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Tash Aw on the dark side of the modern Asian dream
The Chinese-Malaysian novelist spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about why his latest, We, the Survivors, is a portrait of crime, morality and social inequality.
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What reading and storytelling means to Maria Campbell
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Books on air and space vacations win $10K prizes for best Canadian science writing
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Jane van Koeverden
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Why Sharon Butala returned to the short story form to write about women in the twilight of their lives
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The CBC Books fall reading list: 30 books to read now
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9 Canadian books for kids and young adults to read this Halloween
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Bedside Books
How Steve Rigby of Nunavut band The Jerry Cans felt connected to this YA novel set in the Arctic
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New Margaret Atwood documentary chronicles the year she wrote The Testaments
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13 creepy Canadian books to read on Halloween
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Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild selected as Indigo's best book of the year
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Why Sharon Butala wrote a short story collection about what getting old is really like
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Ryan B. Patrick
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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Oct. 19 to 26, 2019
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Poet Jasmin Kaur moves from screen to page in debut collection
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What if a cockroach was prime minister? Ian McEwan pens Kafkaesque satire about Brexit
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Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan on seeking Stephen King's blessing for sequel to The Shining
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Here are the winners of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Awards
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Margaret Atwood's The Testaments shortlisted for Waterstones' 2019 book of the year
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Elena Ferrante's next novel, The Lying Life of Adults, to be published in Canada in June 2020
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Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong shares her tips for writing futuristic fiction
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Jennifer Robson, Ayelet Tsabari among winners for 2019 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards
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Waubgeshig Rice wins 2019 Evergreen Award for Moon of the Crusted Snow
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Amanda Parris just wrote her first play — and she has some tips for other first-time playwrights
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