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12 beautifully illustrated Canadian picture books for young readers
If your family are fans of stunning illustrations and picture books here are 13 great reads to check out.
Esi Edugyan explores race, history and identity in epic novel Washington Black
The Calgary-born novelist talks with Shelagh Rogers about her much talked about book.
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How I Wrote It
How her father's war-time love letters inspired Kathy Page's new novel
Why is Stephen King one of the most adapted authors of all time?
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Issa Rae says we need the 'young black female perspective' now more than ever
Dismissed in her lifetime, African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston is considered a legend in ours
Nuclear war expert warns of future crisis in the form of a novel
Cherie Dimaline, David Demchuk win Sunburst Awards for Canadian literature of the fantastic
The real-life 'ghost rapes' that inspired Miriam Toews's new novel, Women Talking
Rawi Hage, Paige Cooper among finalists for 2018 Quebec Writers' Federation literary awards
Eden Robinson wins 2018 Copper Cylinder Adult Award for Canadian literature of the fantastic
Proust Questionnaire
Dionne Brand reveals her favourite journey, greatest fear and her heroes
Time travel and immigration intersect in Thea Lim's novel An Ocean of Minutes
Terrance Hayes examines race and politics in the age of Donald Trump in his new poetry collection
Rawi Hage reflects on why death is for the living in Beirut Hellfire Society
Monique Gray Smith's YA book Speaking Our Truth nominated for Forest Of Reading award
Maryse Condé awarded New Prize in Literature, the 'alternate Nobel'
My Life in Books
8 books that inspired This Hour Has 22 Minutes star Mark Critch
Why The Acme Novelty Library #18 makes Dana Michel emotional
How The Hate U Give movie tells a Black Lives Matter story that's 'real and human'
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