Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Sarah Bakewell on the enduring influence of humanist thought – from the Renaissance to today
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀'s politically charged fiction paints an intimate portrait of contemporary Nigerian life
Elizabeth McCracken's fictional portrait of her own remarkable mother is warm, witty and wise
Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton's new novel, Birnam Wood, is a moral thriller for our times
Yiyun Li's new novel, The Book of Goose, is a beguiling tale of childhood imagination, hunger and memory
Nothing is as it seems in Scottish novelist Graeme Macrae Burnet's inventive, genre-defying fiction
World-renowned South African artist William Kentridge on his wide-ranging, politically engaged work
The tragic loss of a close friend became the impetus for Hua Hsu's acclaimed memoir, Stay True
Amy Liptrot on how she forged a new story in the wild landscape of the Orkney Islands
From Kolkata to Mumbai, London to Berlin – Amit Chaudhuri's fiction travels off the beaten path
Marie Kreutzer's film Corsage is a fascinating portrait of a 19th-century icon, Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Cleopatra, beyond the myth: Francine Prose revisits the life of Egypt's legendary queen
Victorian virtuosity meets rock royalty in Nick Hornby's new memoir, Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius
Ian McEwan on private lives, global events, and the accidents of fortune that shape us
Bestselling Swedish writer Fredrik Backman on the personal story behind his hit novels
From child actor to award-winning filmmaker: Sarah Polley tells her own story in her powerful new book
Alison Bechdel tackles the world of fitness in her new graphic memoir, The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Richard Greene on his book The Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene
Matthew Beaumont on The Walker: On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City
Martin Amis on the inside story of his literary life, loves and losses
How the tragic story of Shakespeare's son Hamnet inspired Maggie O'Farrell's prize-winning novel
Stefan Hertmans pursues a tale of star-crossed love in the Middle Ages
Hilary Mantel wraps up her blockbuster Tudor trilogy with The Mirror & the Light
From Virginia Woolf to Dorothy L. Sayers — English writer and editor Francesca Wade talks about one London square and five remarkable women who lived there
Bernardine Evaristo on black British identity and her Booker-winning novel, Girl, Woman, Other