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To Every Thing There is a Season: A reading of a Cape Breton Christmas story
To an 11-year-old boy, Christmas means the return of his oldest brother from the other side of the country. It means sleigh rides through the frozen woods. For the younger siblings, it means Santa. "To Every Thing There is a Season" is Alistair MacLeod's nostalgic look back at childhood Christmases on Cape Breton Island.
Books of the year
The best Canadian poetry of 2018
2018 was a great year for books. Here are CBC Books's top 12 Canadian works of poetry that came out this year.
Get ready for Canada Reads 2019!
Ali Hassan is back to host CBC's annual battle of the books. The longlist will be announced on Jan. 10, 2019.
The enduring magic of The Little Prince: with Stacy Schiff, Mark Osborne and Éric Dupont
Holiday Gift Guide
The CBC Books 2018 holiday gift guide
Holiday Gift Guide
15 books for the sports fans on your gift giving list
Holiday Gift Guide
15 hilarious books for the comedy lover on your list
Darrel J. McLeod's favourite Canadian book of 2018: Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson
Books of the Year
Jonathan Auxier's favourite Canadian book of 2018: Wicked Nix by Lena Coakley
Books of the Year
The best Canadian nonfiction of 2018
Holiday gift guide
15 books for the movie & TV superfan in your life
How I Wrote It
Vivek Shraya on the power of unpacking pain and writing with urgency
Books of the Year
The best Canadian fiction of 2018
Bestsellers
The bestselling books in Canada: Dec. 2 to 8, 2018
Borders
The 2018 Governor General's Literary Award winners write about borders
Michelle Obama extends tour to Canada, Europe as Becoming tops 3 million
Oyinkan Braithwaite stretches the idea of unconditional love to its extreme in My Sister, The Serial Killer
Why do we love The Little Prince?
The CBC Books winter reading list: 15 Canadian books to read this season
My Life in Books
5 books that inspired actor and author Meg Tilly
Books of the Year
Sarah Henstra's favourite Canadian book of 2018: Radiant Shimmering Light by Sarah Selecky
Tegan and Sara are writing a memoir, will be published in Sept. 2019
Books of the Year
Lindsay Wong's favourite Canadian book of 2018: That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung
Holiday Gift Guide
13 books for the sci-fi and fantasy lover on your list
Book Awards
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The Next Chapter
Host Shelagh Rogers speaks with iconic Canadian authors and rising literary stars about the stories and ideas that intrigue and inspire them.Visit Show Site
Writers & Company
Host Eleanor Wachtel explores in-depth the lives, thoughts and works of distinguished writers from around the world.Visit Show Site