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9 books you heard about recently on CBC Radio

Check out some of the books discussed on national CBC Radio programs between Nov. 19-26, 2024.

Books 6 hours ago

Teresa Wong's search for family connection led to her graphic memoir All Our Ordinary Stories

The Calgary-based author discussed her book on Bookends with Mattea Roach.

Books Bookends November 22

Deborah Levy reflects on life, footwear and the power of imagination

The prolific author invites readers into her interior world in her latest book titled The Positions of Spoons: And Other Intimacies.

Radio The Next Chapter November 26

Rachel Robb explores what reconciliation means to a non-Indigenous person and wins 2024 CBC Poetry Prize

Toronto-based writer Rachel Robb will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and her poem has been published on CBC Books.

Daphné Santos-Vieira

Books CBC Literary Prizes November 21

Why some book fans are leaving Amazon-owned Goodreads in wake of the U.S. election

Natalie Stechyson

News World November 26

Why Sheung-King, the 2024 Writers' Trust Fiction prize winner, keeps coming back to transnational stories

Radio The Next Chapter November 22

Sheung-King, Martha Baillie among Writers' Trust literary prize winners

Books November 20

Nisga'a writer Jordan Abel shocked to win Governor General's Literary Award

News Canada British Columbia November 24

Q with Tom Power

After a dyslexia diagnosis at 31, Henry Winkler was finally able to rebuild himself

Vivian Rashotte

Arts Q 9 hours ago

Anne Michaels wins the $100K Giller Prize for novel Held

Books November 19

Cheryl Parisien wrote her historical fiction book The Unweaving as a way to embrace her Métis heritage

Books November 22

Sisterhood and secrets in Pages of the Sea

Radio The Next Chapter November 22

Author Suzanne Craig-Whytock 'just about fell off my chair' when she was long-listed for humour award

News Canada Kitchener-Waterloo November 24

Corinna Chong on the undeniable charm of Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?

Radio The Next Chapter November 22

How language defines our lives, from young gains to aged loss

Radio The Sunday Magazine November 24

Governor General’s Literary Awards

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

Scotiabank 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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