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The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of September 20, 2025
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Ely girl writer’s novel is now in her own local library
Hephzibah said she had always loved going to her local library, but when she was about eight years…
Ely girl writer’s novel is now in her own local library
Shaun Peel and Katy PrickettCambridgeshire Martin Giles/BBC Hephzibah wrote a book with a black lead character after complaining…
A curiosity worth sweating over • Inside Story
Madison Griffiths’s probing new book begins with “a curiosity worth sweating over.” She’s on the other side of…
What’s Happening at the Library? September 19, 2025
News from the J.V. Fletcher – 515 Groton Rd. (temporary location), Westford, 978-399-2300. Unless otherwise noted, the following…
5 new Australian publishers are making defiant, weird, grass-roots books
In the past year or so, three Australian publishing mergers happened within a few short months. Text Publishing,…
A curiosity worth sweating over • Inside Story
Madison Griffiths’s probing new book begins with “a curiosity worth sweating over.” She’s on the other side of…
Fiction takes top three spots for first time in 2025
Friday, 19 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Top 10 bestsellers Wild Card (Elsie Silver, Piatkus) The Secret of…
Taliban ban books written by women from Afghan universities
A member of the committee reviewing the books confirmed the ban on books written by women, telling BBC…
Alexandra Posadzki among finalists for $30K National Business Book Award
Alexandra Posadzki is the author of Rogers V. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada’s Telecom Empire. (Brent…
Sarah Moss’ ‘Ripeness’ looks at two eras in a woman’s life
In the arresting opening scene of Sarah Moss’ new novel, “Ripeness,” we meet Edith, 73, smushed beneath the…