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TORONTO — Ma-Nee Chacaby's memoir "A Two-Spirit Journey," which she wrote with Mary Louisa Plummer, has won this year's edition of Canada Reads.

When bestselling psychological thriller writer Paula Hawkins (“The Girl on the Train,” 2015) stamps the cover of your debut novel with “A Thelma & Louise for our times,” your career is off to a fast start.

TORONTO — A book that examines decisions made within the Kremlin in its quest to become a global superpower has won a top Canadian prize for international affairs writing.

NEW YORK (AP) — Award-winning actor Courtney B.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Broken Country (Reese’s Book Club) by Clare Leslie Hall (Simon & Schuster) 2. Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Flatiron Books) 3.

NEW YORK (AP) — Savannah Miller, 26 years old and a “Hunger Games” reader for half of her life, has only grown in admiration for Suzanne Collins’ dystopian novels.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is postponing several scheduled events this week to promote his new book, “ Antisemitism in America: A Warning ,” after some liberal groups had planned to stage protests.

VANCOUVER — Former student Robert Murray says he has a good excuse for returning a book to the University of B.C. Library 64 years late — the 83-year-old reckons it might have saved his and his son's life.

So you read “The Fault in Our Stars” or watched John Green on YouTube, and, if you’re like me, you probably thought, “I would read or watch anything this mind produced for public consumption.

Sometimes reading poetry can feel exhilarating, like you are finally seeing and being seen. Other times it’s a slog that leaves you desperate for a nap to process what you just read.