Women nominees announced for nonfiction prize shortlist
Neneh Cherry and Rachel Clarke headline a six book shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, including Raising Hare and What the Wild Sea Can Be. Other contenders feature Agent Zo and Private Revolutions, with Kavita Puri noting an eclectic mix of nature, power, and informative narratives. Winners unveiled June 12 in London.
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Rushdie to publish The Eleventh Hour in November
Salman Rushdie announces The Eleventh Hour a collection of five interlinked novellas and stories set in India England and the United States. It will release November 4 from Random House and features unforgettable characters amid themes of mortality and healing after his 2022 stabbing.
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North woods lumbering history reexamines legends
Thunder Bay reviewer Michael Sobota analyzes Willa Hammitt Brown’s thorough history of lumbering across northern Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. The book debunks formulaic tales about Paul Bunyan Babe the Blue Ox and era myths while detailing old growth loss labor camps and regional editorial cartoons.
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Newfoundland orders destruction of inaccurate textbooks
Newfoundland and Labrador Education officials ordered thousands of textbooks destroyed after an Indigenous education advisory committee found the texts misrepresented Indigenous cultures. The books claimed Turtle Island as a universal creation story and misstated tax and education exemptions, while mischaracterizing Indigenous eating habits and clan systems in French immersion materials.
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