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5 Canadian writers shortlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize
The prize is the biggest in Canadian literature. The winner will be announced on Nov. 7, 2022.
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Institutions need to 'smarten up' on free speech, says novelist Ian McEwan
Matt Galloway speaks with novelist Ian McEwan, director Deepa Mehta and publisher and editor Louise Dennys about the state of free speech in today's world, in light of last month’s attack on Salman Rushdie.
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You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, attend a two-week writing residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point and have your work published on CBC Books. The deadline to enter is Oct. 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
John Lornic & Vaclav Smil among 5 finalists for $60K prize for Canadian public policy writing
Riverdale actress Asha Bromfield to adapt her YA novel, Hurricane Summer, into feature film
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Dreams in Vantablack's Ian Keteku and Libin Ahmed on the power of poetry to change perceptions
The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Sept. 18-24, 2022
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Finding home, through a father-daughter adventure story
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Ali Hassan's journey to belonging
Looking back at Hilary Mantel, beloved author of the bestselling Wolf Hall trilogy
Books about Cuba, Russia and China are shortlisted for $100K Cundill History Prize
Oscar-winning 'Cuckoo's Nest' actor Louise Fletcher dead at 88
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A new book lets the Milky Way speak for itself — and it's kind of a jerk
Writer Julian Barnes asks what the world would look like if paganism had won
My Life in Books
Shamier Anderson & Stephan James, hosts of The Legacy Awards, share the books they loved reading
37 interesting facts about historical fiction queen Hilary Mantel
Dorothy Ellen Palmer's novel Kerfuffle uses comedy to reframe the G20 Toronto summit protests
Wayne Johnston reflects on the wisdom, wit and tough love of his mother and grandmother in Jennie's Boy
4 young poets from the anthology series Dreams in Vantablack share their favourite books
Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel dead at 70
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60 works of Canadian nonfiction to watch for in fall 2022
How I Wrote It
André Forget's novel In the City of Pigs is a complicated love letter to Toronto
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Adrian Sutherland feels deeply connected to the novel Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
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Why Vancouver writer Susan Musgrave considers her jack-of-all-trades neighbour a personal hero
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$100,000 for the author of the best Canadian novel, short story collection or graphic novel. Discover the books
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