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Why Paul Seesequasis wanted to reclaim everyday Indigeneity through archival images
John Le Carré wins $130K Olof Palme Prize for 'extraordinary contribution' to democracy and social justice
Why Joseph Dandurand wanted to tell his story of survival through poetry
Why Carla Funk finally wrote about her small-town Canadian upbringing
In Conversation
Why Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet Billy-Ray Belcourt writes with passion and an urgent call to action
Why Antanas Sileika was fascinated reading this memoir of a Canadian cave diving superstar
Doug Wright Awards announce a new award category for kids books for 2020
Writing Tip
Not sure how to start your story? Begin with an image
How growing up during the Cold War inspired Terri Favro's time-bending novel Sputnik's Children
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A chair is never just a chair: A social history of a ubiquitous household item, Part 1
Zadie Smith amongst finalists for $20K Story Prize
Bedside Books
Even as an adult, Irish Mythen still re-reads this classic YA novel
The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Dec. 29, 2019 - Jan. 4, 2020
Poet crafts custom love poems to pay for tuition
'I don't hate them': Charlie Hebdo survivor reflects on the massacre, 5 years later
Robyn Doolittle, Ziya Tong among 5 writers shortlisted for $30K RBC Taylor Prize for nonfiction
Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation, dies at 52
First Look
Read an excerpt from Teva Harrison's poetry collection, Not One of These Poems Is About You
Jack Reacher creator Lee Child among 2020 Booker Prize jurors
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for emerging writers doubles, will give two $10,000 prizes in 2020
MMIWG inquiry report being translated into more Indigenous languages
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