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Review: New novel explores the life-changing power of art

Review: New novel explores the life-changing power of art

鈥淣ow Is Not the Time to Panic,鈥 by Kevin Wilson (Ecco) For the past 25 years the bestselling author Kevin Wilson has repeated to himself a semi-poetical, semi-nonsensical phrase that evokes the self-mythologizing bravado of outlaw musicians: 鈥淭he edg
Banned book lesson thrusts Oklahoma teacher into campaign

Banned book lesson thrusts Oklahoma teacher into campaign

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) 鈥 Summer Boismier was living her childhood dream. She grew up a bookworm, became a high school English teacher, and filled both her classroom and home with her favorite literature.
From Biggie to Buffy, Giller finalists share their pop culture influences

From Biggie to Buffy, Giller finalists share their pop culture influences

TORONTO 鈥 From rap music to social movements to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists drew from a wide array of influences to write books that contribute to the cultural conversation.
P.E.I. carpenter Nicholas Herring wins Writers' Trust fiction prize

P.E.I. carpenter Nicholas Herring wins Writers' Trust fiction prize

TORONTO 鈥 Debut novelist Nicholas Herring took home the top fiction prize at the Writers鈥 Trust Awards Wednesday evening for his tale of a lobster fisher whose unhappily monotonous life is upended by a series of unexpected events.
Skater Seguin's book details career-ending concussions, toxic relationship with coach

Skater Seguin's book details career-ending concussions, toxic relationship with coach

Julianne Seguin has spent a good chunk of the past few years "lying on my bed, staring at the wall" in her family's Montreal home.

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US Bestseller List - Paid Books Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher) 1. No Plan B by Andrew Child & Lee Child - 9781984818553 - (Random House Publishing Group) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 3.
Emily Post's etiquette tome overhauled for 21st century

Emily Post's etiquette tome overhauled for 21st century

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Embracing without permission. Disparaging one parent in front of children struggling with divorce. Flaunting privilege. Being a bad listener or, worse, a terrible loser.
Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger

Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House's proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, agreeing with the Justice Department that the joining of two of the world鈥檚 biggest publishers could 鈥渓essen competition鈥 for 鈥渢op-selling b
Review: 'The Revolutionary' chronicles key Founding Father

Review: 'The Revolutionary' chronicles key Founding Father

鈥淭he Revolutionary: Samuel Adams鈥 by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown and Co.) Aside from the namesake beer, Samuel Adams in many ways feels like the forgotten Founding Father.
Review: Cormac McCarthy returns with cryptic 鈥橳he Passenger'

Review: Cormac McCarthy returns with cryptic 鈥橳he Passenger'

鈥淭he Passenger鈥 by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf) It鈥檚 been 16 years since Cormac McCarthy released 鈥淭he Road鈥 and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, cementing his reputation as a master American novelist.
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