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Hay and Guadalajara book events honoured with Asturias awards

MADRID — The Hay Festival of Literature and Arts and the Guadalajara International Book Fair will be sharing this year's Princess of Asturias Awards of Communication and Humanities, the foundation named after the heir to the Spanish throne announced

Hay and Guadalajara book events honoured with Asturias awards

MADRID — The Hay Festival of Literature and Arts and the Guadalajara International Book Fair will be sharing this year's Princess of Asturias Awards of Communication and Humanities, the foundation named after the heir to the Spanish throne announced

Six literary up-and-comers vie for $60K Amazon Canada First Novel Award

An aspiring viking's quest to write her own legend is among the debut titles that have been shortlisted for this year's Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

Six literary up-and-comers vie for $60K Amazon Canada First Novel Award

An aspiring viking's quest to write her own legend is among the debut titles that have been shortlisted for this year's Amazon Canada First Novel Award.
Canadian TV has 'a lot of work to do' on diversity, say ACTRA co-chairs

Canadian TV has 'a lot of work to do' on diversity, say ACTRA co-chairs

TORONTO — Looking out at the Canadian television landscape, Toronto-based actresses Lisa Michelle Cornelius and Samora Smallwood see a void. "I cannot think of a Canadian show that has shown a Black family," Cornelius said in a recent interview.
Giffin releases 10th novel, apologizes for Markle criticisms

Giffin releases 10th novel, apologizes for Markle criticisms

NEW YORK — Bestselling author Emily Giffin is apologizing for recent negative comments she made about Meghan Markle. The “Something Borrowed” author frequently posts about the British royal family on her social media.
US prosecutors spar with Prince Andrew in Epstein probe

US prosecutors spar with Prince Andrew in Epstein probe

LONDON — U.S. prosecutors and attorneys for Britain's Prince Andrew sniped at one another across the Atlantic on Monday, each saying the other side was to blame for the duke's failure to participate in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking probe.
Still beside the queen at 99: Prince Philip to mark birthday

Still beside the queen at 99: Prince Philip to mark birthday

LONDON — There certainly won’t be fuss. Count on that. When Britain’s Prince Philip reaches the grand age of 99 on Wednesday, he will spend it quietly and in much the same way he’s spent most of his adult life: beside Queen Elizabeth II.
Bonnie Pointer, early member of Pointer Sisters, dies at 69

Bonnie Pointer, early member of Pointer Sisters, dies at 69

LOS ANGELES — Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, which would become one of the biggest acts of the next two decades, died Monday.
Salzburg Festival will go on this year but in shortened form

Salzburg Festival will go on this year but in shortened form

The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music’s few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary celebration with capacities limited to about 50%.
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