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'Solar' tops Maclean's fiction list for the week ending March 16
March 18, 2010
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week of March 16 compiled by Maclean's magazine.
Author takes aim at conspiracy theories in new book
March 18, 2010
Pearl Harbor. 9/11. The assassination of John F. Kennedy. Many people don’t believe what’s recounted in the history books.
Brief this: Captain Underpants series is resuming; first book in 4 years due out in August
March 18, 2010
NEW YORK - Break out the briefs and red cape, if you dare. More tales of "Captain Underpants" are coming.
Author Gerald Posner acknowledges failure to source material for new book
March 17, 2010
NEW YORK - An author and journalist who resigned last month from the Internet news site The Daily Beast over allegations of lifting material acknowledged that passages in his latest book are similar...
Three U.S. history books receive prestigious $10,000 Bancroft prizes
March 17, 2010
NEW YORK - Biographies of Abigail Adams and Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange are among the winners of the prestigious Bancroft Prize for history.
March 17, 2010
Him Peter Nowak. Him write book. You read after smite enemy, eat meat and make sex.
March 16, 2010
NEW YORK - The Julia Child renaissance continues.
'Chased the Moon' offers light reading in book version of a chick flick
March 16, 2010
"The Girl Who Chased the Moon"
Best-seller John Grisham goes digital: 'Pelican Brief,' 22 others now ebooks
March 16, 2010
NEW YORK - Best-selling author John Grisham is finally ready to go digital.
Best-seller John Grisham goes digital, offers 'Pelican Brief,' his 22 other works as e-books
March 16, 2010
NEW YORK - Best-selling author John Grisham is finally ready to go digital.
Historian takes fresh and sometimes harsh look at Britain's Tudor dynasty
March 15, 2010
"The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty"
March 15, 2010
NEW YORK - If you're a fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or have purchased the latest edition of "Don Quixote," you might know the name Edith Grossman.
Nicolas Dickner's 'Nikolski' wins CBC Radio's 'Canada Reads' competition
March 12, 2010
TORONTO - Quebec author Nicolas Dickner's first novel, "Nikolski," has won this year's "Canada Reads" competition held by CBC Radio One.
'The Bishop's Man' tops Maclean's fiction list for the week ending March 9
March 11, 2010
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week of March 9 compiled by Maclean's magazine.
John English wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Pierre Trudeau biography
March 10, 2010
OTTAWA - John English of Kitchener, Ont., has won the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his latest biography on Pierre Trudeau.
Israeli novel, collection of Russian poetry win prizes for best English-language translation
March 10, 2010
NEW YORK - An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation.
March 09, 2010
NEW YORK - Welcome the latest celebrity children's author, Hilary Duff.
David Foster Wallace archive of notes, books and childhood writings goes to Univ. of Texas
March 08, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas - The archive of writer David Foster Wallace, best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center library and museum at the University of Texas...
Michael Enright, Claire Messud and Ali Smith will make up jury for 2010 Giller
March 08, 2010
TORONTO - CBC Radio personality Michael Enright, American author and professor Claire Messud and British writer Ali Smith will make up the jury for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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