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Why Monique Gray Smith almost stopped writing Speaking Our Truth

The novelist and children's book author turns to nonfiction in an inventive new book about truth and reconciliation for young readers.

Canadian author Esi Edugyan shortlisted for 2018 Man Booker Prize for novel Washington Black

The £50,000 UK award (approx. $86,990 Cdn) is given annually to the best work of fiction written in English.

13 Canadian works of fantastical fiction for young readers

If your family is a fan of sci-fi, fantasy and dystopian books, here are 13 great reads to check out.

Enter the CBC Short Story Prize now

You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre and have your work published on CBC Books. Enter by Oct. 31, 2018.
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How I Wrote It

'Writing is 95 per cent rewriting' — Jennifer Chen on writing her debut YA novel Super

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Grades 9 to 12 students: What is one book your entire generation should be reading?

CBC Literary Prizes

Sandra Murdock wins the 2018 CBC Nonfiction Prize

Alberta book club hits 90th anniversary by keeping things interesting

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Books about de-extinction, forest fires among finalists for $10K science writing awards

Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves among finalists for $10K CODE Burt Award for Indigenous YA literature

Rebecca Rosenblum, Max Wallace nominated for $10K Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature

How lunch with Bono led Steve Jobs to reveal he named a computer after his daughter

Radio The Current

The bestselling books in Canada: Sept. 9 to Sept. 15, 2018

How I Wrote It

Rawi Hage ponders death, war and the nature of mourning in the novel Beirut Hellfire Society

Terese Marie Mailhot, Elizabeth Hay among finalists for $60K Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Kim Maltman, Ulrikka Gernes and Srikanth Reddy named judges for 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize

Magic 8 Q&A

Wayne Grady on family history, redemptive endings and the illusion of freedom

Meghan Markle backs Grenfell fire charity cookbook

News Entertainment

Romance fiction is so much more than swashbuckling bodice-rippers, say authors

Radio The Sunday Edition

Lee Maracle to receive $10K Harbourfront Festival Prize for contributions to literature

Why I Write

Catherine Hernandez: 2 things you need to learn in order to be a writer

My Life in Books

Why 2018 Polaris Music Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher loved reading Billy-Ray Belcourt's This Wound Is A World

The CBC Books fall 2018 reading list: 18 must-read Canadian books

Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt, Tanya Tagaq among 12 authors longlisted for 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize

My Life in Books

Why 2018 Polaris Music Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher loved reading Billy-Ray Belcourt's This Wound Is A World

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