Legal system’s ‘data desert’ keeps many court rulings out of public reach In many major cities and communities, it’s impossible to access even basic court records

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AI’s theft of the em-dash isn’t just disheartening – it foreshadows our downfall I fear we’ve handed our uniquely human ability to think over to the powers that be

"Widespread AI use risks 'cognitive atrophy.' In scientific terms, that means our brains could turn to mush."
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The Last Titans sizes up the leaders of England and France during war and its aftermath Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle get side-by-side comparison in new dual biography by Richard Vinen

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Former Toronto homicide cop Hank Idsinga takes The High Road Retired inspector offers behind-the-scenes look at Toronto Police Service in new memoir

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10 New Books Coming Out This Week Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. Molly Harper, A Cute Little Murder (Berkley) “Delivers quaint charm, humor, and an intricate isolated location my…

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Perkins House in Liverpool expects $50,000 in provincial grant funding after budget cut in February | CBC News A community museum in Nova Scotia that faced closure just two months ago now has new life thanks to a provincial grant. Other museums are hoping for a similar outcome.

N.S. museum gets reprieve, sparking renewed hope for others

Perkins House in Liverpool expects $50,000 in provincial grant funding after budget cut in February
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The Best True Crime of the Month: April 2026 6 new works of true crime history and reportage out this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. Kit Chellel, Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Change…

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Do You Know Which Books Feature These Sharp Lines? Try this short quiz on memorably snarky retorts and observations from five literary works.

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Why Are We Still Obsessed With the Titanic? These Novels Hold the Answer.

Why Are We Still Obsessed With the Titanic? These Novels Hold the Answer.
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Globe columnists among authors nominated for this year’s Donner Prize Tony Keller’s Borderline Chaos and John Ibbitson’s Breaking Point make shortlist

Globe columnists among authors nominated for this year’s Donner Prize /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Helen DeWitt Says She Rejected $175K Award | Kirkus Reviews The author went on social media to reveal that she had turned down a Windham-Campbell Prize.

Author Helen DeWitt has the social media platform X abuzz after posting that she turned down a $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize.
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Opinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This

'Doing the Freakin’ Work,' says author Colson Whitehead
'Read the book, not the summary.
Write the piece, not the prompt.
Suffer like the artist you are. It ain’t easy, but if it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth doing.'

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Bob Dylan and the Beatles: When the Fab Four Became the Fab Five

Bob Dylan and the Beatles: When the Fab Four Became the Fab Five www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/b...

9 New Books We Love This Week

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Is AI the greatest art heist in history? New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it

Is AI the greatest art heist in history?
New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it.
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London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe review – a compulsive tale of money, lies and avoidable tragedy A New Yorker writer traces the web of deceit that led a troubled teenager to his violent death

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe review – a compulsive tale of money, lies and avoidable tragedy.
A New Yorker writer traces the web of deceit that led a troubled teenager to his violent death.
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How the publishing industry is navigating a surge of AI-generated content | CBC News The recent cancelling of a horror novelist's book demonstrates the conundrum that literary professionals face as they comb through every pitch, query letter and manuscript lobbed their way: how do you...

'Explain to me how something that doesn't feel can write great story'
A novelist was accused of using AI. Why the literary world is still grappling with guardrails.
Publisher Hachette cancelled book's release after report accused writer of using AI.
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The Governors General is far from authoritative – but it’s a delicious read /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

MFA Newsletter Spring 2026 News about, from, and for students, staff, alumni, and friends of the University of King's College Writing & Publishing Program.

Read all about it! The latest on new books by graduates, our Writing & Storytelling conference, and other news from the MFA in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction programs at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

MFA Newsletter Spring 2026
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In new book London Falling, @praddenkeefe.bsky.social tells his most intimate true story yet /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Where Does Publishing’s A.I. Problem Leave Authors and Readers? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/b...

Second annual Creative Writing & Storytelling Conference hosted by the MFA in Writing & Publishing Program, University of King's College in Halifax
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The Unsolved, Untold Mystery of Globemaster 49-244 On March 23, 1951, the U.S. Air Force suffered the worst air disaster in its short history. A C-124 Globemaster cargo plane, tail number 49-244, carrying fifty-three passengers and crew, was crossi…

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TV Adaptation of ‘London Falling’ in the Works | Kirkus Reviews A24 UK is developing a limited series based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book.

TV Adaptation of @praddenkeefe.bsky.social's ‘London Falling’ in the Works
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling (Doubleday) “Consider this a real-life Harlan Coben novel. After 19-year-old Zac B…

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Opinion | What Trump Is Doing to the English Language

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/o...

How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?

An analysis of AI Overviews found they were accurate 9 times out of 10. With Google processing 5 trillion searches a year, it provides tens of millions of erroneous answers every hour - hundreds of thousands every minute
How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?
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Standards Editor: What newsrooms are doing to stay ahead of AI The Globe requires contributors to attest that their work is ‘original’ and created without AI

Standards Editor: What newsrooms are doing to stay ahead of AI /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/standards-ed...

How AI Is Creeping Into The New York Times Artificial intelligence seems to be turning up, undisclosed, in the opinion pages of major news publications.

How AI Is Creeping Into The New York Times
Artificial intelligence seems to be turning up, undisclosed, in the opinion pages of major news publications.
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Original Sin by Kathryn Paige Harden review – are criminals born or made? A psychologist delves into the genetics of bad behaviour in a book littered with fascinating scientific findings

Original Sin by Kathryn Paige Harden review – are criminals born or made?
A psychologist delves into the genetics of bad behaviour in a book littered with fascinating scientific findings
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