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How I Wrote It
Megan Gail Coles debut novel explores the best and worst of Newfoundland
Margaret Atwood: comic creator
Emily St. John Mandel's next novel, The Glass Hotel, to be published in March 2020
Word on the street: Unique writing circle giving voice to city's homeless
Alanna Mitchell among finalists for $10K Canadian science writing prizes
The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Sept. 14-21, 2019
Anne Michaels receives 2 nominations for 2019 Vine Awards for Jewish Canadian literature
Michelle Sylliboy reclaims Indigenous culture and identity with her book Kiskajeyi — I Am Ready
Margaret Atwood's The Testaments breaks Canadian book sales records
Q&A: Father writes book about daughter's death to raise awareness about MMIWG
How a dying wish from Beverley McLachlin's husband helped her make a life-altering decision
André Alexis, Michael Crummey shortlisted for $50K Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
Margaret Atwood writes opera honouring Indigenous poet's life
As It Happens
Flirtatious, foul-mouthed and 'incredibly clever': Remembering writer Al Alvarez
Why Jillian Tamaki decided to write her first-ever picture book
CBC Literary Prizes
Jenny Boychuk wins the 2019 CBC Nonfiction Prize
My Life in Books
7 books that inspired The Innocents novelist Michael Crummey
Alfred Alvarez, poetry critic and bestselling author, dead at 90
Tegan and Sara on coming out, twin sisterhood and hitting the big time
How I Wrote It
Adam Foulds explores how magical thinking and celebrity fandom collide in his novel Dream Sequence
Atwood @ 80
Remember when Margaret Atwood won her first (and only) Giller Prize?
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The Next Chapter
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