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More Canadians getting reading material for free: survey

More Canadians getting reading material for free: survey

TORONTO 鈥 A survey from publishing industry non-profit BookNet Canada suggests a growing number of Canadians are getting their books from a free source.
Book Review: 'Margo鈥檚 Got Money Troubles鈥 tells a tale of modern love and success

Book Review: 'Margo鈥檚 Got Money Troubles鈥 tells a tale of modern love and success

The cover art and title of 鈥淢argo鈥檚 Got Money Troubles鈥 don鈥檛 quite convey the wild ride readers who crack open this new fiction from Rufi Thorpe will take.
Book Review: Yume Kitasei explores space in a heist-driven action adventure novel

Book Review: Yume Kitasei explores space in a heist-driven action adventure novel

Grad student Maya Hoshimoto is having a hard time settling down on Earth after a thrilling career as an art thief, stealing looted objects and returning them to their people.
Winfrey picks David Wroblewski's 'Familairis' for her book club

Winfrey picks David Wroblewski's 'Familairis' for her book club

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Author David Wroblewski has reached special status among contemporary authors: a two-time selection for Oprah Winfrey's book club.
Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoir

Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoir

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Griffin Dunne says he鈥檚 grateful his parents raised him with what he affectionately calls 鈥渂enign neglect" in 1970s and '80s Los Angeles because it encouraged creativity and risk-taking that led to some wild experiences he chronicles
Book Review: Glamour and tragedy intertwine in Griffin Dunne鈥檚 memoir 鈥楾he Friday Afternoon Club鈥

Book Review: Glamour and tragedy intertwine in Griffin Dunne鈥檚 memoir 鈥楾he Friday Afternoon Club鈥

Actor and producer Griffin Dunne grew up in New York and Los Angeles with the glitterati all around. His father, Dominick Dunne, a television executive and film producer when Dunne was young, liked to hobnob with the rich and famous.
Book Review: Katie Ledecky dishes on what makes an Olympic legend in 鈥楯ust Add Water'

Book Review: Katie Ledecky dishes on what makes an Olympic legend in 鈥楯ust Add Water'

Katie Ledecky didn鈥檛 dream of becoming an Olympian as a kid. It was just something she and her brother, Michael, did at a pool in Maryland that she describes as 鈥渕aximum chill.
Book Review: Carol LaHines' chilling novel chronicles a jilted woman鈥檚 descent into madness

Book Review: Carol LaHines' chilling novel chronicles a jilted woman鈥檚 descent into madness

It鈥檚 no accident that the narrator of Carol LaHines鈥檚 second novel, 鈥淭he Vixen Amber Halloway,鈥 is a literature professor named Ophelia.
Book Review: 鈥楳iss May Does Not Exist鈥 is an engaging study of enigmatic Hollywood figure Elaine May

Book Review: 鈥楳iss May Does Not Exist鈥 is an engaging study of enigmatic Hollywood figure Elaine May

Groundbreaking comedian, writer and filmmaker Elaine May charted her own fearlessly original path in Hollywood and the theater world over the decades.
Ursula K. Le Guin's home will become a writers residency

Ursula K. Le Guin's home will become a writers residency

Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels. Or at least how it seemed from the outside.
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