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Why is Stephen King one of the most adapted authors of all time?
Every Monday the q Screen Panel convenes to look at big stories happening in the film and television worlds. This week they'll talk about a new film called First Man, how long can Hollywood keep mining space, and Stephen King.
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Illusion or allusion? Let these word nerds help save you from these common language mistakes
Brother and sister Ross and Kathy Petras, authors of That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means, are here to help you understand the difference between 'alright' and 'all right.' Take our quiz and find out how you do.
Issa Rae says we need the 'young black female perspective' now more than ever
Insecure's Issa Rae discusses her new film The Hate U Give, which centres around a 16-year-old black girl and the issues she grapples with after witnessing her best friend being shot by a police officer.
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Vote for your favourite 2018 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award nominee
Dismissed in her lifetime, African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston is considered a legend in ours
Nuclear war expert warns of future crisis in the form of a novel
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
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
Time travel and immigration intersect in Thea Lim's novel An Ocean of Minutes
Terrance Hayes examines race and politics in the age of Donald Trump in his new poetry collection
Rawi Hage reflects on why death is for the living in Beirut Hellfire Society
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'
My Life in Books
8 books that inspired This Hour Has 22 Minutes star Mark Critch
Why The Acme Novelty Library #18 makes Dana Michel emotional
How The Hate U Give movie tells a Black Lives Matter story that's 'real and human'
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Want to be a better writer? Write for yourself
TD Kids Book Club
Grade 4 and 5 students in Halifax get to know coal mining culture through Town Is by the Sea
A guide to fall literary events with CBC
David Chariandy wins $10K Toronto Book Award for novel Brother
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