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How I Wrote It
Why Alix Hawley keeps coming back to explorer and pioneer Daniel Boone
The B.C. native on the creative process behind her historical fiction novel My Name Is A Knife.
New compilation of Nelson Mandela's letters shed light on his time in prison
Hundreds of letters Nelson Mandela wrote while incarcerated under apartheid rule have been compiled into a new book. The Current discusses the compilation with its editor, Sahm Venter, and Mandela's granddaughter.
The CBC Books summer reading list: 18 cool books to read while the weather heats up
Check out these must-read books to celebrate the warmer weather.
100 writers in Canada you need to know now
12 Canadian books that will make you laugh out loud this summer
Why filmmaker Mina Shum recommends Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
How I Wrote It
Brooke McAlary embraced 'slow living' so much she wrote a book about it
How O-Six became Yellowstone's 'most beloved' wolf
Magic 8 Q&A
What Jeff Lemire and Special Agent Dale Cooper would talk about over coffee
Esi Edugyan, Michael Ondaatje longlisted for 2018 Man Booker Prize
For the first time ever, a graphic novel is in the running for the Man Booker Prize
The bestselling books in Canada: July 15 to 21, 2018
How Linwood Barclay became a full-time thriller writer
Why Hilary Mantel thinks Good Behaviour by Molly Keane is an overlooked classic
Jillian Tamaki's Boundless wins Eisner Award, which recognizes achievement in comic books
11 must-read books for Canadian kids this summer
Measha Brueggergosman explores marriage, motherhood and faith in her memoir, Something is Always on Fire
Dog-Eared Reads
Why Omar El Akkad keeps re-reading James Agee's classic 1957 novel A Death in the Family
After 50 years of silence, Che Guevara's brother reveals the man behind the myth
The Sunday Edition
Novelist Sarah Perry on faith, fear and our fascination with monsters
J. M. Coetzee on language, writing and the pleasure of reading
10 Canadian memoirs to check out this summer
Author Linwood Barclay explores the fine line between benevolent mentorship and dangerous hero worship
A guide to Canadian literary festivals
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