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Byline: CBC Books Twelve writers have been longlisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The $100,000 award annually recognizes the best in Canadian fiction. The announcement was hosted and livestreamed [...]

Byline: CBC News Even if you make it to Rome, it's no easy feat to get a glimpse of the most celebrated ceiling in the Western world: the Sistine Chapel. [...]

Byline: CBC Radio There's something about browsing in stores that online retailers just can't replicate, says Toronto author Jason Guriel. Perhaps you pop into a shop with something in mind. [...]

Byline: CBC News Prince Edward Island poet Milton Acorn would have been 100 years old today. The Island-born writer lived and worked in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver before coming back [...]

Byline: CBC News An extraordinary win for Toronto writer-director Sarah Polley was one of many pivotal points during a victorious night for Team Canada at the Oscars, with additional key [...]

Byline: CBC News A funeral was held Tuesday morning at Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral in Moncton for Acadian senator, actor and cultural icon Viola Leger, whose influence spread far beyond the stages [...]

Byline: CBC News Sarah Polley hadn't made a film in a decade. But her latest -- already a Golden Globe nominee and a likely contender for the 2023 Academy Awards [...]

Byline: CBC News A filmmaker has accused Canadian writer Leah McLaren of sexual assault, saying that Penguin Random House Canada knowingly published a memoir by McLaren that depicts the alleged [...]

Byline: CBC News A new children's book is making young children more aware about a topic that does not always get much attention --disability. Charlotte's Shadow is about a dog [...]

Byline: CBC News A new book club launching in Hamilton is on a quest to get more Black Canadians writing romance novels. Founder, Tanya Lee -- a book club aficionado [...]

Byline: CBC News B.C. artist and writer Douglas Coupland is looking back with some nostalgia at West Vancouver scenes from his 1998 book Girlfriend in a Coma. In a new [...]

Byline: CBC News Canadian author Nita Prose's debut novel, The Maid, became a New York Times and Canadian bestseller just a few weeks after its Jan. 4 release. The longtime [...]

Byline: CBC News A new podcast is looking beyond Lucy Maud Montgomery's works of fiction to dig deeper into the life of the beloved Canadian author. Maud: Books, Babes & [...]

Byline: CBC News Students at Ryerson University will now be able to take a course that delves into two of Toronto's most influential artists in the music industry: Drake and [...]

Byline: CBC News After writing novels for more than 15 years, Maggie Ray was ready to launch her first self-published book, Citizen. Ray, 27, previously published novels and novellas on [...]

Byline: CBC News A prominent but decades-old Vancouver rental building will be getting a facelift from a world renowned author and artist, after the City of Vancouver approved a new [...]

Byline: CBC News A Winnipeg author has been nominated for a Governor General literary award for his latest book, which he describes as Narnia meets Cree sky stories. David A. [...]

Byline: CBC News At one point, acclaimed Calgary playwright Sharon Pollock's business cards prominently featured the image of a dragon. What did that symbolize? If you ask her eldest daughter, [...]

Byline: CBC News The late poet Jim Wong-Chu of Vancouver, who would have turned 72 on Thursday, was honoured with a Google Doodle. Wong-Chu, who died at age 68 in [...]

Byline: CBC News Describing himself as 'a white kid from Willowdale with Native roots,' writer Joseph Boyden apologized for 'taking too much of the airtime' in discussions about Indigenous issues. [...]

Byline: CBC News Canadian literary superstar Margaret Atwood has reacted to news that her personal information was among those leaked in a major security breach at the Canada Revenue Agency. [...]

Byline: CBC News Author Roch Carrier first penned The Hockey Sweater in 1979, but it wasn't until 1984 that an illustrated version of the story stole the hearts of Quebecers. [...]

Byline: CBC News Margaret Atwood will be the first writer to submit work for a project called the Future Library, which means that her manuscript will not be released for [...]

Byline: CBC News Award-winning scientist, environmentalist and CBC broadcaster David Suzuki is enlisting the talents of Canadians like musicians Neil Young, Feist, and Barenaked Ladies and author Margaret Atwood in [...]

Byline: CBC News A new book co-authored by a Hamilton-area photographer has captured the boldness and beauty of 150 war memorials erected in communities across Canada, Belgium and France in [...]

Byline: CBC News In the final pages of The War that Ended Peace-- her massive and magisterial book about the origins of World War I -- historian Margaret MacMillan reveals [...]

Byline: CBC News When Jewel Kats first encountered Archie artist and writer Dan Parent at a comic book conference, she fearlessly wheeled up to him and asked: 'Why isn't there [...]

Byline: CBC News A class of Grade 2 students in Saskatoon were present Wednesday for the unveiling of a statue of celebrated author Farley Mowat, following a request the writer [...]

Byline: CBC News Betty or Veronica? That is the question Archie Andrews has had to grapple with for decades in the iconic Archie comic books. But now, there's a new [...]

Byline: CBC News CanLit icon Margaret Atwood officially adds a new job title to her resume this weekend -- librettist -- as her first opera debuts in Vancouver. Pauline has [...]

Byline: CBC News A former three-time winner, as well as a Giller Prize nominee, are on the shortlist for this year's Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in Canadian literature. [...]

Byline: CBC News Prominent Canadian poets Anne Carson and Anne Michaels are vying for the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize. Prize founder Scott Griffin helped kick off the shortlist announcement in [...]

Byline: CBC News A team of Mi'kmaq educators in Cape Breton have translated seven Robert Munsch books into Mi'kmaq to distribute to First Nations students in the province. The seven [...]

Byline: CBC News Renowned writer Alice Munro was freshly honoured today, with the Royal Canadian Mint unveiling a special coin to celebrate her Nobel Prize in Literature win last fall [...]

Byline: CBC News Margaret Atwood'a MaddAddam is the only Canadian book on the longlist of the prestigious Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. The British award, formerly known as the Orange [...]

Byline: CBC News After a week of vigorous debate, one novel has triumphed in CBC's annual Canada Reads literary battle: Joseph Boyden's The Orenda, which was defended this week by [...]

Byline: CBC News (Douglas Kneale is dean of the Faculty of Humanities and professor of English at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont.) Whether I single-handedly helped Alice Munro come [...]

Byline: CBC News Sometimes, unconfirmed sources are a good thing. Over the summer, I got a book recommendation. 'You're really going to love The Orenda,' said someone who didn't know [...]

Byline: CBC News Canadian author Alice Munro was lauded as a 'stunningly precise' writer today as her daughter accepted her Nobel Prize in literature at a reception in Stockholm. The [...]

Byline: CBC News Concordia University unveiled a new room that features some of the furniture, papers and private items that belonged to Montreal author Mordecai Richler. The Mordecai Richler Reading [...]

Byline: CBC News Bestselling children's author and illustrator Barbara Reid and novelists Colin McAdam and Lisa Moore earned kudos Wednesday night at the 13th annual Writers' Trust Awards in Toronto. [...]

Byline: CBC News Memorable books by top Canadian writers Margaret Atwood, Joseph Boyden, Rawi Hage and Cory Doctorow are headed for final Canada Reads consideration. CBC Books unveiled today a [...]

Byline: CBC News Juicy characters are easy to write, according to Douglas Coupland, who revelled in creating Raymond Gunt, the despicable protagonist of his latest novel Worst. Person. Ever. After [...]

Byline: CBC News Ontario author Alice Munro . Here are some quotes from the 82-year-old author: - 'I never have a problem with finding material. I wait for it to [...]

Byline: CBC News Noted Canadian authors Lisa Moore and Lynn Coady have been shortlisted for the $50,000 Giller Prize. Organizers unveiled this year's five finalists at an event in Toronto [...]

Byline: CBC News The 2013 CBC Poetry Prize winner has been announced: Winnipeg author and creative writing professor James Scoles. His winning poem, The Trailer, was chosen from 1,400 entries. [...]

Byline: CBC News A baker's dozen of familiar Canlit authors -- including a strong contingent from Newfoundland -- are in the running for the 2013 Giller Prize, which celebrates its [...]

Byline: CBC News Acclaimed Canadian author Lawrence Hill will examine the scientific and social history of blood during the 2013 CBC Massey Lectures. Hill, best known for his award-winning bestseller [...]

Byline: CBC News American singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez and Canadian troubadour Leonard Cohen have opened the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Rodriguez, Cohen and Londoner Lianne La Havas were opening night [...]

Byline: CBC News CanLit icon Margaret Atwood leads a powerhouse trio of authors tapped to choose the winner of the 2013 Giller Prize. Organizers of the annual $50,000 literary prize [...]