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How I Wrote It
How Eric Dupont wrote the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Songs for the Cold of Heart
The Montreal author on writing his fourth novel, which is up for Canada's richest literary prize.
CBC Massey Lectures
The Massey Lectures air this week on CBC Radio
Prize-winning journalist Tanya Talaga (author of Seven Fallen Feathers) explores the legacy of cultural genocide against Indigenous peoples — in Canada and elsewhere — in her 2018 CBC Massey Lectures, All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward.
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Charles Foran awarded $50K Writers' Trust of Canada Fellowship
Magic 8 Q&A
Why Governor General's Literary Award winning writer Jonathan Auxier is terrible at answering emails
Michelle Obama memoir is Oprah's new book club pick
Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee dead at 95
Writing Tip
Participating in NaNoWriMo? Anita Rau Badami shares her secret to creating believable characters
Eric Dupont recalls the moment he learned he was a Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist
Patrick deWitt's novel French Exit looks at how parent-child relationships evolve (and devolve) over time
Thomas King returns to mysteries with the latest Thumps DreadfulWater novel
Q&A: Tanya Talaga on writing All Our Relations and delivering a Massey lecture in Thunder Bay
How Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca inspired Lisa Gabriele's romantic thriller The Winters
War veteran Elliot Ackerman on the scars that remain once the battle is over
John Irving on why The World According to Garp is more relevant now than he ever imagined
Michelle Obama opens up in new memoir
Why the King Arthur legend lives on in Jack Whyte's fiction
6 lessons David Bergen has learned from 25 years writing fiction
Bedside Books
Why Port Cities's Breagh MacKinnon loves A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
12 Canadian books to read to commemorate Remembrance Day
Facing an essay on The Handmaid's Tale, student reaches out to the ultimate source: Margaret Atwood
These poems might change your life — they did for the creator of Anne with an E
How I Wrote It
How flipping a coin helped Sheila Heti make tough decisions about motherhood — and write a novel about it
What's the role of fiction in turbulent times? The Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists respond
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The Next Chapter
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Writers & Company
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