Listen "Bookends Highlights: Why we never shut up about our literary prizes"
Episode Synopsis
The CBC Literary Prizes are where Canadian writing stars are made… and this week, we’ll prove it to you. In the first season of Bookends, Mattea Roach spoke with some of the winners, finalists and jurors of the prizes. This week, we’re revisiting Mattea's conversations with Zilla Jones, Dorian McNamara, David Huebert, Zoe Whittall, and Rachel Robb. You can learn more about the prizes at cbcbooks.ca.Hear the full conversations here:An opera singer gives voice to the Grenadian revolutionMeet the winner of the 2025 CBC Short Story PrizeDavid Huebert: Exploring the complexity of our relationship with oil through fiction Zoe Whittall: Why heartbreak is a valid form of griefRachel Robb: Exploring reconciliation and the natural world
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