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2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists Announced
Finalists in six categories for the annual awards honoring the best books of the previous publishing year have been announced. 'New York Times' critic Jennifer Wilson, poet Joy Harjo, and City Lights Booksellers & Publishers have won special awards.
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Sabaa Tahir's Printz Win: Disneyland and an Emotional Support Cat
Sabaa Tahir, author of the YA novel 'All My Rage,' knows for sure that her fateful Zoom call from the Printz committee came on Tuesday, January 24, because the following day she went to Disneyland with her family; the novel, which tells the story of a working-class Pakistani American family in the California desert, was inspired in part by her childhood experiences.
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Amina Luqman-Dawson's Newbery Win: A Dual Celebration
We spoke with Amina Luqman-Dawson about her immediate reaction to the news that her middle-grade historical novel 'Freewater,' inspired by the escape of formerly enslaved people, won this year's Coretta Scott King Book Award and the John Newbery Medal.
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When They Got the Call: PW Speaks with the 2023 Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Winners
We spoke with the three big ALA Award winners about their initial reactions to the news.
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Luqman-Dawson, Salati, and Tahir Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards
The Youth Media Awards were announced January 30 during the American Library Association’s LibLearnXconference in New Orleans.
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Winners of Inaugural Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award Named
The Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education has announced the two books that are the first recipients of the Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award for excellence in literature for young children.
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2023 BolognaRagazzi Award Winners Announced
The winners of this year’s BolognaRagazzi Awards presented by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair have been announced.
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2023 Walter Dean Myers Awards Announced
The winners and honorees of the Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature have been announced.
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Inaugural Russell Freedman Award Honors Late Author's Impact
The winners of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' inaugural Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World were announced on November 29.
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Venezuela's Editorial Dahbar Receives 2022 AAP International Freedom to Publish Award
The AAP cited the Venezuelan publisher for exhibiting "tremendous courage and commitment in continuing to publish, even as the social and political environments in Venezuela have deteriorated, causing many others to flee the country.”
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Hrab, Kazemi, and Ferguson Selected as 2022 Governor General's Literary Awards Winners
The winners of the 2022 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on November 16 by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Sabaa Tahir Wins 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Sabaa Tahir received this year's Young People's Literature prize for her YA novel 'All My Rage'; during her tearful acceptance speech, Tahir noted, "I am the first Muslim and Pakistani American woman to win this award.”
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Gunty, Keene, Perry, Schweblin, Tahir Win 2022 National Book Awards
Tess Gunty, John Keene, Imani Perry, Samanta Schweblin, and Sabaa Tahir are the winners of this year's National Book Awards, which were bestowed on November 16 at the first in-person NBA ceremony since 2019.
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HarperCollins Union Workers Bring Strike to the National Book Awards
As guests lined up to walk the red carpet at the 73rd National Book Awards, many were greeted by HC union employees offering information about worker rights and fair wages.
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Ruoxi Chen Named PW Star Watch Superstar of 2022
In a star-studded night that celebrated more than 40 publishing professionals, Tordotcom Publishing editor Ruoxi Chen walked away with the top prize and used her moment to call attention to the HarperCollins union strike.
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PW Announces Five 2022 Star Watch Finalists
Selected honorees include publishing professionals from Clarion Books, Tordotcom Publishing, Lerner Publishing Group, Familius and Little, Brown.
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Publishers Weekly Announces 2022 Star Watch Honorees
This year's honorees come from all parts of the publishing industry and will be saluted at an event set for November 15 in New York City.
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Sri Lankan Author Shehan Karunatilaka Named 2022 Booker Prize Winner
Her Majesty the Queen Consort presented the prize to Shelan Karunatilaka for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' in a ceremony on October 17.
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Annie Ernaux Wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
The French author Annie Ernaux has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, collective restraints of personal memory.”
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Finalists for 2022 NBA in Young People's Literature Announced
The National Book Foundation has announced the five finalists for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.