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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 In a memoir released eight months after he died in prison, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny never loses faith that his cause is worth suffering for while also acknowledging he wished he could have written a very different book
Book Reviews: Two new books raise big concerns about innocent men in US prisons

Book Reviews: Two new books raise big concerns about innocent men in US prisons

鈥淔ramed: Astonishingly True Stories of Wrongful Convictions,鈥 by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey (Doubleday) and 鈥淭he Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men and a 20-Year Fight for Justice鈥 by Dan Slepian (Celadon) 鈥- It鈥檚 painful to read t
Book Review: 70-year-old psychiatrist takes to the road in Anna Montague's beguiling new novel

Book Review: 70-year-old psychiatrist takes to the road in Anna Montague's beguiling new novel

Americans love road trips. Or at least American writers love them as metaphors of self-discovery.
Book Review: Richard Chizmar tells a creepy occult tale in 鈥楳emorials'

Book Review: Richard Chizmar tells a creepy occult tale in 鈥楳emorials'

Richard Chizmar, who co-wrote parts of the 鈥淕wendy鈥 trilogy with Stephen King from 2017-2022 (鈥淕wendy鈥檚 Button Box鈥 and 鈥淕wendy鈥檚 Final Task鈥), has written his longest novel yet and readers should not be surprised that it reads, at least somewhat, li
DeMar DeRozan's book on mental health adds to the conversation that he helped start in the NBA

DeMar DeRozan's book on mental health adds to the conversation that he helped start in the NBA

For DeMar DeRozan, this path toward improved mental health started with writing a tweet. It led to him writing a book. Being in Sacramento isn鈥檛 the only new part of DeRozan鈥檚 story entering this NBA season.
Lawyer for family members of Pickton's victims wants copy of killer's 'tell all book'

Lawyer for family members of Pickton's victims wants copy of killer's 'tell all book'

VANCOUVER 鈥 A Vancouver lawyer representing families of the victims of serial killer Robert Pickton says he and his clients want to read a copy of a "tell all book" seized from Pickton's cell after he died following an attack in a Quebec prison.

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye receives $100,000 lifetime achievement award

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Naomi Shihab Nye is this year's winner of the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 lifetime achievement honor named for the celebrated 20th century poet.

Kate McKinnon to host National Book Awards next month. Jon Batiste will perform live

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 This year's National Book Awards 75th anniversary ceremony won't only be a tribute to literature. Expect some laughs and some music, too.

Percival Everett's 'James' wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for fiction

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Percival Everett's novel 鈥淛ames,鈥 his acclaimed reworking of 鈥淭he Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,鈥 has won a $50,000 prize that continues Everett's recent wave of literary honors.
Prolific editor, columnist Robert Fulford dead at 92

Prolific editor, columnist Robert Fulford dead at 92

TORONTO 鈥 Lifelong journalist, broadcaster, author and editor Robert Fulford was remembered Wednesday as a prolific writer whose vibrant intellect and insatiable curiosity inspired colleagues and younger writers alike.
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