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David Soul, half of TV's Starsky and Hutch, dead at 80

1970s heartthrob David Soul, who co-starred as the blond half of the TV crime-fighting duo Starsky & Hutchand topped the music charts with the ballad Don't Give Up on Us,has died at the age of 80.

Jets beat Red Wings with ease, extend winning streak to three games

Nikolaj Ehlers and Kyle Connor scored in the first period and Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves, leading the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. settles civil sex abuse case, averting trial

Cuba Gooding Jr. has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records.

Spanish novelist Javier Maras dead at age 70

The acclaimed novelist, translator and columnist was known as one of Spains greatest contemporary writers.

U.S. author Jesmyn Ward wins Library of Congress fiction prize

Ward is the youngest person to receive the U.S.-based librarys fiction award for her lifetime of work examining racism and social injustice.

Geetanjali Shree and translator Daisy Rockwell win $80K International Booker Prize for novel Tomb of Sand

The Indian author's book is the first Hindi work to win the award. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for a single book that is translated into English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. There were no Canadians on the shortlist in 2022.

Bono memoir Surrender to be released in Canada this fall

The book's subtitle is 40 Songs, One Story,a reference to the structure of Surrender: 40 chapters, each named for a U2 song. Surrender will be published in Canada on Nov. 1. 2022.

Personal letters of the late British author John le Carr to be published this fall

A Private Spy will be published Nov. 8, 2022. The forthcoming book includes personal correspondence with family, politicians, writers and famous actors such as Ralph Fiennes, Hugh Laurie and Alec Guinness.

Children's edition of the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu's The Book of Joy coming this fall

The bestselling 2016 nonfiction book, in which the two Nobel Peace Prize winners explore the challenges of living a joyful life, is being turned into a picture book. The Little Book of Joy is set for a Sept. 27 release.

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen releasing book together in Oct. 2021

Renegades: Born in the USAis a bound edition of the popular Renegadespodcast . The $65 book will include rare photographs, handwritten Springsteen lyrics and annotated Obama speeches.