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Western University pauses Alice Munro Chair in Creativity program amid reckoning

Western University pauses Alice Munro Chair in Creativity program amid reckoning

LONDON, Ont. — Alice Munro's alma mater has paused the endowed chair program that bears her name over revelations the writer protected her husband after learning he had sexually abused her daughter.
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Giller Prize to stick with Scotiabank as sponsor, despite mounting calls to drop it

Giller Prize to stick with Scotiabank as sponsor, despite mounting calls to drop it

TORONTO — The Scotiabank Giller Prize won't drop its lead sponsor, the organization's executive director announced as pressure mounted from some high-profile members of the literary community.
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Investigators behind Mueller Report on Trump and Russia will share 'inside story' in upcoming book

NEW YORK (AP) — The team assembled by special counsel Robert S. Mueller to investigate alleged Russian interference and ties to Donald Trump's campaign during the 2016 election will have a book out this fall.
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Young adult novel by Brian Selznick, 'Run Away With Me,' to be published next April

Young adult novel by Brian Selznick, 'Run Away With Me,' to be published next April

NEW YORK (AP) — Author-illustrator Brian Selznick's next book is for teens and up. Selznick's coming-of-age love story, “Run Away With Me,” will be published next April, Scholastic announced Thursday.
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Former Knopf executive Reagan Arthur returns to her previous publisher, Hachette Book Group

NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after being let go as the publisher of Alfred A. Knopf, Reagan Arthur is returning to her former employer, Hachette Book Group, as a senior executive who will edit authors from across the company and head her own imprint.
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Library of Congress awards prize for American fiction to James McBride

NEW YORK (AP) — The Library of Congress has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to James McBride, whose acclaimed novels include “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” “Deacon King Kong” and “The Good Lord Bird.
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Book Review: Gonzo journalist Barrett Brown’s memoir a piquant take on hacktivism’s rise

Book Review: Gonzo journalist Barrett Brown’s memoir a piquant take on hacktivism’s rise

His talents in full flower and basking in public admiration, gonzo journalist and inveterate anti-establishment troublemaker Barrett Brown is jailed in his native Texas on various federal felony charges.
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Viola Davis and James Patterson to collaborate on novel set in the contemporary, rural South

Viola Davis and James Patterson to collaborate on novel set in the contemporary, rural South

NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming thriller about a female judge in the contemporary, rural South will have two very famous, and very different, authors: Oscar winner Viola Davis and mega-selling novelist James Patterson .
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Literary world grapples with revelation Alice Munro stayed with her daughter's abuser

Literary world grapples with revelation Alice Munro stayed with her daughter's abuser

The literary world is grappling with Alice Munro's legacy after learning that she chose to stay married to the man who sexually abused her daughter, with some saying it would fundamentally shift how — and whether — they read her work.
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Book Review: 'Loving Sylvia Plath' attends to polarizing writer's circumstances more than her work

Book Review: 'Loving Sylvia Plath' attends to polarizing writer's circumstances more than her work

A popular form of writing nowadays is one that involves reexamining the lives of people, often members of marginalized groups, who have otherwise been flattened or short-changed by history.
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