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Thrillerfest XIV: The Crimes, They Are A-Changin'
At a spirited banquet, the mystery/thriller community fêted John Sandford and Harlan Coben, among others, and named Outlander creator Diana Gabaldon next year's ThrillerMaster.
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Joy Harjo Named U.S. Poet Laureate
Harjo, an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, is the first Native American poet to hold the post, as well as the nation's first poet laureate from the state of Oklahoma. She succeeds Tracy K. Smith.
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New Award for Self-Publishers Announced
IngramSpark, Ingram’s self-publishing platform, 'Publishers Weekly,' and BookBrunch, the daily online news service for the U.K. book industry, are launching the Selfies Awards for U.S.self-published authors.
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Dick Robinson Calls Reading a 'Civil Right' at PEN Gala
The Scholastic CEO was this year's publishing honoree at the PEN America Literary Gala, held Tuesday night at the Museum of Natural History in New York.
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Amazon Literary Partnership Awards $1M in Lit Funding
The Amazon Literary Partnership has awarded $1 million in support to 66 literary nonprofits, in addition to awarding grants of $120,000 each to the Academy of American Poets and to the Community of Literary Presses and Magazines.
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Patti Smith Wins 2019 'One Book, One New York' Vote
Rock star and author Smith's 'Just Kids' is the winner of the 2019 'One Book, One New York' contest.
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This Year's Triangle Award Winners Announced
Alexander Chee, Hieu Minh Nguyen, and Imani Perry are among the winners of the 31st annual Triangle Awards, honoring LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans literature published in 2018.
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The Mystery Writers Have Their Night
Among the winners, Walter Mosley won the Edgar for Best Novel for 'Down the River Unto the Sea,' while Robert Fieseler took home the prize for Best Fact Crime for 'Tinderbox.'
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Inaugural Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships Announced
The Academy of American Poets has announced the recipients of its inaugural fellowships,awarding 13 poets laureate across the U.S. with a combined $1,050,000 in recognition of their literary merit and to support civic programs.
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Powers, Blight, Stewart Win Pulitzers in Fiction, History, Biography
The 2019 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters were awarded in the book categories of fiction, history, biography poetry, general nonfiction, and criticism on Monday afternoon at the Columbia University School of Journalism in Manhattan.
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