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  • Finalists Announced for $100,000 Jewish Literature Prize
    01/29/2009
    The five fiction finalists for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature is: Elisa Albert for The Book of Dahlia (Free Press); Sana Krasikov for One More Year (Spiegel & Grau); Anne Landsman for The Rowing Lesson (Soho Press); Dalia Sofer for The Septembers of Shiraz (Ecco); and Anya Ulinich for Petropolis (Viking Penguin). More

  • PubWest Awards Rittenhouse to Chuck Hutchinson
    By Lynn Andriani - 06/25/2009
    Charles “Chuck” S. Hutchinson Jr. has won the 2009 Jack D. Rittenhouse Award. The award, which honors people who have made outstanding contributions to the book community in the West, is given by the Publishers Association of the West. More
  • Michael Thomas Wins IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
    By Lynn Andriani - 06/11/2009
    Michael Thomas has won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel, Man Gone Down, which Black Cat, a paperback original imprint of Grove/Atlantic, published in 2007. The IMPAC Dublin is the world’s richest literary prize, worth €100,000 (almost US $150,000). More
  • Brenda Burchard Wins Jan Nathan Scholarship
    By Lynn Andriani - 06/10/2009
    Brenda Burchard manages Safer Society Press, an arm of the Safer Society Foundation, a non-profit that provides resources for the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse. Burcard said she plans to use the knowledge she gains at Stanford to generate revenue for the press and market titles using social media. More
  • 'Blood Ties' Takes Red House Prize
    06/11/2009
    Sophie McKenzie's Blood Ties, a YA thriller that explores genetic engineering, has won Britain’s Red House Children's Book Award, the only prize voted for entirely by children (this year, more than 143,000). U.S. rights, which are held by agent Rosemary Canter, have not yet been sold. More
  • James King Wins Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
    By Lynn Andriani - 05/27/2009
    A freelance corporate writer has won this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. James King, author of Bill Warrington’s Last Chance, landed a $25,000 contract with Viking. “This is an unbelievable feeling,” King said to the small crowd gathered at Battery Gardens restaurant in Manhattan this morning. “It’s a dream come true.” More
  • Patterson Among Five Reading Innovators Honored by National Book Foundation
    By Lynn Andriani - 05/06/2009
    The board of the National Book Foundation has awarded its first Innovations in Reading Prizes. The board selected the winners—one individual and four organizations—because of their innovative efforts to share their love of books and reading at a grassroots level, both in their communities and online. Each winner will receive $2,500 and a certificate. More
  • The Edgars Celebrate 63 Years
    By Peter Cannon - 05/04/2009
    In Edgar Allan Poe’s bicentennial year, the Mystery Writers of America paid more than usual tribute to the mystery genre’s founder at their annual dinner, held the night of April 30 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. More
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