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TORONTO — From rap music to social movements to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists drew from a wide array of influences to write books that contribute to the cultural conversation.

TORONTO — Debut novelist Nicholas Herring took home the top fiction prize at the Writers’ Trust Awards Wednesday evening for his tale of a lobster fisher whose unhappily monotonous life is upended by a series of unexpected events.

Julianne Seguin has spent a good chunk of the past few years "lying on my bed, staring at the wall" in her family's Montreal home.

US Bestseller List - Paid Books Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher) 1. No Plan B by Andrew Child & Lee Child - 9781984818553 - (Random House Publishing Group) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 3.

NEW YORK (AP) — Embracing without permission. Disparaging one parent in front of children struggling with divorce. Flaunting privilege. Being a bad listener or, worse, a terrible loser.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House's proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, agreeing with the Justice Department that the joining of two of the world’s biggest publishers could “lessen competition” for “top-selling b

“The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams” by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown and Co.) Aside from the namesake beer, Samuel Adams in many ways feels like the forgotten Founding Father.

“The Passenger” by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf) It’s been 16 years since Cormac McCarthy released “The Road” and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, cementing his reputation as a master American novelist.

“Someday, Maybe” by Onyi Nwabineli (Graydon House Books) “Someday, maybe” is a phrase that noncommittally encapsulates hopes and fears alike. It's a response that lacks urgency, stagnating in the purgatory between “yes” and “no.

“It’s Not TV: The Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO” by Felix Gillette and John Koblin (Viking) Streaming and on-demand services are so commonplace nowadays, one can take for granted how revolutionary HBO was when it was first launched.