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The formerly non-affiliated New Brunswick Sen. David Richards has joined the Conservative Senate caucus and will sit with the party in the Red Chamber until his retirement later this year. Richards, a bestselling author and one of only a handful of writers who has received a Governor General’s Award in …
Read More »Woman’s lawsuits say sci-fi author Neil Gaiman repeatedly sexually assaulted her
A woman from New Zealand has filed three lawsuits against best-selling British author Neil Gaiman and his wife, accusing Gaiman of repeatedly sexually assaulting her while she was working as the couple’s babysitter and nanny. Scarlett Pavlovich filed the lawsuits in federal court in Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New York on Monday. …
Read More »Years later, author reconnects with Grade 2 teacher who helped him learn English
As It Happens13:22Years later, author reconnects with Grade 2 teacher who helped him learn English Jamil Jan Kochai knows exactly how much one teacher can change a child’s entire life. Kochai is the author of 99 Nights in Logar, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, and The Haunting of …
Read More »Trudeau defends CSIS after U.K. author claims agency informant smuggled girls into Syria
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood behind the country’s top civilian intelligence agency on Wednesday in response to an allegation that one of its contractors helped traffic three British teenage girls to Islamic State extremists seven years ago. A new book by U.K.-based writer Richard Kerbaj — The Secret History of the Five Eyes — …
Read More »Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect reportedly describes author as ‘someone who attacked Islam’
A grand jury has indicted the man who allegedly stabbed Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York, county prosecutors said Thursday. Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, N.J., is scheduled to appear on the charges at an afternoon court hearing in Chautauqua County. …
Read More »5 nonfiction books that inspired Son of Elsewhere author Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Elamin Abdelmahmoud has a way of making everyone else look lazy. The Toronto-based, Kingston, Ont.-raised culture writer for BuzzFeed News is also the host of CBC’s pop-culture podcast Pop Chat, the founding co-host of the CBC Politics podcast Party Lines, and a contributor to The National’s At Issue panel. His writing has appeared …
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