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TORONTO — Nearly 30 years after debuting in a francophone book series, Canadian preschool TV stars Toopy and Binoo leap to the big screen with their first animated feature.

NEW YORK (AP) — Colin Meloy, frontman of The Decemberists and already a popular children's author, is now writing a novel for adults. Meloy's book, which has the working title “Cascadia,” is scheduled for 2025 (in the spring, not in December), G.P.

NEW YORK (AP) — With apologies to Nathaniel Hawthorne and admirers of “The Scarlet Letter,” Dav Pilkey has a shameless name for the next installment of his multi-million selling “Dog Man” children's books series about a canine superhero: “Dog Man: Th

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VANCOUVER — A Canadian translator says she’s reached a settlement with the British Museum over unauthorized use of her work.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Out of Nowhere by Sandra Brown - 9781538742976 - (Grand Central Publishing) 2. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - 9780063327542 - (Harper) 3. Dead Fall by Brad Thor - 9781982182229 - (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 4.

NEW YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market.

TORONTO — A Canadian author says a production company belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has bought the screen rights for her romantic novel.

“Disobedient” by Elizabeth Fremantle (Pegasus Books) Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting skills quickly surpass her father’s, but society dictates that as a woman, she must stay home and protect her virtue.

“Dead and Gone,” by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur) A private eye named Sam Tran is dead, hanged from a tree in a local cemetery, and Chicago P.D. Detective Annalisa Vega catches the case.