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Kim Thúy revisits the horror and beauty of Vietnam's past in novel Em

Inspired by historical events, the celebrated Montreal author looks at the life of Vietnamese refugees and the orphans left behind. Em is on the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist.

Jordan Abel's book about intergenerational trauma will be there when you need it

Jordan Abel wants you to know that you don't have to read his new book Nishga if you're not ready. The subject matter — residential schools, dispossession and intergenerational trauma — might be too much to handle. But he hopes that people will find it when they need it.

Radio As It Happens September 15

The most exciting Canadian books coming out in fall 2021

Check out all the amazing Canadian books arriving in the first half of 2021!

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, 2021.

Canadian scholar Rebecca Clifford among finalists for $95K Cundill History Prize for history writing

Colson Whitehead on his new crime novel Harlem Shuffle

Radio Q September 22

Meet the 20 authors and illustrators who made the graphic novel This Place: 150 Years Retold

Tamara Lindeman of The Weather Station loved reading this classic memoir by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Radio The Next Chapter September 23

5 writers make the 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize shortlist

CBC Literary Prizes September 22

Quebecer Édith Blais reflects on 450 days as a hostage in Africa in new book

News Canada Montreal September 19

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation should be a solemn day to reflect, says author

News Indigenous September 22

Ronald J. Deibert's Massey Lectures on technology wins $25K prize for best Canadian political writing

Heather O'Neill reflects on what it was like when her debut novel won Canada Reads 2007

Canada Reads September 21

Saskatchewan writer Bill Waiser wins $10K prize recognizing literary excellence

New program hopes to improve digital literacy skills for older Nunavummiut

News Canada North September 17

Willy Wonka, Matilda series to launch at Netflix as it acquires Roald Dahl catalogue

News Entertainment September 22

She was told she had a 'face for Picasso.' Now, that stigma fuels her work

Radio Ideas September 21

Watching Star Wars led Jesse Wente on a journey in search of Indigenous identity, truth and joy

Radio The Next Chapter September 17

Dionne Brand, Doreen Vanderstoop among winners of Alberta Book Publishing Awards

Eddy Boudel Tan's novel The Rebellious Tide explores blame, belonging and oppression

Radio The Next Chapter September 17

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It's lights out for City Lights Book Shop

Rebecca Zandbergen

News Canada London September 20

Burnaby teen pens book on personal journey with Crohn's to help other kids with the chronic illness

News Canada British Columbia September 15

The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Sept. 12-18, 2021

Kamal Al-Solaylee on the idea of home, and the desire to return

Radio The Current September 16

Should I Read It?

Sally Rooney's new novel is exquisitely written, but doesn't live up to the hype: Toyne

Radio Day 6 September 18

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