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Yiyun Li's 'The Book of Goose' wins PEN/Faulkner award

Yiyun Li's 'The Book of Goose' wins PEN/Faulkner award

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Yiyun Li's novel 鈥淭he Book of Goose,鈥 the story of two mischievous teenage girls in post-World War II France and their improbable literary success, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Outlive by Bill Gifford, MD & Peter Attia (HarmonyRodale) 2. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 3.

Geraldine Brooks, Saeed Jones win Anisfield-Wolf prize

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Novels by Geraldine Brooks and Lan Samantha Chang and poetry by Saeed Jones are among this year's winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented for literature 鈥渢hat confronts racism and explores diversity.
Review: 'The Peking Express' raises niche historical event

Review: 'The Peking Express' raises niche historical event

鈥淭he Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China鈥 by James M.
Review: 'Choosing to Run' highlights marathoner's endurance

Review: 'Choosing to Run' highlights marathoner's endurance

鈥淐hoosing To Run,鈥 by Des Linden (Dutton) Running a marathon is a remarkable achievement for any runner, no matter the skill level or pace. Preparing for running those 26.2 miles is also absolute torture for anyone who tries it.
Review: Nicole Chung鈥檚 new memoir about her parents鈥 deaths

Review: Nicole Chung鈥檚 new memoir about her parents鈥 deaths

鈥淎 Living Remedy,鈥 by Nicole Chung (Ecco) In 2018, Nicole Chung published the bestseller, 鈥淎ll You Can Ever Know,鈥 about being put up for adoption by her Korean parents and raised by a white couple in rural Oregon.
'Scott Pilgrim' set to return as Netflix anime with original cast reprising roles

'Scott Pilgrim' set to return as Netflix anime with original cast reprising roles

Toronto's favourite problematic dork will live to fight another seven evil exes. Netflix is bringing Scott Pilgrim back to life, this time as an anime, with characters voiced by the same cast as the 2010 movie. The film "Scott Pilgrim vs.
'Ducks,' Kate Beaton's graphic memoir about the oilsands, wins Canada Reads

'Ducks,' Kate Beaton's graphic memoir about the oilsands, wins Canada Reads

TORONTO 鈥 Kate Beaton's "Ducks" has won this year's edition of Canada Reads. The graphic memoir published last year by Drawn & Quarterly traces Beaton's two years working in Alberta's oilsands.

Grisham's 'The Exchange,' sequel to 'The Firm,' out in fall

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 One of literature's most famous whistleblowers, attorney Mitch McDeere of John Grisham's 鈥淭he Firm,鈥 will soon be back in action 鈥 and back in trouble.
Indigenous history, climate change books nab Shaughnessy Cohen Prize nominations

Indigenous history, climate change books nab Shaughnessy Cohen Prize nominations

Books about government intervention in Inuit and Indigenous communities, so-called smart cities and climate change have been nominated for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
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