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The Woo-Woo author Lindsay Wong is writing a YA novel
My Summer of Love and Misfortune is the story of a Chinese-American teen who spends a transformative summer among Beijing's elite. The book will be out in May 2020
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Jane van Koeverden
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The CBC Books fall reading list: 30 books to read now
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Books about U.S. history, the Holocaust and Maoism nominated for $100K Cundill History Prize
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Jane van Koeverden
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A guide to fall 2019 literary events with CBC
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Finalists announced for 2020 Forest of Reading award program
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Erin Balser
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Julie Andrews shares a few of her favourite things from her Hollywood career
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Read an excerpt from the memoir of famed Canadian wrestler Rocky Johnson, father of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
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Cartoonist Eleanor Davis on finding beauty in 'The Hard Tomorrow'
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Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share 2019 Booker Prize
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Jane van Koeverden
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Naomi K. Lewis retraces her grandfather's escape from Nazi-occupied Holland in her memoir
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Margaret Atwood, Coral Ann Howells, Peter Theroux to jury 2020 RBC Taylor Prize
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Jane van Koeverden
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Alix Ohlin explores the bond of sister artists in novel Dual Citizens
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Jane van Koeverden
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Tiger Woods publishing memoir to refute 'errors' about his life story
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'It's been a rollercoaster life': Elton John on music, his battle with addiction, fatherhood and more
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Governor General's Literary Award finalist Don Gillmor writes about losing his brother to the Yukon River
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'We all have a responsibility to share our stories': Humble the Poet on empowering others to use their voice
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Harold Bloom, influential critic and author of The Anxiety of Influence, dead at 89
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Hillel Italie
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Lee Maracle reflects on her legacy as one of Canada's most influential Indigenous writers
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When Yann Martel's Life of Pi won the Man Booker Prize
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Michael Christie's new novel tackles climate change, forestry and family dysfunction
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Margaret Atwood's 10 essential books
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Why Téa Mutonji wrote about intense girlhood bonds and the beauty of Scarborough
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