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Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books, seek new state laws in fight with publishers

Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books, seek new state laws in fight with publishers

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) 鈥 Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will the price.
A new generation of readers embraces bell hooks' 'All About Love'

A new generation of readers embraces bell hooks' 'All About Love'

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 In the summer of 2022, Emma Goodwin was getting over a breakup and thinking hard about her life and how to better herself. She decided to try a book she had heard about often, bell hooks鈥 鈥淎ll About Love: New Visions." 鈥淚 loved it.
Book Review: Debut novel `Headshot鈥 gives us head shots of the psyches of teenage girl boxers

Book Review: Debut novel `Headshot鈥 gives us head shots of the psyches of teenage girl boxers

Rita Bullwinkel knows a thing or two about the human body and the abuse it can take. In an interview with The Paris Review, the author, who played water polo in college, talked about the beating her body took for a sport few people care about.
Book Review: A coming-of-age story of a young Black man who works for an Obama-adjacent candidate

Book Review: A coming-of-age story of a young Black man who works for an Obama-adjacent candidate

Vinson Cunningham, theater critic for the New Yorker, makes a cheeky move with his debut novel, 鈥淕reat Expectations.鈥 He borrows the title of Charles Dickens鈥 masterpiece to tell a different sort of coming-of-age story.
Book Review: Tessa Hulls feeds her family's ghosts by bringing them to light in rich graphic memoir

Book Review: Tessa Hulls feeds her family's ghosts by bringing them to light in rich graphic memoir

When Tessa Hulls sets out to tell her family鈥檚 story, she鈥檚 feeding their ghosts in the best way she鈥檚 learned how: by pulling them into the light.

James Patterson looks back through history in new 'Time Travel Twins' series

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 James Patterson never seems to run out of ideas. The ultraprolific author is launching a new middle grade series, 鈥淭he Time Travel Twins,鈥 about a boy and girl who witness key moments in U.S.
Catherine Leroux's 'The Future,' defended by Heather O'Neill, wins CBC's Canada Reads

Catherine Leroux's 'The Future,' defended by Heather O'Neill, wins CBC's Canada Reads

TORONTO 鈥 Catherine Leroux's post-apocalyptic novel "The Future" has triumphed in this year's edition of Canada Reads.
Olympic champion Katie Ledecky's memoir, 'Just Add Water,' to be published June 11

Olympic champion Katie Ledecky's memoir, 'Just Add Water,' to be published June 11

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky has written a memoir, reflecting on a life she can hardly believe is her own. Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that the celebrated swimmer's 鈥淛ust Add Water鈥 will be published June 11.
Beloved author Kate DiCamillo talks writing and healing herself with new middle-grade novel 'Ferris'

Beloved author Kate DiCamillo talks writing and healing herself with new middle-grade novel 'Ferris'

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Children's writer Kate DiCamillo is known for beloved stories like 鈥淭he Tale of Despereaux鈥 and 鈥淏ecause of Winn-Dixie,鈥 about kids and animals trying to navigate the world and make emotional connections.
Timothy Garton Ash wins Lionel Gelber Prize for book on modern European history

Timothy Garton Ash wins Lionel Gelber Prize for book on modern European history

TORONTO 鈥 A modern history of eastern and central Europe has won this year's $50,000 Lionel Gelber Prize Jurors awarded the prize to Oxford University professor Timothy Garton Ash, for his book "Homelands: A Personal History of Europe.
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