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Paul Lynch Wins 2023 Booker Prize for 'Prophet Song'
The Irish novelist has won the 2023 Booker Prize for his latest, which our reviewer calls a "slow-burning dystopian novel" about an Irish family "shattered by the rise of a radical right-wing party."
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Torres, Blackhawk, Santos Perez, Gardel, Lobato, Santat Win 2023 National Book Awards
'Blackouts,' 'The Rediscovery of America,' 'unincorporated territory [åmot],' 'The Words That Remain,' and 'A First Time for Everything' took home this year's National Book Awards at a ceremony that concluded with more than a dozen finalists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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NYT, NYPL Announce Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2023
The 'New York Times Book Review' and the New York Public Library have announced the 10 winners of the Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award.
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LeVar Burton to Host 2023 National Book Awards
Burton replaces Drew Barrymore, whose invitation to host the awards was rescinded following her decision to continue filming and airing her talk show amid the Writers Guild of America strike.
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Jon Fosse Wins 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature
Norwegian author Jon Fosse has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
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Finalists for 2023 NBA in Young People's Literature Announced
The National Book Foundation has revealed the five finalists for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
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2023 National Book Award Shortlists Announced
The National Book Foundation has announced the 2023 National Book Award shortlists. The winners in each of the five categories will be announced at an awards ceremony on November 15.
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2023 Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
The six-book shortlist for this year's Booker Prize for Fiction includes books by the Americans Jonathan Escoffery and Paul Harding. The winner will be announced on November 26.
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2023 National Book Award Longlists Announced
The National Book Foundation has announced the 2023 National Book Award longlists. Five finalists in each of the five categories will be named on October 3, and the winners will be announced during the awards ceremony on November 15.
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2023 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced
The National Book Foundation has revealed the 2023 National Book Award longlist for Young People's Literature. The five finalists will be named on October 3, and the winner will be announced during the awards ceremony on November 15 in New York City.
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National Book Awards Drops Drew Barrymore as Host
The National Book Awards has rescinded its invitation to Drew Barrymore to host the 74th National Book Awards.
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Giancarlo DiTrapano Foundation Names First Fully Funded Class of Residents
Nathan Dragon, Zans Brady Krohn, Honor Levy, Alejandro Parisi, and Amanda VanValkenburg comprise the inaugural fully funded class of residents at the Giancarlo DiTrapano Foundation.
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2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize Winners Announced
'Guernica,' 'Mizna,' 'Orion,' the 'Paris Review,' the 'Los Angeles Review of Books,' 'n+1,' and 'Oxford American' are the winners of this year's Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes.
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PW's Calvin Reid Wins CXC's Tom Spurgeon Award
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus will present the annual Tom Spurgeon Award, which recognizes individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of comics, to former 'PW' senior news editor Reid, who in his 36-year tenure at 'PW' was instrumental in expanding the magazine's coverage of comics and graphic novels.
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WNDB Announces Books Save Lives Grantees
Five schools, each located in states affected by book bans, will receive up to $5,000 in diverse titles for students and libraries from We Need Diverse Books.
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2023 Booker Prize Longlist Announced
The longlist for the 2023 Booker Prize was announced on August 1. Among the 13 authors to make the list, 10, including four debut novelists, were longlisted for the first time.
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Octavia Butler Avenue Designated in Lake Forest Park, Wash.
City officials in Lake Forest Park, Wash., dedicated a section of 37th Avenue NE to science fiction and fantasy author Octavia E. Butler on July 29.
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Booksellers Launch New Translation Book Prize
Two Pacific Northwest–based book workers have cofounded the Cercador Prize for Translation. A committee of five booksellers will nominate titles and award a winning translator $1,000.
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Lambda Literary Awards Return In Person to Much Fanfare
On pause since 2020, the June 9 event honored LGBTQ+ writers from across the country and celebrated the organization's history and expansion of advocacy efforts.