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Book Review: Raymond Antrobus transitions into fatherhood in his poetry collection 'Signs, Music'

Book Review: Raymond Antrobus transitions into fatherhood in his poetry collection 'Signs, Music'

Becoming a parent is life changing. Raymond Antrobus’ third poetry collection, “Signs, Music," captures this transformation as he conveys his own transition into fatherhood.
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Looking for the next mystery bestseller? This crime bookstore can solve the case

Looking for the next mystery bestseller? This crime bookstore can solve the case

WINNIPEG — Some 250 coloured tacks pepper a large-scale world map among bookshelves at Whodunit Mystery Bookstore. Estonia, Finland, Japan and even Fenwick, Ont.
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Hillary Clinton takes stock of life's wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric

Hillary Clinton takes stock of life's wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric

NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of her new memoir, Hillary Clinton offers up what sounds like a far-off wish: “I hope I’m alive to see the United States elect a female president.” Turns out her book went to the printers a tad too soon.
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New book captures 'intimate look' at Terry Fox with journal entries, interviews

New book captures 'intimate look' at Terry Fox with journal entries, interviews

TORONTO — When Barbara Adhiya first learned that Terry Fox had run the length of a marathon a day during his journey across Canada, she was shocked.
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Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Miranda July are fiction nominees for National Book Awards

Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Miranda July are fiction nominees for National Book Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” his acclaimed retelling of Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a fiction nominee for the National Book Awards.
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Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlement

Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlement

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla.
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Salman Rushdie's memoir about his stabbing, 'Knife,' is a National Book Award nominee

Salman Rushdie's memoir about his stabbing, 'Knife,' is a National Book Award nominee

NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie's “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” his explicit and surprisingly resilient memoir about his brutal stabbing in 2022, is a nominee for the National Book Awards.
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$10,000 literary award named for the late author Gabe Hudson goes to Ayana Mathis' 'The Unsettled'

$10,000 literary award named for the late author Gabe Hudson goes to Ayana Mathis' 'The Unsettled'

NEW YORK (AP) — A $10,000 literary award named for the late author-editor-podcaster Gabe Hudson has been established by the publisher McSweeney's, where Hudson once worked.
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Book Review: 'We're Alone' by Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat weaves personal and political

Book Review: 'We're Alone' by Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat weaves personal and political

Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat explores family, homeland and her literary heroes in “We're Alone,” a new volume of essays that include personal narratives of her early years as child immigrant in Brooklyn to reportage of recent events like
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National Book Award long list for young people's literature has a poetic touch

NEW YORK (AP) — This year's long list of National Book Awards for young people's literature has a poetic touch. Five of the 10 nominees announced Tuesday by the National Book Foundation are novels written in verse, including Olivia A.
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