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A guide to fall 2019 literary events with CBC
Love books? Love CBC? Here's a list of literary events CBC journalists and hosts will be involved with this fall.
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Brian Francis faced his fears to write YA — and got nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award
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Jane van Koeverden
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Alan Walker demystifies the storied life of Fryderyk Chopin
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Jane van Koeverden
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Marianne Micros's Eye explores the myths and old world magic within her Greek heritage
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Ryan B. Patrick
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Brian Harvey went on a two-month sailing trip around Vancouver Island to better understand his late father
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Ryan B. Patrick
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Cary Fagan's The Student was inspired by the opportunities his mother never had
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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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CBC Books
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Governor General's Literary Award winner Don Gillmor writes about losing his brother to the Yukon River
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Epidemiologist Dan Werb studies Tijuana's epidemic of missing and murdered women
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CBC Books
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Magic 8 Q&A
Governor General's Literary Award finalist Erin Bow may be writing in a garden shed right now
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Jennifer Warren
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Poetry Month
'He speaks the truth': Why Joseph A. Dandurand recommends reading TREATY# by Armand Garnet Ruffo
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CBC Books
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5 books Isabelle Arsenault would love to illustrate
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Jane van Koeverden
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With novel The Innocents, Michael Crummey explores strength, spirit and survival in 18th century Newfoundland
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How the art of Alex Colville inspired K.D. Miller's latest short story collection
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Young kids are more empathetic than they get credit for, says Canadian illustrator Sydney Smith
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Love, history and family: the true story of a Japanese-Canadian internment camp survivor
Clare Hennig
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Chaos, horror, trauma: B.C. playwright's war drama inspired by father's work in Kandahar hospital
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Michael's Essay: In Praise of Translator Sheila Fischman
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Robert Lepage revisits his childhood during Quebec's cultural revolution
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In Conversation
Rhonda Mullins on why being a literary translator can be both challenging and fulfilling
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Ryan B. Patrick
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Borders
The 2018 Governor General's Literary Award winners write about borders
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CBC Books
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Here are the winners of the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards
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