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TORONTO — Scott Griffin is shaking up the Canadian poetry landscape for the second time in a year, lending his name to the Writers' Trust poetry prize and more than doubling its purse.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yiyun Li's novel “The Book of Goose,” the story of two mischievous teenage girls in post-World War II France and their improbable literary success, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Outlive by Bill Gifford, MD & Peter Attia (HarmonyRodale) 2. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 3.

NEW YORK (AP) — Novels by Geraldine Brooks and Lan Samantha Chang and poetry by Saeed Jones are among this year's winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented for literature “that confronts racism and explores diversity.

“The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China” by James M.

“Choosing To Run,” by Des Linden (Dutton) Running a marathon is a remarkable achievement for any runner, no matter the skill level or pace. Preparing for running those 26.2 miles is also absolute torture for anyone who tries it.

“A Living Remedy,” by Nicole Chung (Ecco) In 2018, Nicole Chung published the bestseller, “All You Can Ever Know,” about being put up for adoption by her Korean parents and raised by a white couple in rural Oregon.

Toronto's favourite problematic dork will live to fight another seven evil exes. Netflix is bringing Scott Pilgrim back to life, this time as an anime, with characters voiced by the same cast as the 2010 movie. The film "Scott Pilgrim vs.

TORONTO — Kate Beaton's "Ducks" has won this year's edition of Canada Reads. The graphic memoir published last year by Drawn & Quarterly traces Beaton's two years working in Alberta's oilsands.

NEW YORK (AP) — One of literature's most famous whistleblowers, attorney Mitch McDeere of John Grisham's “The Firm,” will soon be back in action — and back in trouble.