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21 students, 24 dystopic futures: finalists for The First Page speculative fiction challenge revealed
CBC Books asked Grades 7 to 12 students across Canada to write the first page of a novel, set 150 years in the future, imagining how current affairs events and trends have played out. The winners will be announced on May 31!
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14 Canadian books to read for Jewish Heritage Month in 2022
May is Canadian Jewish Heritage Month. In recognition of this month, here's a reading list of poetry, fiction and nonfiction by Canadians of Jewish descent.

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Why Katherena Vermette's heartbreaking debut novel The Break continues to resonate with readers
The Métis writer's 2016 novel, a powerful intergenerational saga about the lives of residents in Winnipeg’s North End, was the 2022 selection for the national One eRead Canada virtual book club.
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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.
Toronto poet Michael Fraser wants writers to keep the faith when it comes to creating great poetry

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Liz Howard reads a poem from her new collection Letters in a Bruised Cosmos
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The CBC Books spring reading list: 50 great books to read this season

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Shelagh Rogers awarded Symons Medal
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23 Canadian collections to read for Short Story Month

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Jamaica Kincaid on family, place and the beauty of language
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Why we need to know more than just George Floyd's name
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Q&A
Vivek Shraya's new book Next Time There's a Pandemic examines our collective response to the COVID-19 crisis
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'Why are we here?' and other questions for an astrophysicist-folklorist
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Exploring art, history and belonging through the lens of the Tibetan diaspora
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IDEAS AFTERNOON
How to see shame as a virtue
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Writer Olivia Laing explores the power and vulnerability of bodies
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Students across Canada chose these 9 books as the 2022 Forest of Reading Award winners

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First Look
Billy-Ray Belcourt's A Minor Chorus looks at modern love and the Indigenous experience — read an excerpt now

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Proust Questionnaire
Why Susanna Kearsley loves finding intrigue in the ordinary
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Joanna Chiu wins $25K Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for debut book China Unbound

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Edmonton author Conor Kerr wins 2022 ReLit Award for debut novel Avenue of Champions

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Rowan McCandless, Katherena Vermette & Clayton Thomas-Müller among finalists for 2022 Manitoba Book Awards

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See the winner announcements on Day Three of the 2022 Forest of Reading Festival

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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of May 8-14, 2022

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My Life in Books
5 books that inspired Run the Burbs star Rakhee Morzaria

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Governor General’s Literary Awards
Recognizing Canada’s best English-language and French-language books in seven categories. Discover the books

Scotiabank Giller Prize
$100,000 for the author of the best Canadian novel, short story collection or graphic novel. Discover the books
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