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WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore.

TORONTO 鈥� The shine on CanLit's glitziest night has dulled, at least according to some, amid sustained backlash against the Giller Foundation for maintaining ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank and other funders linked to Israel.

Is there a better writer of urban American stories than Richard Price? His resume is hard to beat: To episodes of HBO鈥檚 鈥淭he Wire,鈥� and 鈥淭he Night Of,鈥� and novels like 鈥淐lockers,鈥� 鈥淟ush Life,鈥� and 鈥淔reedomland,鈥� fans can now add 鈥淟azarus Man.

When Niigaan Sinclair pitched his collection of articles to a Toronto publisher, he was told 鈥淲卯nip锚k: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre鈥� was a 鈥渞egional book.

LONDON (AP) 鈥� British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with 鈥淥rbital,鈥� a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station that ponders the beauty and fragility of Earth.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� 鈥淭he Bluest Eye鈥� by Toni Morrison. 鈥淔orever鈥� by Judi Blume. 鈥淪laughterhouse-Five鈥� by Kurt Vonnegut.

TORONTO 鈥� For Anne Michaels, a book can't just say things 鈥� it has to listen. The author of "Held," shortlisted for both the Giller and Booker prizes, said reciprocity is key to her writing process.

LONDON (AP) 鈥� British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with 鈥淥rbital,鈥� a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. In Too Deep by Andrew Child & Lee Child (Random House Publishing Group) 2. The Waiting by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) 3. All the Broken Places by John Boyne (Penguin Publishing Group) 4.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Percival Everett's 鈥淛ames鈥� has received yet another literary nomination.