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12 books for the comics reader on your list
If you've got a graphic novel fan on your holiday shopping list, check out this collection of topical, timely and fun comics.
Pat Barker on giving voice to the enslaved women of Homer's Iliad
The Silence of the Girls is a powerful retelling of The Iliad, reimagined from the point of view of Briseis, the 15-year-old queen who becomes Achilles’s captured slave.
The CBC Books winter reading list: 15 Canadian books to read this season
We've rounded up some recent fiction and nonfiction to cozy up with as temperatures drop.
Borders
The 2018 Governor General's Literary Award winners write about borders
Holiday Gift Guide
13 mystery books for the thrill-seeker on your list
How I Wrote It
Susan Aglukark's picture book series will honour the resilience of the Inuit
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Why is The Little Prince the most translated non-religious text ever? A new doc finds its heart
'We never saw them. We're seeing them now': Dalmar Abuzeid on being Avonlea's first black resident
Amazon dropped as sponsor of Quebec literary prize after all 5 finalists speak out
Books of the Year
Sydney Smith and Joanne Schwartz's favourite Canadian book of 2018: The Funeral by Matt James
Holiday Gift Guide
14 books for the music lover on your list
David Johnston, Elizabeth Hay, Darrel J. McLeod, Terese Marie Mailhot make 2019 RBC Taylor Prize longlist
Books of the Year
Billy-Ray Belcourt's favourite Canadian book of 2018: nîtisânak by Lindsay Nixon
How I Wrote It
In Dreaming Sally, James FitzGerald explains how a woman's death in the 1960s still haunts the present day
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
15 books for the foodie on your list
Bestsellers
The bestselling books in Canada: Nov. 25 to Dec 1, 2018
Books of the year
Thea Lim's favourite Canadian book of 2018: Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
Why writing a post-apocalyptic novel felt more fact than fiction for Waubgeshig Rice
Bone Button Borscht: A seasonal reading by Barbara Budd
'Evolution didn't work on truth, it worked on survival': A psychologist explains why we cling to our beliefs
Jen Sookfong Lee on how the Can't Lit podcast offers a fresh perspective on diversity in literature
'It's an arms race': Technology amplifies fake news, but could it also hold the solution?
Too long, didn't read — how reading online is hurting our brains
Margaret Atwood's daunting task: A look at 6 writers who published sequels decades later
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