sandra Murdock wins the 2018 CBC Nonfiction Prize
Lee Maracle to receive $10K Harbourfront Festival Prize for contributions to literature
Why I Write
Catherine Hernandez: 2 things you need to learn in order to be a writer
My Life in Books
Why 2018 Polaris Music Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher loved reading Billy-Ray Belcourt's This Wound Is A World
The CBC Books fall 2018 reading list: 18 must-read Canadian books
Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt, Tanya Tagaq among 12 authors longlisted for 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Why economic anxiety inspired Lisa Moore's new short story collection
Elizabeth Hay makes peace with her mother's food and father's anger
In Conversation
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
My Life in Books
Why Paper Year director Rebecca Addelman loves In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
My Life in Books
Why 2018 Polaris Music Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher loved reading Billy-Ray Belcourt's This Wound Is A World
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The Next Chapter
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