The Best PageTurners

by Staff, PW Daily -- Publishers Weekly, 11/23/2005

Dallas County Community Colleges and San Francisco's Litquake festival were the two top winners in the first PageTurner Awards sponsored by James Patterson. The Dallas Community Colleges were honored for their support of its annual citywide African American Read-In, which provides books to children and adults. Litquake was hailed for conducting an annual event that makes reading fun. Both organizations received $25,000.

A total of 34 winners were announced yesterday by Patterson, and a total of more than $100,000 awarded. Patterson launched the program earlier this year to reward people and organizations that promote the joy of reading. A full list of the winners can be found at www.pattersonpageturner.org.