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Book Review: Ellen Hopkins' new novel 'Sync' is a stirring story of foster care through teens' eyes

I’m always amazed at how Ellen Hopkins can convey so much in so few words, residing in a gray area between prose and poetry.

Sep 3, 2024 8:46 AM Read more >

Investigative journalist Stevie Cameron dies at home in Toronto, age 80

An investigative journalist who authored books that tackled topics ranging from a prime minister's involvement in jet purchases to the murders of women on a British Columbia pig farm has died.

Sep 2, 2024 2:22 PM Read more >

Cree writer and teacher Darrel J. McLeod has died, publisher says

Award-winning Cree writer and teacher Darrel J. McLeod has died at the age of 67. Corina Eberle, Mcleod's publicist at Douglas & McIntyre, says he died Thursday, adding his death was "sudden and unexpected.

Aug 31, 2024 10:14 AM Read more >

Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming publishing season , sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism.

Aug 29, 2024 2:46 PM Read more >

New Trump book defends 2018 Putin meeting, taunts rivals and threatens to imprison Meta's Zuckerberg

NEW YORK (AP) — In a new book, former President Donald Trump calls his 2018 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki “a GREAT meeting” and threatens to imprison Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg if the tech mogul does anything this yea

Aug 29, 2024 2:23 PM Read more >

Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming publishing season , sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism.

Aug 29, 2024 1:57 PM Read more >

Award-winning memoirist Jenny Heijun Wills on maintaining privacy while life writing

TORONTO — For Jenny Heijun Wills, privacy is protection.

Aug 29, 2024 8:15 AM Read more >

Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming publishing season , sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism.

Aug 29, 2024 7:50 AM Read more >

Percival Everett, Louise Erdrich and Jason Reynolds among finalists for $50,000 Kirkus Prizes

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” a reworking of Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the enslaved Jim's perspective, is among the fiction finalists for the 11th annual Kirkus Prize.

Aug 28, 2024 8:43 AM Read more >

Dolly Parton is sending free books to children across 21 states - and around the world

Dolly Parton's father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read.

Aug 28, 2024 5:02 AM Read more >