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18 Canadian books to read for Pride Month

June is Pride Month. Celebrate by checking out these Canadian books.

Canisia Lubrin is the Canadian winner of $65K Griffin Poetry Prize for The Dyzgraphxst

Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort won the international award.

The bestselling Canadian books for the week of June 13-19, 2021

Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.

This Place podcast, hosted by Rosanna Deerchild, explores 150 years of Indigenous resistance and resilience

This Place will premiere on CBC Radio on June 29 and is available on CBC Listen and wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to the first episode online now.

This Place June 23

48 books by Indigenous writers to read to understand residential schools

Nathan Adler, Bevann Fox and jaye simpson among winners for 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards

Eternity Martis, Michelle Good and Emily Hepditch win $10K Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes

Hilary Mantel wins $43K Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Mirror and the Light

2021 Indspire Awards recipient Drew Hayden Taylor talks about how he wrote the novel Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

Radio The Next Chapter June 18

21 books for kids and young adults to read for National Indigenous History Month

The Next Chapter's mystery book panel recommends 9 books to read this summer

Radio The Next Chapter June 21

Why cartoonist Art Spiegelman is talking about his comic Maus after years of silence

Radio Ideas June 20

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Mi'kmaw woman from Summerside writes poem about residential schools

News Canada PEI June 21

Life of deep questions and dreams led Mi'kmaw woman to study philosophy

News Canada Nova Scotia June 21

A peek inside the cartoon debauchery of Regina's Daarian Woroniak

News Canada Saskatchewan June 19

Jason Reynolds's writing strives to honour the 'pain of young people'

Radio Q June 18

What the honesty of childhood reveals about the ugliness in our world

Radio The Sunday Magazine June 20

Adulting 101: Why being an adult is harder than ever

Radio The Sunday Magazine June 20

Hear Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Canisia Lubrin read from The Dyzgraphxst

Radio Q June 18

Should I Read It?

Four fresh reads to add to your summer books list

Radio Day 6 June 19

Her Name was Margaret: New book explores life and death of homeless Hamilton woman

Christine Rankin

News Canada Hamilton June 18

Rivka Galchen's reimagining of a 17th century witch trial is a story that speaks to our time

Radio Writers & Company June 18

14 books to read on World Refugee Day

24 Canadian books to get your dad for Father's Day

17 books for kids and teens to read during Pride Month

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