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TORONTO — Elliot Page is set to speak in Toronto following the release of his memoir "Pageboy" next month.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Happy Place by Emily Henry (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown and Company) 3.T he Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich (Atria Books) 4.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prize-winning author Clint Smith has a three-book deal with Random House, starting with an exploration of the impact of World War II upon everyone from a survivor of a Japanese internment camp in the U.S.

TORONTO — Broadcaster Shelagh Rogers is stepping down from her long-time gig as host of "The Next Chapter" on CBC Radio. Rogers has hosted and produced the program, which features interviews with writers, since 2008.

“Sidle Creek,” by Jolene McIlwain (Melville House) Lately, the news out of rural Appalachia has not been good: a train derailment, toxic chemicals, the opioid epidemic, deaths of despair.

“Blue Skies” by T.C. Boyle (Liveright) There have been entire shelves of non-fiction books written about climate change. I’ve reviewed quite a few. They’re packed with truly frightening scenarios based on science.

“Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas” by Jesse Cole with Don Yaeger (Dutton) Jesse Cole's father shared the following wisdom with his baseball-obsessed 5-year-old son: “Swing hard in case you hit it.

NEW YORK (AP) — Combat veteran and Fox Nation host Johnny Joey Jones has a book coming out in June about serving with the Marines Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan and the friendships he formed.

NEW YORK (AP) — The guessing game began a few days ago, when an anonymous, untitled book scheduled for July 9 —— “4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023” — had Taylor Swift fans so convinced she had written a memoir that they made it a bestselle

NEW YORK (AP) — Charles E. Stanley's “Lost Airmen,” an author's account of his father's harrowing World War II experiences, is this year's winner of the William E. Colby Military Writers’ Award.