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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The #1 Lawyer by James Patterson & Nancy Allen (Little, Brown and Company) 2. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 3. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (Celadon Books) 4.

DUBLIN — Canadian authors Suzette Mayr and Emma Donoghue have been shortlisted for the prestigious Dublin Literary Award.

Best friends Lampo and Gelon are potters by trade, but their souls are filled with poetry. It’s 412 B.C.

NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle.

TORONTO — A collection of poetry about the horrors of the war in Ukraine and the spiritual words of a celebrated Mexican poet are among the works on this year’s long list for the Griffin Poetry Prize.

TORONTO — John Vaillant's bestselling book about the Fort McMurray wildfire is shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

Eurithe Purdy, widow of Canadian poet Al Purdy, has launched a literary prize to recognize the best new book of poetry in Canada.

NEW YORK (AP) — Food writer and podcaster Dan Pashman made the unusual step a few years ago of creating an entirely new shape of pasta. The obvious next step? Writing a cookbook to highlight it.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. Identity by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 3. Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner (Grand Central Publishing) 4.

In Rebecca Serle's new book “Expiration Dates: A Novel,” the protagonist, Daphne, knows when her relationships will end. A slip of paper always shows up with a name and a number for how long they will date.