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A new report called Dangerous by Design shows that pedestrian death numbers are rising in the Tampa Bay area.

Check out some of the books discussed on national CBC Radio programs between April 22-29.

The Next Chapter columnist recommended recent novels by Asian writers in the diaspora.

EXCLUSIVE: Leslie Morgenstein, founder of Alloy Entertainment and producer of series including Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars, is staying at Warner Bros. Morgenstein has struck a contract extension with Warner Bros.

Marie Claire asked authors who are known for their summer beach reads, from Jennifer Weiner to Elin Hilderbrand, to recommend their personal favorites.

The weekend is here and there's a whole range of new books, movies and video games on offer. Here's what's good in Australia this week.

0Shares Don’t be evil. It’s the epigraph of David Yoon’s new satirical tech thriller, Version Zero. Yoon cites the quote as an “Internet proverb,” though it’s actually taken from the corporate code of conduct at Google. As our lives have shifted onto the Internet, we become ever more reliant on the hope that Google—and the other giant tech companies that rule the world—will keep their promise to not be evil . Spoiler: They broke that promise a long time ago. Penguin Random Hous...

Embed G.P. Putnams Sons Everybody jokes about just doing away with the Internet after some data hack, service outage or other frustration reveals how much of our lives revolve around it. As David Yoon writes in his new novel about a fictitious platform called Wren — and only the name may be fictitious: Everyone loved it, everyone hated it. People used it for news. For gossip. Social plans. Dining tips. Political views. Dating. Shopping. Driving directions. Blablabla ... The people cou...

Elizabeth Strout, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Olive Kitteridge, sold world rights to Oh William! to Andy Ward at Random House. The novel, RH said, is about a formerly married couple who are now friends. They watch their children grow up and reckon with their own pasts as they “unearth the kind of long-buried family secret that rearranges everything we think we know about those closest to us.” Strout was represented by Molly Friedrich and Oh William! is slated for October. Putnam Goes ...