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Margaret Atwood's The Testaments breaks Canadian book sales records
The sequel to the 1985 classic The Handmaid's Tale has sold more than 80,000 copies in Canada.
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Erin Balser
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My Life in Books
7 books that inspired The Innocents novelist Michael Crummey
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Ryan B. Patrick
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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Sept. 14-21, 2019
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Q&A: Father writes book about daughter's death to raise awareness about MMIWG
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Rhiannon Johnson
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André Alexis, Michael Crummey shortlisted for $50K Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
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Jane van Koeverden
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Alfred Alvarez, poetry critic and bestselling author, dead at 90
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Hillel Italie
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Tegan and Sara on coming out, twin sisterhood and hitting the big time
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How I Wrote It
Adam Foulds explores how magical thinking and celebrity fandom collide in his novel Dream Sequence
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Jane van Koeverden
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Atwood @ 80
Remember when Margaret Atwood won her first (and only) Giller Prize?
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What inspires this former bull rider to write cowboy poetry
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Michelle Sylliboy reclaims Indigenous culture and identity with her book Kiskajeyi — I Am Ready
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French filmmaker Céline Sciamma on looking, longing and falling in love in Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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From book to ballet: Anne of Green Gables ballet set to tour Canada, U.S.
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CBC Books
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This writer purposely got rejected every day for a month. Here's what she learned
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Atwood @ 80
Margaret Atwood calls attention to international human rights issues
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With novel The Innocents, Michael Crummey explores strength, spirit and survival in 18th century Newfoundland
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Introducing beloved Jamaican-Canadian entertainer Miss Lou to a new generation
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Why Jillian Tamaki decided to write her first-ever picture book
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CBC Books
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Rethinking "craft" in the age of digital reproduction
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Lynn Coady muses about love, loss and long-term care with novel Watching You Without Me
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'Many years of silence to catch up on' as Indigenous writers front and centre at Winnipeg festival
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Ahmar Khan
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King's College student wins international prize for thesis about rape culture and Twitter
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