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How I Wrote It
How Ayelet Tsabari overcame a language barrier to write her memoir about leaving home
The Israeli-Canadian author discusses how she wrote The Art of Leaving.
Robin Robertson becomes first Scot and first poet to win £25K Walter Scott Prize
Robin Robertson won the British historical fiction prize for noir novel The Long Take.
Linwood Barclay's spy dog middle-grade series was a middle-of-the-night idea
Linwood Barclay has written two books about the adventures of Chipper the spy dog and his friend Jeff.
Why Zetta Elliott had to decolonize her mind to write the children's book Dragons in a Bag
Award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus on hearing, seeing and grieving through verse
Bedside Books
Andrew Whiteman on the inspiring series of books he reads to his daughter
Two Guns in the Sky for Daniel Harris: Raymond Antrobus' powerful poem on race, disability and police violence
Children's Books
11 children's books to check out this summer
Dionne Brand wins $20K Trillium Book Award for poetry collection The Blue Clerk
Sabina Khan on writing a YA novel about a Muslim teen who's out and proud
Super Bowl champion Joe Namath on Chekhov, musical theatre and never giving up
How I Wrote It
Writing a memoir was transformative for filmmaker Joshua M. Ferguson
Richard Van Camp: 10 books that have 'marked my soul'
14 books you heard about on CBC Radio this week
Dallas Hunt on Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
14 books to read for Indigenous History Month
Why I Write
Rawi Hage on the reasons writing is a form of personal freedom
The bestselling Canadian books for the week of June 2 to 9, 2019
In Blueprint, author and sociologist Nicholas Christakis explores how our genes help build good societies
'I had no cushion': The stigma of seeking social assistance as a single mother living in poverty
CNN's Jim Acosta chronicles reporting under Trump, combating 'enemy of the people' rhetoric in new book
American author Emily Ruskovich wins €100K prize for debut novel Idaho
On Anne Frank's 90th birthday, her friends meet students
Eden Robinson, Tanya Tagaq longlisted for 2019 Sunburst Awards for Canadian fantasy writing
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