WASHINGTON — Plainly agitated by a new book portraying him as dysfunctional, President Donald Trump is bemoaning his country’s “very weak” liberal laws and making the...
MONTREAL – British historian Daniel Beer’s account of life in a Siberian penal colony has won the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize. “The House of the Dead:...
REGINA –The Saskatchewan government says it made a mistake and will restore $4.8 million in funding for the province’s libraries. Money for regional branches was cut...
TORONTO –Award-winning Canadian author Richard B. Wright was remembered Wednesday as “an astonishing observer of life” who deftly balanced the demands of his accomplished literary career...
TORONTO—Award-winning author Miriam Toews is the recipient of the $50,000 Writers’ Trust Fellowship. Toews was named the 2016 honouree at the Writers’ Trust Gala fundraiser held...
TORONTO—Liz Howard choked back tears as she accepted the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize on Thursday night, speaking candidly about overcoming her tough childhood and expressing hope...
MANILA—Children of all ages gathered at Plaza de Roma in Intramuros, Manila on Sunday to listen to storytellers in a one-day event intended to promote love...
TORONTO—When Soraya Peerbaye first learned of the brutal slaying of Vancouver Island teen Reena Virk, the Toronto poet recalled being haunted by the harrowing nature of...
SINGAPORE — A children’s book inspired by a real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New York’s zoo has been deemed inappropriate...
NEW YORK – The death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez has brought his classic “One Hundred Years of Solitude” to the top of bestseller lists....