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Why I Write

Drew Hayden Taylor wants to expand how we define Indigenous literature

In this special CBC Books video series, Canadian authors talk about what literature means to them.

What's the one book all young Canadians should read? 12 teens share their picks

We asked, they answered. Here are 12 Canadian high school students' essential book recommendations.
Magic 8 Q&A

Bestselling YA writer Kevin Sands reveals the toughest literary rejection he ever received

The author of Call of the Wraith takes the CBC Books Magic 8 Q&A.

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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Vote for your favourite 2018 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award nominee

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TD Kids Book Club

Winnipeg students celebrate the magic of winter with picture book When The Moon Comes

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Milkman by Anna Burns wins 2018 Man Booker Prize

12 beautifully illustrated Canadian picture books for young readers

Esi Edugyan explores race, history and identity in epic novel Washington Black

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How I Wrote It

How her father's war-time love letters inspired Kathy Page's new novel

Why is Stephen King one of the most adapted authors of all time?

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QUIZ

Illusion or allusion? Let these word nerds help save you from these common language mistakes

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Issa Rae says we need the 'young black female perspective' now more than ever

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Dismissed in her lifetime, African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston is considered a legend in ours

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Nuclear war expert warns of future crisis in the form of a novel

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Cherie Dimaline, David Demchuk win Sunburst Awards for Canadian literature of the fantastic

The real-life 'ghost rapes' that inspired Miriam Toews's new novel, Women Talking

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Rawi Hage, Paige Cooper among finalists for 2018 Quebec Writers' Federation literary awards

Eden Robinson wins 2018 Copper Cylinder Adult Award for Canadian literature of the fantastic

Proust Questionnaire

Dionne Brand reveals her favourite journey, greatest fear and her heroes

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Time travel and immigration intersect in Thea Lim's novel An Ocean of Minutes

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Terrance Hayes examines race and politics in the age of Donald Trump in his new poetry collection

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Rawi Hage reflects on why death is for the living in Beirut Hellfire Society

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Monique Gray Smith's YA book Speaking Our Truth nominated for Forest Of Reading award

Maryse Condé awarded New Prize in Literature, the 'alternate Nobel'

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