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Meet the Canada Reads 2026 contenders

The debates take place April 13 to 16 live at 10 a.m. ET.

Books Canada Reads January 23

Tegan and Sara’s Tegan Quin champions a period piece with a queer love triangle on Canada Reads

Tegan Quin is championing The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor. Canada Reads will air April 13-16 on CBC TV, CBC Radio and CBC Books!

Books Canada Reads January 23

Broadway actor Josh Dela Cruz to champion a dystopian thriller that 'feels like a play' on Canada Reads

Broadway actor and children’s television host Josh dela Cruz will champion Foe by Iain Reid. Canada Reads will air April 13-16 on CBC TV, CBC Radio and CBC Books!

Books Canada Reads January 22

The 2026 CBC Nonfiction Prize is open — submit now!

You could win $6,000, a writing residency and have your work published on CBC Books. The deadline to submit is March 1, 2026 at 4:59 p.m. ET.

BookTok star Morgann Book brings her bookish DNA to Canada Reads

Books Canada Reads January 22

YouTuber and podcaster Steve 'Dangle' Glynn brings a 'hockey book with heart' to Canada Reads

Books Canada Reads January 23

Filmmaker and actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers brings rural Alberta authenticity to Canada Reads

Books Canada Reads January 22

Elin Hilderbrand on the books that changed her life

Books The Next Chapter January 24

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid has 5 books on the Canadian bestseller list this week

Books January 21

30 Canadian books to read in winter 2026

Books January 20

How a Toronto mural changed Ian Williams’s book title

Books Bookends January 19

'Something just clicked' when Jordan Redekop-Jones wrote her first poem

Books January 22

Jennette McCurdy on female rage and forgiving your past self

Vivian Rashotte

Arts Q January 23

What does it mean if your ex-boyfriends love Anna Karenina?

Books The Next Chapter January 19

'Let your work be seen': Two-time winner Chanel Sutherland on why you should submit to the CBC Literary Prizes

Daphné Santos-Vieira

Books CBC Literary Prizes January 22

Governor General’s Literary Awards

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

Giller Prize

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

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 with Mattea Roach

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