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M.G. Vassanji among finalists for Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

M.G. Vassanji among finalists for Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

TORONTO 鈥 Celebrated novelist M.G. Vassanji's exploration of the emigrant experience is among the finalists for the $60,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. The Writers' Trust of Canada announced this year's short list on Wednesday morning.

Amazon pulls Kim Porter memoir about Sean 'Diddy' Combs that her children say is fake

Amazon confirmed Tuesday the removal of a memoir from its site that purports to tell the story of an abusive relationship between the late actor and model Kim Porter and her longtime partner, hip-hop mogul Sean 鈥滵iddy" Combs.
Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists

Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Salman Rushdie's memoir a bout his near-fatal stabbing, 鈥淜nife,鈥 and Percival Everett's revisionist historical novel, 鈥淛ames," are among the finalists for the 75th annual National Book Awards.
After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon's new children's book also celebrates being uniquely you

After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon's new children's book also celebrates being uniquely you

If you find it odd that Kate McKinnon chose her first book to be for middle-grade kids, the former 鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥 star says, think again. 鈥淚 find sketch comedy and middle school to be very similar,鈥 she said recently over Zoom.

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks (Random House Publishing Group) 2. The Pumpkin Spice Caf茅 by Laurie Gilmore (One More Chapter) 3. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty (Crown) 4.
Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates visits Senegal, South Carolina and the Middle East for 'The Message'

Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates visits Senegal, South Carolina and the Middle East for 'The Message'

Ta-Nehisi Coates always writes with a purpose, so naming his latest collection 鈥淭he Message鈥 is nothing if not on-brand.
Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir 'Be Ready When the Luck Happens'

Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir 'Be Ready When the Luck Happens'

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Long before Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off, she found herself at an airport, wanting to learn to fly.
Book Review: 'John Lewis: A Life' further humanizes a civil rights giant

Book Review: 'John Lewis: A Life' further humanizes a civil rights giant

In 鈥淛ohn Lewis: A Life,鈥 David Greenberg recounts how the late Democratic congressman reacted after Republicans scored a landslide victory in the 1994 election. A staffer hoped Lewis would buoy her spirits and tell her there was a silver lining.
Book Review: 'Revenge of the Tipping Point' is fan service for readers of Gladwell's 2000 book

Book Review: 'Revenge of the Tipping Point' is fan service for readers of Gladwell's 2000 book

It's been nearly 25 years since Malcolm Gladwell published 鈥淭he Tipping Point," and it's still easy to catch it being read on airplanes, displayed prominently on executives' bookshelves or hear its jargon slipped into conversations.
Book Review: Louise Erdrich writes about love and loss in North Dakota in 鈥橳he Mighty Red鈥

Book Review: Louise Erdrich writes about love and loss in North Dakota in 鈥橳he Mighty Red鈥

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Louise Erdrich (鈥淭he Night Watchman,鈥 2021) returns with a story close to her heart, 鈥淭he Mighty Red.
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