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Canadians Ben Philippe and Nafiza Azad shortlisted for William C. Morris Award for debut YA fiction
The U.S.-based award is given for YA books by a debut author. The winner will be announced Jan. 27, 2020.
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Adnan Khan explores tired stereotypes and being a young Muslim in Canada in his debut novel
The Toronto journalist and writer talks about love, class and cultural identity with his debut novel.
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Ryan B. Patrick
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125 years in, scholars are still decades away from finishing ancient Latin dictionary
Scholars in Germany have spent more than a century working on an ancient Latin dictionary called the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae and they estimate they still have decades worth of work left to go.
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Holiday Gift Guide
14 books for the science & nature lover on your holiday list
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Abby Stein went from being an ultra-Orthodox rabbi to a transgender activist. Her new book tells her story
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This Nazi-hunting spy had a secret weapon: Being a nice guy
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Robyn Doolittle, Ziya Tong among 12 writers longlisted for $30K RBC Taylor Prize for nonfiction
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Sherwin Tjia imagines what it would be like to fall forever
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Jane van Koeverden
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The CBC Books fall reading list: 30 books to read now
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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Nov. 24-30, 2019
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Holiday Gift Guide
14 books for foodies on your holiday gift list
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Apostrophe Protection Society shuts down after 18 years, blaming 'ignorance and laziness'
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Why Anosh Irani looks at immigrants' sense of belonging in his latest book
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Ryan B. Patrick
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French screenwriter Didier Decoin and British novelist John Harvey win the 2019 Bad Sex in Fiction Award
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Dictionary.com chooses 'existential' as word of the year
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Meet Karen Schaler, the writer behind Hallmark and Netflix's Christmas movies
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Derek Sullivan's new print blurs the line between his life as an artist and a bibliophile
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Lise Hosein
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Motherhood challenged Sylvia Nickerson to rethink her place as an artist in Hamilton
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Jane van Koeverden
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16 books you heard about on CBC Radio this week
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The Dirt Hole and Its Variations by Charles L. Dobbins wins prize for oddest book title of 2019
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Charlotte Gill named chair of literary journalism at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
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Why Alicia Elliott, David Alexander Robertson & Sarah Leavitt met for an honest talk about mental health
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Deborah Levy fuses the personal and political in her mind-bending new novel, The Man Who Saw Everything
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Celebrating George Eliot on her 200th birthday. Did she write the greatest English novel of all time?
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