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“The Trackers” by Charles Frazier (Ecco) The characters that populate Charles Frazier’s new novel “The Trackers” are all searching for something.

TORONTO — An examination of China’s evolution from fragile superpower to global heavyweight has won the $50,000 Lionel Gelber Prize. Susan L.

TORONTO — Calgary author Suzette Mayr has been shortlisted for the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The US$150,000 award celebrates excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States.

MONTREAL — Tomson Highway says he hopes his upcoming multilingual kids' book can help preserve the Cree language.

TORONTO — Scott Griffin is shaking up the Canadian poetry landscape for the second time in a year, lending his name to the Writers' Trust poetry prize and more than doubling its purse.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yiyun Li's novel “The Book of Goose,” the story of two mischievous teenage girls in post-World War II France and their improbable literary success, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Outlive by Bill Gifford, MD & Peter Attia (HarmonyRodale) 2. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 3.

NEW YORK (AP) — Novels by Geraldine Brooks and Lan Samantha Chang and poetry by Saeed Jones are among this year's winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented for literature “that confronts racism and explores diversity.

“The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China” by James M.

“Choosing To Run,” by Des Linden (Dutton) Running a marathon is a remarkable achievement for any runner, no matter the skill level or pace. Preparing for running those 26.2 miles is also absolute torture for anyone who tries it.