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Mother-daughter relationships shape Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's return to fiction

The Nigerian author discussed her novel, Dream Count, on Bookends with Mattea Roach.

Books Bookends April 11

29 Canadian books you should be reading in April

A new month means new books! Here are some of the most anticipated Canadian titles for April 2025.

5 writers make the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize shortlist

Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The winner will be announced on April 17, 2024.

Daphné Santos-Vieira

Books CBC Literary Prizes April 10

Enter the CBC Poetry Prize

You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre and have your work published on CBC Books.

Spring Book Preview

39 Canadian poetry collections coming out in spring 2025

How to Share an Egg and her father's story of resilience

Radio The Next Chapter April 11

The story of Second Helpings, the bestselling Canadian cookbook out of Jewish Montreal

Books April 22, 2024

Scaachi Koul let herself go 'fully insane' after her divorce. Her book explains why

Books Bookends April 9

Jack Whalen, Lisa Moore and Susie Taylor take home the 2024 Winterset Awards

News Canada Nfld. & Labrador April 10

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

Get to know the 2024 Booker Prize winner

Radio The Next Chapter April 11

Books translated from Japanese, Danish and Kannada among shortlist for the 2025 International Booker Prize

A basketball star's experience in Russian prison

Radio The Next Chapter April 11

Navigating a tech-saturated world with Vass Bednar

Radio The Next Chapter April 11

Vancouver's Chelene Knight talks about Safekeeping & other books to help guide writers along their way

Radio The Next Chapter April 8

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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