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Meet the Canada Reads 2019 contenders
Yanic Truesdale, Lisa Ray, Joe Zee, Ziya Tong and Chuck Comeau are each championing the one book they think all of Canada should read. The debates take place March 25-28.
Refugee detained on Manus Island wins $95K literary prize for book written on WhatsApp
For the past six years, writer Behrouz Boochani has been detained on Manus Island — an Australian detention centre in Papua New Guinea. In that time, the Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker wrote a book, composing it one WhatsApp message at a time to his translator, Omid Tofighian. Last week he was awarded Australia's richest literary prize. We spoke to Tofighian about how the story came about.
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You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre and have your work published on CBC Books.
Why Chuck Comeau is defending Homes by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung on Canada Reads
Lennox Island to host auditions for Mi'kmaq character on Anne with an E
Black History Month
Esi Edugyan on making history and inspiring a new generation of black writers
Mosque shooting victim finds solace in writing poetry as he struggles to heal
Why Ziya Tong is defending By Chance Alone by Max Eisen on Canada Reads
Daughter of notorious serial killer explains why she had to forgive the father she still loves
New Malcolm Gladwell book, titled Talking to Strangers, coming in September
There's a better way to be angry
Why Yanic Truesdale is championing Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette on Canada Reads
Can you put a price on love? Playwright Haley McGee finds out for herself
Black History Month
6 black Canadian writers to watch in 2019
'I think Anne transcends race': NYC production puts new spin on classic story
Bestsellers
The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, 2019
Harold R. Johnson, Elizabeth Renzetti and Mark Sakamoto to jury 2019 CBC Nonfiction Prize
If Shakespeare knew sign-language: In this take on Hamlet, the story is literally in Horatio's hands
Is the world flat? Can a lion be blue? Gertrude Stein's whimsical kid's book finds new life onstage
8 Canadian books coming out in February we can't wait to read
Why Lisa Ray chose to defend Brother by David Chariandy on Canada Reads
Marlon James on writing an 'African Game of Thrones'
New children's book educates public about Sixties Scoop
The Enright Files on Pioneering Female Poets
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