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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Oct. 12 to 19, 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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14 high school students share the one book they think their entire generation should read
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Anne Michaels among winners for $10K Vine Awards for Jewish Canadian literature
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Erin Balser
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How Jesse Thistle's deeply personal memoir 'happened by accident'
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B.C. poet Susan Alexander wins $20K Mitchell Prize for poetry that explores religious faith
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Erin Balser
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Why Anar Ali wrote a novel about a Muslim family dealing with hard times in a new country
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Ryan B. Patrick
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Comedian Dave Hill on Parking The Moose, the 'definitive book on Canada by a non-Canadian'
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Rocky Johnson, father of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, on growing up in N.S.
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My Life In Books
6 books Sydney Smith would love to illustrate
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Brian Bilston may be the Banksy of poetry
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Why too much logic leads to irrationality: Justin E. H. Smith
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Ann Shortell's Celtic Knot among 2019 Whistler Independent Book Awards winners
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Jane van Koeverden
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Atwood @ 80
The time Margaret Atwood found inspiration in how society views female criminals
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Malcolm Gladwell on why it's so tricky detecting liars based on behaviour
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My Life in Books
Emma Donoghue shares her favourite books
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Jane van Koeverden
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Unreserved's fall book pick list
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'A beautiful avenue for me to get my own grief written down': Karen McBride on writing 'Crow Winter'
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The Atwood archives reveal what the author was thinking about while writing The Handmaid's Tale
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How Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist David Bezmozgis wrote about the hardships of being an immigrant
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'Indigenous spin' on iconic Hardy Boys series inspired The Mighty Muskrats
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Fighting for democracy from the bottom up | Astra Taylor, Pt 2
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