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 TheBook 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
YA or Not YA?: 'Stitches' Gets NBA Nomination By Karen Springen - 10/15/2009
On Wednesday, Caldecott Medalist David Small’s graphic novel-style memoir, Stitches, became a 2009 National Book Award finalist in the Young People’s Literature category—which has led to some discussion and debate, along with the usual congratulations.
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National Book Award Finalists Announced By Lynn Andriani - 10/14/2009
The National Book Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2009 National Book Awards. One debut fiction writer made the list, as well as three previous NBA finalists and the second graphic novel in the Awards’ history. Farrar, Straus & Giroux landed three nominations and Holt two giving Macmillan five nominees. Random House has three finalists, one from Little Random and two from Knopf; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Norton each nabbed two.
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NBCC Celebrates 35th Anniversary of Awards with Roundtable By Lynn Andriani - 09/11/2009
The National Book Critics Circle is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its awards this year. As part of the festivities, E.L. Doctorow and John Ashbery, who won the first NBCC Awards in fiction and poetry (for Ragtime and Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, respectively) will talk about the organization’s legacy at a discussion on September 12.
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Bellwether Prize to Accept Submissions September 1 By Lynn Andriani - 08/17/2009
The Bellwether Prize committee will accept submissions from September 1 through October 2 for the 2010 award. The literary prize, established by Barbara Kingsolver, supports the writing and publication of serious literary fiction addressing issues of social justice in culture and human relations. It has been awarded in even-numbered years for the past decade.
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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.
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