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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Sept. 28 - Oct. 5, 2019
Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.
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The CBC Books fall reading list: 30 books to read now
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CBC Books
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Why Marie-Louise Gay created a picture book about the life of a child refugee
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Ryan B. Patrick
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NBA reporter Doug Smith writing book about Toronto Raptors as team turns 25
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Jane van Koeverden
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12 books for kids and young adults to read this fall
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Ryan B. Patrick
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Magic 8 Q&A
Governor General's Literary Award finalist Erin Bow may be writing in a garden shed right now
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Jennifer Warren
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Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell win 2019 Harvey Award for best young adult book
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Jane van Koeverden
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David Demchuk's horror story collection The Bone Mother among nominees for $25K Kobzar Book Award
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Jane van Koeverden
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'Wiikondim! Feasting and Pow Wow' explained for everyone in new book by Ontario Catholic school board
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Cathy Alex
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The time Margaret Atwood became an inventor
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Marlon James, Akwaeke Emezi, Jason Reynolds among 2019 U.S. National Book Awards finalists
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CBC Books
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Sharon and Bram talk about turning Skinnamarink, their most popular song, into a picture book
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CBC Books
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Watch George Elliott Clarke perform his electrifying poem about the power of voting
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5 books Isabelle Arsenault would love to illustrate
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Jane van Koeverden
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Atwood @ 80
The time Margaret Atwood earned the admiration of CanLit peer Al Purdy
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'All of the characters are some version of me': Walter Scott on how his identity influences his art
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Debbie Harry looks back on her life and some of Blondie's greatest hits
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Book of Toni Morrison quotations coming out in December
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Hillel Italie
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'Food is a keystone': How to save our favourite foods from extinction
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Sculpture returned to Los Angeles library 50 years after disappearance
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Michelle Obama's next book is companion journal to memoir Becoming
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Associated Press
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Dr. Seuss's longtime art director on bringing the author's latest book to life 28 years after his death
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