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The Man from Beijing by
Henning Mankell
The Wild Zone by Joy Fielding
Another Life Altogether by Elaine Beale
The Waterproof Bible by
Andrew Kaufman
The Parabolist by Nicholas Ruddock
Deloume Road by Matthew Hooton

Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Rob Carrick's Guide to What's Good, Bad and Downright Awful in Canadian Investments Today by Rob Carrick
The Smart Cookies' Guide to Couples and Money by The Smart Cookies
Citizens of London by Lynne Olson
59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman
Lonely by Emily White

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Are you ready for CBC Canada Reads 2010?

Our nominees include:

Ann-Marie MacDonald for Fall On Your Knees (defended by Perdita Felicien)
Nicolas Dickner for Nikolski
(defended by Michel Vézina)

Also among the nominees are our very own Douglas Coupland (Generation X) and Wayson Choy (The Jade Peony)!

The debates will air on CBC Radio One from March 8 to March 12, 2010 - check out the
CBC Canada Reads website for more information!

Congratulations to the winner of The Writers' Trust of Canada's 2009 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing:

John English for Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau: 1968-2000

The other nominees included Dr. James Maskalyk for Six Months in Sudan and Terry Gould for Murder Without Borders

The winner was announced at the Politics and the Pen event in Ottawa on March 10, 2010. Visit The Writers' Trust website for more information.

The winner of the $25,000 2010 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction has been announced - congratulations to:

Ian Brown for The Boy in the Moon

Our other nominees included:
John English for Just Watch Me
Kenneth Whyte for The Uncrowned King

The winner was announced on Feb. 8, 2010. Visit www.TheCharlesTaylorPrize.ca for more information.

photo credit: Vicky Maharaj

Rabindranath Maharaj author of The Amazing Absorbing Boy

Rabindranath Maharaj discusses comics, setting a novel in Canada, and finding a voice on the train.

photo credit: Ulla Montan

Henning Mankell author of The Man from Beijing

A book trailer for Henning Mankell's new novel, The Man from Beijing.

George Fetherling author of Walt Whitman's Secret

A book trailer for George Fetherling's Walt Whitman's Secret.

photo credit: John Barber

Ian Brown author of The Boy in the Moon

Ian Brown in conversation with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC Radio's Q.

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