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7 writers make the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist
Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author Sean Michaels plays with luck in sophomore novel The Wagers
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Heather O'Neill awarded $50K Writers' Trust Fellowship for being a 'leading light among Canadian writers'
Catalan poet Joan Margarit wins 2019 Cervantes Prize, the world's top Spanish-language literary prize
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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Nov. 3 to 9, 2019
British author Julia Lovell's book about Maoism wins $98K historical nonfiction prize
The Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists discuss how geography and a sense of place shaped their work
Margaret Atwood, Louise Penny, S.K. Ali, Malcolm Gladwell among Goodreads' 2019 best book nominees
David Szalay's Turbulence looks at how we're disconnected in a connected world
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