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Why Megan Gail Coles set her Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated novel on Valentine's Day in Newfoundland
Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club features a complicated cast of characters at a trendy St. John's restaurant who contend with issues brought on by addiction, trauma and betrayal.
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11 Canadian books to read for Remembrance Day
On Nov. 11, 2019, Canadians will mark Remembrance Day.
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Ingo Schulze reflects on life in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall
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11 Canadian books for children and young adults to read to commemorate Remembrance Day
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The CBC Books fall reading list: 30 books to read now
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Proust Questionnaire
Military historian Ted Barris takes our Proust questionnaire in honour of Remembrance Day
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33 writers make the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize longlist
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Margaret Atwood, L.M. Montgomery, Carol Shields featured on BBC's list of 100 novels that shaped the world
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Bedside Books
Why singer-songwriter Kae Sun is a fan of this fictional account about the life and death of Bob Marley
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CBC Massey Lecturer Sally Armstrong argues gender equality is crucial to a thriving future
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With African epic The Rage of Dragons, Evan Winter wrote the book he'd want to read
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12 books you heard about on CBC Radio this week
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Why fans of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari should check out this Canadian nonfiction book
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Why Agnes Walsh's first poetry collection in over a decade is a love letter to her mother
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Read an excerpt from Richard Wagamese's final book, One Drum
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Check out original art and song lyrics from Joni Mitchell's Morning Glory on the Vine
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André Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills among Writers' Trust literary prize winners
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Lindsay Nixon wins best first book prize at QWF Literary Awards, which honours Quebec English-language books
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Jane van Koeverden
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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 2, 2019
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Former CIA agent talks smuggling video out of Myanmar and working undercover in new memoir
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My Life In Books
8 books that made an impact on M.G. Vassanji
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First Book Canada to send 5K books to families living in women's shelters
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Bill Bryson looks at the surprising facts and mysteries of the human body in new book
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