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The haunted landscapes of Téa Obreht — from the Balkans to the American West
The Serbian-American writer spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about how death, afterlife and American West mythology inspired her novel, Inland.
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The top 10 bestselling Canadian books of 2019

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The 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize is now open

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Canada Reads 2020 is coming

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Aparita Bhandari recommends three books centred on migration and the idea of home
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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Dec. 21-28, 2019

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Dog-Eared Reads
Dave Hill loves this 'hilarious and brilliant' essay collection by Adam Resnick
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Sonny Mehta, publisher of Toni Morrison, Bill Clinton, dead at 77

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Instapoet Rupi Kaur's 'writer of the decade' honour rekindles debate on her work, genre

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How Taslim Burkowicz's experiences with colourism inspired her novel The Desirable Sister
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In Tune
Treasa Levasseur revisits Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's Islands of Decolonial Love
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Authors who died in 2019

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New original writing
2019 Governor General's Literary Award winners Joan Thomas, Don Gillmor & Erin Bow write about mission

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The best books of 2019

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36 Canadian books that won awards in the second half of 2019

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The multi-talented Jonathan Miller: a life of creativity, curiosity and comedy
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Katherine Govier named to the Order of Canada for her writing, charity work
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When Wayne Grady discovered his family's secret past, it changed who he was and how he wrote
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Why Lisa Charleyboy wrote a book to empower young Indigenous women
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Gail Gallant grew up believing she was reborn — and wrote a memoir about it
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James FitzGerald looks back on how his first love's early death shaped him and another man
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Todd Babiak's The Empress of Idaho explores vulnerability and sexual power
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