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Calling all poets! The CBC Poetry Prize is now open
You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre and have your work published on CBC Books. The deadline is May 31, 2020.
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J.K. Rowling launches new Harry Potter At Home online platform for children and families
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Ask the Canada Reads authors questions on Facebook: Q&As each Thursday in April
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First Book Canada launches campaign to deliver 1 million books to low-income families during COVID-19 pandemic
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46 Canadian picture books to read in spring 2020
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Canadian Writers' Emergency Relief Fund launches to support professional authors affected by COVID-19
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21 books by Canadian women to read right now
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South Korea's Baek Heena wins $700K Astrid Lindgren Award, the world's richest children's literature prize
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Children's author-illustrator Tomie dePaola, creator of Strega Nona, dead at 85
Kathy McCormack
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Sure you're sure? Malcolm Gladwell says overconfidence can be more dangerous than ignorance
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5 books to read if you loved Canada Reads contender Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club
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This author says growing your own 'victory garden' could help to ease the anxiety of the COVID-19 pandemic
Radio -The Current ||
Laurentian University researchers publishing book about homelessness and reconciliation
Sarah MacMillan
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Stephen Leacock Associates cancels 2020 award gala dinner, will make announcements online
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Storyteller Ivan Coyote on lifting people's spirits with a Facebook Live
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Q&A
Mariko Tamaki is the new mind behind Wonder Woman comic book
Radio -Day 6 ||
How cold, cold, cold weather inspired Marjorie Celona's latest novel, How a Woman Becomes a Lake
Radio -The Next Chapter ||
There's poetry for any occasion, even a pandemic — just ask Twitter's unofficial poet laureate
Radio -The Sunday Edition ||
Book about a random Sunday in the U.S. proves 'there's no such thing as an ordinary day'
Radio -As It Happens ||
#StayHomeWriMo encourages you to stay home and write while physical distancing
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Point of View
Storytelling is not just entertainment. It's a fundamental part of being human
Christine Hennebury
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Amidst a global pandemic, Hugh Segal's call for a guaranteed annual income is even more timely
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