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Sarah Bernstein, Eleanor Catton shortlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize

Sarah Bernstein, Eleanor Catton shortlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize

TORONTO — Sarah Bernstein's absurdist novel "Study for Obedience" nabbed a spot on another short list Wednesday — this time for the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Translations from Vietnamese, Arabic and Tamil are among finalists for National Translation Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction originally written in Vietnamese, Polish and French and poetry in German and Arabic are among this year's finalists for National Translation Awards.

Charles Spencer, younger brother of Princess Diana, is writing a book about his boarding school

NEW YORK (AP) — British author-journalist Charles Spencer is working on a book about his childhood years at the Maidwell Hall boarding school and the painful lessons he endured.
Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He's releasing a memoir about the attack

Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He's releasing a memoir about the attack

NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” will be published April 16.
Mateo Askaripour's 'This Great Hemisphere' is a novel about power set 500 years from now

Mateo Askaripour's 'This Great Hemisphere' is a novel about power set 500 years from now

NEW YORK (AP) — Mateo Askaripour's follow-up to his acclaimed debut novel “Black Buck” is a look into the distant future.
In ‘Goth: A History,’ The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst traces the often-misunderstood subculture

In ‘Goth: A History,’ The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst traces the often-misunderstood subculture

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What comes to mind when the word “goth” is spoken? Is it Tim Burton films? The popstar Billie Eilish ? An adolescent phase marked by black nail polish and nihilism? Or is it a lifestyle? Is it literature such as Edgar Allan Poe's p

Voters in Iowa community to decide whether to give City Council more control over library books

PELLA, Iowa (AP) — Voters in a small Iowa city will decide in November whether to give their City Council more say over what books the public library can and can’t offer.

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Judgment Prey by John Sandford (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Company) 3. Wildfire by Hannah Grace (Atria Books) 4.
Book Review: 'Hitchcock’s Blondes' wants to see old Hollywood stars not through the director's gaze

Book Review: 'Hitchcock’s Blondes' wants to see old Hollywood stars not through the director's gaze

Though often lauded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Alfred Hitchcock was also known for having a dark side, including his authoritarian tendencies as a director and sexually inappropriate behavior toward the women in his films.
Geraldine Brooks' 'Horse' and biography of George Floyd win Dayton literary awards

Geraldine Brooks' 'Horse' and biography of George Floyd win Dayton literary awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldine Brooks' “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels' and Toluse Olorunnipa's “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” have won awards from the Dayton Literary P
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