Pics of the Week, 5/16
-- Publishers Weekly, 5/16/2005
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This week our pictures present the winners of this year's Mazel Scholarships in the publishing certificate program at CUNY; Scholastic's Encyclopedia Latina; Meg Wolitzer at the Small Press Center's first annual New York Roundtable Writers Conference; and a Southern-fried vampire gothic romance in San Diego. | |
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MAZEL TOV TO CUNY PUBLISHING STUDENTS
The publishing certificate program at City College held its annual luncheon to celebrate the recipients of the $1,000 Mazel Opportunity Scholarships, awarded each year to two students. Pictured flanking Bernard Mazel are winners Natalie Siregar (l.) and Ferva Syed. Standing behind them (l. to r.) are Catherine Mckinley, associate director of the program, and David Unger, the program's executive director. |
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THE BOOK ON LATINOS
Scholastic held a reception at its headquarters in New York City to celebrate the launch of Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture and Society in the United States, the first encyclopedia focused on Latinos in the U.S. Pictured (l. to r.) are Ilan Stavans, editor-in-chief; musician Paquito D'Rivera, Carlos Ponce, actor and singer; musician Alon Yavnia; and Dick Robinson, president and CEO of Scholastic. |
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SMALL PRESS ROUNDTABLE
Novelist Meg Wolitzer (holding a copy of her newest novel, The Position, from Scribner) was the keynote speaker at the Small Press Center's first annual New York Roundtable Writers Conference, held late last month at the Algonquin Hotel. |
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SOUTHERN-FRIED GOTHIC ROMANCE
Mystery writer Charlaine Harris and the staff of the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego celebrate Dead As a Doornail, her newest Sookie Stackhouse vampire romance mystery, and its jump to number 14 on the New York Times bestseller list. Pictured (l. to r.) are Elizabeth Baldwin, Linda Tonnesen, Gordon Van Such, Harris, Patrick Heffernan and Christine Van Such.
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