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Elizabeth Hay, Darrel J. McLeod among finalists for $30K 2019 RBC Taylor Prize
The RBC Taylor Prize honours the best in Canadian literary nonfiction.
How I Wrote It
How being a CBC Literary Prize finalist gave Christine Higdon the confidence she needed to pursue writing
The former CBC Literary Prize finalist discusses writing her debut novel, The Very Marrow of Our Bones.
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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.
Life of Mozhdah Jamalzadah, known as 'Oprah of Afghanistan,' to be chronicled in new book
Irish writer Sally Rooney wins 2018 Costa Novel Award for 'trailblazing' book, Normal People
Bestsellers
The bestselling books in Canada: Dec. 30, 2018 to Jan. 5, 2019
Proust Questionnaire
Katherena Vermette on her favourite journey and idea of perfect happiness
Science writer says tapping into our dreams can help improve mental health, overcome traumas
The Enright Files on the role of poetry in the world today
Andrea Dorfman fell in love with a plastic surgeon and learned to embrace her 'flaws' in the process
Like That? Love This
If you liked All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, read this award-winning Canadian novel
Why astronaut and ER doctor Dave Williams thinks failure is as important as success
Bedside Books
Why musician Alysha Brilla loved reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Brian Francis tries to turn his ideas into cash with the help of 3 business books
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David A. Robertson wants you to read these 3 graphic novels
Kiese Laymon bears the weight of a difficult past in his powerful memoir, Heavy
'You don't save what you don't love': Margaret Atwood on the climate crisis
15 book-to-film adaptations to watch in the first half of 2019
'Never wear suede shoes' and other life lessons from Michael Caine
How I Wrote It
Why Shazia Hafiz Ramji writes poetry about modern-day surveillance and addiction
'Words are all we have': Samuel Beckett and our times
Bestsellers
The bestselling books in Canada: Dec. 23 to Dec. 29, 2018
'No planet B': Sending humans to Mars isn't the answer to Earth's problems, says U.K. astronomer royal
Her husband died four years ago. She still writes love poems to him every Sunday
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