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Big demand for “Go Set a Watchman” at bookstores and libraries

The wait is almost over. Five months after it was announced that a new Harper Lee novel is coming out July 14 — 55 years after the publication of the author’s only other book, the beloved “To Kill a …
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the Georgetown University Law Center in 2014.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Justice Breyer to focus on global affairs in new book

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has a book coming out in the fall that will take on the American judiciary’s role in global affairs. “The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global …
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New Patti Smith memoir coming this fall

Patti Smith, the beloved musician whose memoir “Just Kids” won the 2010 National Book Award for nonfiction, has a new memoir coming out Oct. 6. Alfred A. Knopf, which will publish “M Train,” said the …
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Ivan Doig (Photo by Marion Ettlinger)

Ivan Doig, “dean of Western writers,” dies at 75

The novelist Ivan Doig, often referred to as the “dean of Western writers,” has died at age 75. Mr. Doig died at his home in Seattle on Thursday, his publisher, Riverhead Books, said in a statement. …
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James Patterson on "CBS This Morning" in 2013. (Photo by Heather Wines/CBS via Getty Images)

James Patterson raises school libraries donation to $1.5 million

James Patterson announced earlier this month that he will donate $1.25 million to school libraries this year. Now the author has upped the donation to $1.5 million. Patterson’s publisher, Little, …
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James Patterson: "I hope we’re able to increase awareness about the vital role that school libraries and librarians play in transforming lives and fostering a love for learning.” (Gregg DeGuire/WireImage 2012)

James Patterson to donate $1.25 million to school libraries

The bestselling author James Patterson, who last year donated $1 million to dozens of independent bookstores around the country, has announced that he will donate $1.25 million to school libraries …
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Cynthia Bond, the author of "Ruby." (Photo by Jay Harris)

Oprah Winfrey picks Cynthia Bond’s debut novel “Ruby” for book club

Oprah Winfrey is back in business. The media mogul, whose book club selections can change an author’s fortunes, has made her latest pick — the first in more than a year. The book she chose is …
Harper Lee in her assisted living room in Montoeville, Ala., in 2010. (AP Photo/Penny Weaver)

New Harper Lee novel already a No. 1 best-seller

That didn’t take long: Harper Lee’s new novel is already No. 1 on Amazon’s best-seller list. “Go Set a Watchman,” whose publication was announced Tuesday, doesn’t come out until July 14, but the novel …
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Natalie Baszile, author of "Queen Sugar." (Photo by Jonathan Sprague)

Winfrey, “Selma” director to create series based on novel by S.F. author

Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay, the director of the Oscar-nominated movie “Selma,” are teaming up to create a drama series based on “Queen Sugar,” the debut novel by San Francisco author Natalie …
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John Leggett, former director of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, dies at 97

John Leggett, the former director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and co-founder and director of the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, has died at age 97. Mr. Leggett, who also wrote seven books, five of …
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