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Canada Reads spotlight: Samra Habib's We Have Always Been Here
Peter Robinson reflects on writing his latest Inspector Banks mystery novel in a post-Brexit world
Star choreographer Alexei Ratmansky makes breathtaking ballet out of classic literature
Helen Knott's In My Own Moccasins speaks for Indigenous women while making space for others coping with trauma
Martin Michaud set his detective series in Old Montreal — creating a bestselling series in the process
Read excerpts from the Canada Reads 2020 books
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How Canada Reads contender Megan Gail Coles practices tough love in Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun
Why Dionne Brand is fascinated with Toronto — and how the diverse love and lives of its citizens intersect
Canada Reads finalist Eden Robinson on the importance of representation and getting it right
Megan Gail Coles & Alayna Fender discuss Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club
The First Page
Juliana Narváez Gutierrez, Leonardo Mete win The First Page student writing challenge
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The Canada Reads authors answer 5 big questions
The bestselling Canadian books for the week of March 1-7, 2020
How writing Canada Reads contender We Have Always Been Here helped Samra Habib deal with past trauma
Laisha Rosnau's poetry collection Our Familiar Hunger wins $25K Kobzar Book Award
Alix Ohlin, Steven Price, Ivan Coyote, Yasuko Thanh among BC and Yukon Book Prize nominees
Lady Gaga is publishing an anthology of inspirational stories by youth
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Samra Habib, Ness Lee, Vivek Shraya, Mariko Tamaki among Lambda Literary Awards finalists
Where I Write
A loving wife and cat, some cheap furniture...Jesse Thistle has everything he needs to write here
My Life in Books
9 books that inspired Canada Reads author Eden Robinson
Book Awards
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The Next Chapter
Host Shelagh Rogers speaks with iconic Canadian authors and rising literary stars about the stories and ideas that intrigue and inspire them.Visit Show Site
Writers & Company
Host Eleanor Wachtel explores in-depth the lives, thoughts and works of distinguished writers from around the world.Visit Show Site