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Ami McKay's novel The Birth House being adapted for TV
Television rights to Ami McKay's bestselling historical novel have been picked up by Canadian producers Sherry White and Kerri MacDonald.
11 books you heard about this week on CBC Radio
Here's a round-up of the best book and author interviews from CBC Radio from May 18-24, 2019.
Enter the CBC Poetry Prize
You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre and have your work published on CBC Books.
Writing Tip
Annie Proulx's secret to writing about place
How I Wrote It
Why Téa Mutonji wanted her first short story collection to challenge what diverse literature is supposed to be
Anne Emery wins best crime novel award for Though the Heavens Fall
Nilofar Shidmehr's Divided Loyalties is a short fiction collection about migration, feminism and sacrifice
Entering the CBC Poetry Prize? Here are 3 writing tips from the 2019 jury
Wendy McLeod MacKnight recommends 3 historical fiction books she loved reading
The bestselling Canadian books for the week of May 12 to May 19, 2019
Dog-Eared Reads
Why Daniel Kalla is brought to tears every time he reads The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
Bedside Books
Why Murray Lightburn loves a book that casts Barack Obama & Joe Biden as a detective duo
Casey Plett wins $60K Amazon Canada First Novel Award for Little Fish
Author and political activist Arundhati Roy on missing India's election — and being a lifelong agitator
Dog-Eared Reads
Why Sharon Butala believes the classic novel Madame Bovary is more relevant today than ever
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to make Canadian premiere in 2020
How a real Lithuanian spy working in Eastern Europe after WWI inspired Antanas Sileika's new novel
Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, dies at 95
Megan Gail Coles's Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club is a tough love letter to Newfoundland
Exploring the dark side of a widely-celebrated psychological experiment
'Write me and tell me your heart:' Leonard Cohen's letters to muse Marianne Ihlen set for auction
Hilary Mantel is finishing her Man Booker Prize-winning Thomas Cromwell series in 2020
Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan author and LGBT activist, dies at 48
FIRST LOOK
Robyn Doolittle's second book, Had It Coming, will be available in Sept. 2019
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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