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Walter Dean Myers Named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
As a kid growing up in Harlem, Walter Dean Myers admits he often led with his fists and struggled academically before dropping out of high school at 17 to join the army. But in the decades since, he's proved to be a master at using words to make his case — a skill that will be in high demand as he becomes the nation's third Ambassador for Young People's Literature. He succeeds Katherine Paterson, who has served since 2010.
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Australia Names Two Children's Laureates
Alison Lester and Boori Pryor have been named Australia's first-ever Children's Laureates. They will travel to every state and territory in the country during their two-year terms, “to inspire as many children to read as possible.”
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Liksom Takes the 2011 Finlandia Prize
The Trans-Siberian Express is the backdrop for the winning novel Compartment No. 6 (or Hytti no. 6 in Finnish) for the 2011 Finlandia Prize.
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Russian Booker of the Decade Goes to Chudakov
Alexander Chudakov won the Russian Booker of the Decade with A Gloom is Cast Upon the Ancient Steps, a novel that was short-listed for the 2001 Russian Booker Prize.
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Letters, Blizzard and Magic at Russia's 2011 Big Book Award
At this year’s Big Book Award, the biggest literary award in Russia, held at the Russian National Library’s Pashkov House, the winners were familiar names with proven literary credentials.
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NBA Winners Get Audiobooks from Recorded Books
Recorded Books will publish audiobooks of the 2011 National Book Awards winners in three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and young people's literature.
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Percy Siblings Both Get NEA Grants
As PW reported on Friday, the National Endowment for the Arts is awarding 863 grants totaling $22.5 million to organizations and individual writers across the country. Two of those individual writers are siblings: Benjamin Percy and Jennifer Percy.
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NBA Winners Going Back to Press
The four winners at Wednesday's National Book Awards are all getting rewarded by their publishers with increased print runs.
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NEA Gives $22 Million Across 863 Grants
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced it will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country, totaling $22.5 million.
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PW Talks with NBA Winner Thanhha Lai
"This is more than I could have ever expected from telling one little story." With those words Thanhha Lai accepted the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature this past Wednesday night.
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National Book Awards 2011: The Finalists in Their Finery
The National Book Awards dinner is a gala affair, and while there can only be one winner, it's a huge event for all of the finalists. Our photographer caught up with each of the finalists in the Young People's Literature category last night.
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National Book Awards Go to Lai, Finney, Greenblatt, and Ward
The big winners at the 2011 National Book Awards were Thanhha Lai, Nikky Finney, Stephen Greenblatt, and Jesmyn Ward.
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Winners Named in the Tenth Annual Hurston/Wright Legacy Lit Awards
The 10th annual Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright Legacy Awards for outstanding contributions to literature by African American writers were presented November 10th at a ceremony in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
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Milkweed Announces $10,000 Regional Poetry Prize
Milkweed Editions has announced that the Minneapolis literary nonprofit press is establishing in collaboration with a local law firm the annual Lindquist & Vennum Prize for poetry.
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Handicapping the Field: NBA Finalists in Fiction
The 2011 National Book Award winners will be announced next week on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Below, a score-card for your office or at-home betting pool and a breakdown of the fiction contenders from 2010 NBA winner Jaimy Gordon.
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Esi Edugyan’s Novel Wins Big Canadian Fiction Prize
Esi Edugyan’s novel Half-Blood Blues is this year’s winner of the C$50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada’s richest prize for fiction.
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PW Best Books 2011: Children's Books
We've assembled our list of the very best books published for children and teens in 2011. Did your favorites make the cut? Click through to see our selections for the year's best picture books, fiction, and nonfiction.
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'Poor Economics' Wins Business Book of the Year
Poor Economics by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo has won the FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year.
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