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comments Books make great gifts. From history to fantasy and everything in between, here are some suggestions for your mom on Mothers Day. If your mother likes mother/daughter stories, try  My Mothers Daughter is a memoir by Canadian Olympian Perdita Felicien.(Martin Brown, Doubleday Canada) Perdita Feliciens mom Catherine was a poor young woman in St. Lucia when she was given a seemingly random, but ultimately life-changing, opportunity: to come to Canada with a wealthy white family and beco...

"I felt a lot of pressure. I feel like Im representing so much more than myself in this competition. Im representing communities. Im Mohawk. Im also queer...its also representing two-spirit and Indigiqueer communities in this. So its so much bigger than myself and I just feel so humbled and so honoured to have been a part of this and now to call Jonny Appleseed the winner of Canada Reads." The runner-up was   which tells the interwoven stories of three Nigerian women, Kambirinachi and her t...

In a tight 3-2 vote on the final day of debates, Devery Jacobs took home the win for Joshua Whitehead's debut novel Jonny Appleseed.

GIVEAWAY: Win a set of the Canada Reads books! HOW TO ENTER: Email cbcbooks@cbc.ca with the subject line: "Canada Reads Giveaway." Answer this question in your email: What Canada Reads book would you pick up to read first? Must enter by Thursday, March 11, 2021 at midnight ET.  CBC Contest rules apply. Four winners will be randomly selected and notified by email. Here are some other ways you can tune into  ON RADIO:  Canada Reads will air on CBC Radio at 11:05 a.m. ET, CT, MT, PT at 1:05 p....

Four books remain in Canada's great book debate! Check out all the action from the second day of debates here.

The trailer for  was narrated by Alex McKenna. Sound design was by Alex Redekop. It was created by Ontario director Celeste Koon with animation and VFX by Abhilasha Dewan and Ian Macdonald.  Koon is a mixed-race writer/director with a wild imagination and a unique and colourful, mixed-media filmmaking style. Celeste fluidly adapts to writing and directing for various ages, genres, and mediums. Her short films have shown in festivals across the globe as well as have been broadcast on C...

Article content February is a big month for Canadian authors and books and the Brantford Public Library is re-opening just in time to celebrate. The library will open its main branch for browsing and more on Feb. 22. The St. Paul branch will open on Feb. 23. Staff will be happy to help customers looking for books mentioned in this column and beyond. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Library reopening for browsing and more Back to video The annual I ...

comments Its cold outside so bundle up with a good book. Here are 30 great Canadian books to check out. If I Knew Then is a book by Jann Arden.(Random House Canada) Jann Arden is one of Canadas best known singer-songwriters. But when she reached her 50s, her life changed in unexpected ways: she became the caregiver for her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimers, she became the star of the sitcom  Jann and she realized that getting older doesnt mean she cant grow, change and celebrate. ...

Canada Reads returns this year for its 20th edition, with the debates taking place March 8-11. This year the theme is “one book to transport us”. It seems very fitting to have such a theme during a year where we could all us a little escape from reality. For those who are unfamiliar with Canada Reads, it is CBC's annual battle of the books where five books go head-to-head in a competition to become the one book all Canadians should read. The books are each defended by a Canadian p...

Gary Barwin is the author of the novel Yiddish for Pirates.(Adela Talbot, Vintage Canada) Yiddish for Pirates is a nautical odyssey narrated by a wise-cracking, polyglot parrot. The parrot, who now lives in a nursing home in Florida, tells the story of Moishe, a boy who joins a ships crew in 1492. There, Moishe meets the parrot, Aaron. The two have an unforgettable adventure, following maps and hunting for treasure. But its the period of the Spanish Inquisition, and its a dangerous time t...