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Why Linden MacIntyre wrote about a 1920s natural disaster in Newfoundland that changed the region forever
The author and journalist spoke with Shelagh Rogers about writing nonfiction book The Wake.
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The CBC Books fall reading list: 30 books to read now
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Need inspiration to finish that novel? Here are 7 books written during NaNoWriMo
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Kelley Armstrong's tips for writing the first page of your novel
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Tash Aw on the dark side of the modern Asian dream
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Subverting true crime: Connie Walker on the ethics of storytelling
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This 10-year-old bookworm became N.L.'s youngest librarian — for a day
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The epic history of the Métis Nation
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I Promise: This children's book shows that queer comes in all colours, shapes and sizes
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Alix Ohlin's fiction about sisterhood, art and unconventional choices
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Queeries
The Queer Film Classics book series is back — and looking for new writers
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Peter Knegt
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Premier 'blown away' by Grade 7 Islander's book about democracy for kids
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Sarah Keaveny-Vos
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10 books coming out in November we can't wait to read
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The 'luminous companionship' of William Blake
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Get to the library, because the NL Reads 2020 contenders have been unveiled
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How the 'salaciousness' of true crime TV inspired Thomas King's latest mystery novel
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14 books you heard about on CBC Radio this week
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New book unlocks a 'time capsule' of Toronto music history
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Sannah Choi
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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 short stories to write about women in the twilight of their lives
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9 Canadian books for kids and young adults to read this Halloween
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