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Detroit-area library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book -- 50 years later

DETROIT (AP) 鈥 Fifty years later, a man who grew up in suburban Detroit tried to return a very overdue baseball book to his boyhood library. The answer: You can keep it 鈥 and no fine.

10 nonfiction authors receive $40,000 Whiting grants for books-in-progress

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Authors of books-in-progress on subjects ranging from Edgar Allan Poe to subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz are among this year's 10 recipients of $40,000 Whiting grants for nonfiction.
Women's fiction among most-borrowed books at some Canadian libraries

Women's fiction among most-borrowed books at some Canadian libraries

TORONTO 鈥 The year's most borrowed books at some of Canada's biggest libraries include "The Women" by Kristin Hannah and "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros.

US-Apple-Books-Top-10

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Publishing Group) 2. Tom Clancy Defense Protocol by Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson (Penguin Publishing Group) 3.

Research biologist based in Berlin receives $10,000 prize given to unpublished Black poets

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 A biologist's debut poetry collection that weaves science with a condemnation of slavery and colonialism has received a $10,000 literary award.

Publishing executive Bob Miller to head Phaidon Press. He's worked on dozens of bestsellers

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 A longtime publishing executive who has worked on bestsellers by Oprah Winfrey, Matthew Perry and dozens of others will soon be CEO of Phaidon Press Inc., a leading maker of art and fashion books and numerous other genres.
10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump

10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, there was still time to read books. U.S.
Book Review: Weike Wang鈥檚 3rd novel 'Rental House' finds beauty and humor in a marriage of opposites

Book Review: Weike Wang鈥檚 3rd novel 'Rental House' finds beauty and humor in a marriage of opposites

Vacation rental with the in-laws 鈥 for many, it鈥檚 a setup for disaster. In Weike Wang鈥檚 鈥淩ental House,鈥 it鈥檚 certainly that.
Hundreds of bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson

Hundreds of bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco's City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson, t he bestselling novelist who has
Canadian writer Nadim Roberts earns prestigious Whiting Creative Nonfiction grant

Canadian writer Nadim Roberts earns prestigious Whiting Creative Nonfiction grant

Canadian journalist Nadim Roberts has been selected for a US$40,000 grant to fund his book about a storied highway project in the Northwest Territories. The U.K.-based Canadian writer is one of 10 recipients of the Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.
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