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Why Edward Snowden wrote a book about his history of exposing secrets
The former U.S. National Security Agency spoke to The Current in his only Canadian interview about his book, Permanent Record.
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How I Wrote It
Why Alicia Elliott challenges us all to think critically about trauma, oppression and racism in Canada
The Haudenosaunee author discusses how she wrote A Mind Spread Out On The Ground. The essay collection is a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
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Ryan B. Patrick
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How I Wrote It
Megan Gail Coles debut novel explores the best and worst of Newfoundland
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Jane van Koeverden
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Margaret Atwood: comic creator
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Emily St. John Mandel's next novel, The Glass Hotel, to be published in March 2020
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Jane van Koeverden
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Word on the street: Unique writing circle giving voice to city's homeless
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Ash Abraham
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Alanna Mitchell among finalists for $10K Canadian science writing prizes
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Jane van Koeverden
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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Sept. 14-21, 2019
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Anne Michaels receives 2 nominations for 2019 Vine Awards for Jewish Canadian literature
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Jane van Koeverden
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Michelle Sylliboy reclaims Indigenous culture and identity with her book Kiskajeyi — I Am Ready
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Margaret Atwood's The Testaments breaks Canadian book sales records
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Erin Balser
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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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How a dying wish from Beverley McLachlin's husband helped her make a life-altering decision
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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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Margaret Atwood writes opera honouring Indigenous poet's life
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As It Happens
Flirtatious, foul-mouthed and 'incredibly clever': Remembering writer Al Alvarez
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Why Jillian Tamaki decided to write her first-ever picture book
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CBC Literary Prizes
Jenny Boychuk wins the 2019 CBC Nonfiction Prize
Dionne Codrington
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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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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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