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Book Review: 'Hey, Zoey' uses questions about AI to look at women's autonomy in a new light

Book Review: 'Hey, Zoey' uses questions about AI to look at women's autonomy in a new light

Dolores is going through the motions of life when she finds a potentially marriage-ending surprise in her garage: a high-end, lifelike sex doll imbued with artificial intelligence named Zoey.

Posthumous book by Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina will document war crimes since Russian invasion

NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous book by Victoria Amelina, the Ukrainian author killed last year during a Russian missile strike , will be published in February upon the war's third anniversary.
A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned

A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In an increasingly divisive political sphere, Becka Robbins focuses on what she knows best — books.
Avril Lavigne, Stephen Poloz: A look at the newest Order of Canada appointments

Avril Lavigne, Stephen Poloz: A look at the newest Order of Canada appointments

OTTAWA — The Governor General's office has announced 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada. A look: Companions: -Monique Forget Leroux, C.C., O.Q., Outremont, Que., a promotion within the Order for a leading figure in Canadian finance.
Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal and public life

Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal and public life

Hillary Clinton’s next book is a collection of essays, touching upon everything from marriage to politics to faith, that her publisher is calling her most personal yet.
Book Review: Iris Mwanza goes into 'The Lions' Den' with a zealous, timely debut novel for Pride

Book Review: Iris Mwanza goes into 'The Lions' Den' with a zealous, timely debut novel for Pride

Grace Zulu clawed her way out of her village and into college to study law in the Zambian capital Lusaka.
Book Review: What dangers does art hold? Writer Rachel Cusk explores it in 'Parade'

Book Review: What dangers does art hold? Writer Rachel Cusk explores it in 'Parade'

With her new novel “Parade,” the writer Rachel Cusk returns with a searching look at the pain artists can capture — and inflict.
Patrick deWitt wins Leacock Medal for Humour for novel 'The Librarianist'

Patrick deWitt wins Leacock Medal for Humour for novel 'The Librarianist'

ORILLIA;ONTARIO — Patrick deWitt's novel "The Librarianist" has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The $25,000 award goes to the best Canadian book of literary humour published in the previous year.
Book Review: An unarmed game warden tracks a killer through the Maine wilderness in 'Pitch Dark'

Book Review: An unarmed game warden tracks a killer through the Maine wilderness in 'Pitch Dark'

Heavy storms have made much of northern Maine impassible. Streams and rivers are overflowing their banks, and logging roads and forest trails are crisscrossed with toppled trees.
Nina Dunic wins Ontario's Trillium Book Award for debut novel 'The Clarion'

Nina Dunic wins Ontario's Trillium Book Award for debut novel 'The Clarion'

TORONTO — Nina Dunic has won Ontario's top book prize for her debut novel "The Clarion." Dunic's tale of two siblings took home the $20,000 Trillium Book Award at a ceremony on Thursday evening. A.
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