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Why Canada Reads panellist Lisa Ray loves books with lyrical writing and poetic prose
The actor and model is defending David Chariandy's novel Brother during Canada Reads 2019.
It's Canada Reads crunch time and our podcast is here to help
Listen to six pre-show episodes of the Canada Reads podcast introducing you to the debates themselves and each of the 2019 contenders.
Meet the Canada Reads 2019 contenders
Yanic Truesdale, Lisa Ray, Joe Zee, Ziya Tong and Chuck Comeau are each championing the one book they think all of Canada should read. The debates take place March 25-28.
5 books to read if you loved Homes by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah & Winnie Yeung
Where I Write
Where did Lindsay Wong write The Woo-Woo? Anywhere and everywhere (even McDonald's)
Father-daughter duo pen book exploring how Haida principles can inform teaching
Canada Reads 2019 panellists compete in a book jenga Q&A challenge
This author says reading to your children an hour a day could help the whole family
In Conversation
Rhonda Mullins on why being a literary translator can be both challenging and fulfilling
10 books by and about Juno Award winners that hit the right note
Canada Reads author Lindsay Wong on writing away the stigma around mental illness in memoir The Woo-Woo
To mark St. Patrick's Day, a conversation with Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney
Why fans of Less by Andrew Sean Greer should read this Canadian book...
From the archives
Alan Bradley on the origins of the precocious young detective Flavia de Luce
Why Keith Maillard's novel Twin Studies dissects the nature of love and family
Anna Burns, Zadie Smith among 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award winners
Bedside Books
Shred Kelly's Sage McBride recommends reading The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
In Conversation
Why Ziya Tong sees books as manuals to expand minds and boost critical thinking skills
My Life in Books
Why Juno-nominated jazz musician Andy Milne isn't a fan of conformity, both in music and literature
Why I Write
Why Canada Reads author David Chariandy writes about place, identity and belonging
How I Wrote It
Faith Erin Hicks on comic industry woes and off the cuff writing
David Chariandy awarded $165K U.S. Windham-Campbell Prize
Beverley McLachlin, former chief justice of Canada, is writing a memoir
My Life in Books
Why Nicky Mehta of The Wailin' Jennys is reminded of her Winnipeg roots reading Carol Shields
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