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Meet the Canada Reads 2025 contenders

The debates take place March 17-20 on CBC TV, CBC Radio, CBC Gem and CBC Books.

Books January 28

Cartoonist Chris Ware invites readers inside his personal sketchbooks

Ware discussed his latest book, Acme Novelty Datebook: Volume Three, on Bookends with Mattea Roach.

Books Bookends 8 hours ago

What Canadian books are popular right now? Check out this week's bestsellers

Here are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children's books from Jan. 18-25, 2025.

Books January 30

Enter the CBC Nonfiction Prize now

You could win $6,000, a two-week writing residency and have your work published. The prize is open between Jan. 1 and March 1!

Books December 20, 2024

Amy Lin, widowed at 31, looks for the beauty in grief

Books Bookends January 22

Winnipeg poet Chimwemwe Undi selected as Canada's 11th parliamentary poet laureate

News Canada Manitoba January 29

10 Canadian books turning 25 in 2025

Books January 27

CBC Radio's Bookends host and Jeopardy! superstar Mattea Roach recommends 3 'must-read' memoirs

Radio The Next Chapter January 30

2024 Black Changemakers

She's an advocate of diversity in literature, encouraging aspiring Black authors to use their voice

News Canada Montreal January 28

Ayelet Tsabari's Songs for the Brokenhearted among winners of U.S. National Jewish Book Awards

Books January 30

Emma Donoghue's historical thriller explores a French train wreck & the lives within it — read an excerpt now

Books January 22

All the hype around Rebecca Yarros's Onyx Storm, explained

Arts Commotion January 28

There's a Japanese and Korean cozy fiction trend for readers who just want to feel something

Natalie Stechyson

News Canada January 26

Emerging Queer Voices

Emerging Queer Voices is a new CBC Arts essay series that gives space to up-and-coming LGBTQ writers

Arts January 29

Montreal public library says it can't host English book club, citing Quebec's new language law

Cassandra Yanez-Leyton

News Canada Montreal January 29

Governor General’s Literary Awards

Recognizing Canada’s best English-language and French-language books in seven categories. Discover the books

Giller Prize

$100,000 for the author of the best Canadian novel, short story collection or graphic novel. Discover the books

The Next Chapter

The Next Chapter highlights iconic Canadian authors and rising literary stars as they share the stories and ideas that intrigue and inspire them. Visit Show Site

Bookends

When the book ends, the conversation begins. Mattea Roach speaks with writers who have something to say about their work, the world and our place in it. Visit Show Site

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