 | Thursday, January 09, 2025 | |  | | | | Canada Reads is back! This year, the great Canadian book debate is looking for one book to change the narrative. The books on this year's longlist all have the power to change how we see, share and experience the world around us.
Check out the 15 books on this year’s longlist! | | |  | | | | Before the internet, many comic books included a section to send letters to the creators and get insight into their work and their process. When cartoonist Adrian Tomine was growing up, he was the one sending those letters — and now he's the one answering questions from his readers.
The American artist known for his series Optic Nerve and his work in The New Yorker spoke about his latest book, Q&A on Bookends with Mattea Roach. | | |  | | | | If you missed CBC Books holiday countdown special hosted by Ali Hassan, no worries! Catch up on the top 10 bestselling Canadian books of 2024, as determined by book sales from over 250 independent Canadian bookstores, courtesy of Bookmanager. | | |  | | | | Canadian memoir writers Zoe Whittall, Danny Ramadan and Helen Knott will judge the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize.
Submissions for the Prize are open until March 1, 2025 at 4:59 p.m. The winner will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and have their work published on CBC Books. | | |  | | | | Andrew Pyper, a Toronto writer who earned critical acclaim for his literary thriller novels, died on Jan. 3 at the age of 56.
Pyper became one of the most renowned writers working in Canada and a giant of the horror genre. His bestselling novels include Lost Girls and The Killing Circle. On Commotion, authors and readers alike share stories of how Pyper impacted them. | | |  | | | | Canadian writer Zoe Whittall wrote a poetic memoir that examines a type of grief that isn't always awarded the same weight as when a loved one dies — heartbreak.
She joined Mattea Roach to discuss her memoir in prose poems, No Credit River, and what it was like to write from an autobiographical perspective for the first time. | | |  | | | | | At the end of each year, CBC Books curates the eagerly-awaited lists of the best Canadian books of the year across all genres to inspire your reading list. CBC Books’ senior producer Ryan B. Patrick and associate producer Talia Kliot share their favourites with The Next Chapter’s Antonio Michael Downing. | | |  | | | | Here are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children's books from Dec. 29, 2024 - Jan. 4, 2025.
Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores. | | |  | | | | The CBC Nonfiction Prize is open now until March 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET. If you are ready to submit, head to CBC Books for more information.
The winner receives $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and their work will be published on CBC Books.
Four finalists each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and their work is also published on CBC Books. | | |  | | | | Bookends with Mattea Roach airs on CBC Radio One on Sundays at 1 p.m. (1:30 p.m. NT, 3 p.m. PT) starting Sept. 8. It will also be available on CBC Listen, wherever you get your podcasts and on the CBC Arts YouTube channel.
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