Tiny Reparations signs two by National Book Award nominee LaToya Watkins, Tia Williams reups with Grand Central, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
Two prominent novelists have broken with PEN America over the organization’s decision to platform controversial actor and outspoken ceasefire opponent Mayim Bialik, as well as its relative silence on the unfolding genocide in Gaza (which so far has claimed the lives of at least 120 writers,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-01-31 20:56:06 UTC ]
The author, whose novel “Blackouts” won the National Book Award last month, talks about sex in fiction, censorship, and the pleasure of what goes on in the shadows. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2023-12-31 11:00:00 UTC ]
This year, the nonprofit publisher won its first National Book Award for Craig Santos Perez's poetry collection 'from unincorporated territory [åmot].' Its publisher, Rusty Morrison, forecasts solid sales for that title, and others, this holiday season. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
The bunny is having its book cover moment. If you don’t believe me, head to your closest bookstore and look for recent award winners: you’ll find Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny, recently shortlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, cozied up next to last year’s winner for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-11-29 09:51:35 UTC ]
This year’s winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, Justin Torres’s Blackouts is a complex story about recovering the history of erased and ignored gay lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2023-11-16 19:12:00 UTC ]
Ned Blackhawk received the nonfiction award, with “The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-11-16 12:36:45 UTC ]
With several National Book Awards finalists planning to call for a ceasefire in Gaza at tomorrow's ceremony, Zibby Media has withdrawn its sponsorship of the event over what CEO Zibby Owens called the "inappropriate conduct and collusion of its nominees." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
After nearly 40 years as a professor, he began a new career writing poems and translating classics. He won a National Book Award when he was 86. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-11-11 18:29:17 UTC ]
The National Book Award winner smuggles profound reflections on pain and loss into novels of deceptive lightness. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-10-30 14:52:48 UTC ]
Oprah has chosen her 103rd book club pick. It's the latest from a two-time National Book Award winner and one of our great modern writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-10-24 17:43:43 UTC ]
Books & Books recently had the pleasure of hosting three-time National Book Award finalist and best-selling author Lauren Groff, presenting her new novel, The Vaster Wilds. The New York Times calls it “a lonely novel of hunger and survival.” The brilliant Groff reads from her adventure novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-10-20 08:11:49 UTC ]
This letter was originally published by ArabLit. The shocking and tragic events that began on October 7th and are ongoing today have had repercussions all over the globe, including within the publishing world. Award-winning Palestinian author Adania Shibli, who was a finalist for the 2020... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-10-17 09:05:58 UTC ]
Today, the National Book Foundation announced their finalists for the 2023 National Book Awards in five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature. Five winners will be selected from the twenty-five finalists and announced on Wednesday, November... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-10-03 14:15:17 UTC ]
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Paul Harding and Cristina Rivera Garza are among the honorees. Winners will be announced next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-10-03 14:00:07 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has revealed the five finalists for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has announced the 2022 National Book Award longlists. Five finalists in each of the five categories will be announced at an awards ceremony on November 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction. The ten titles on the longlist were selected from a pool of 496 books submitted for consideration by their publishers; this year’s judges for Fiction are Steph Cha, Calvin Crosby, Silas... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-15 14:15:56 UTC ]
A majority of newcomers: Nine of the 10 longlisted nonfiction authors in 2023 are getting National Book Award attention for the first time. The post US National Book Awards 2023 Longlist: Nonfiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-09-14 22:53:40 UTC ]
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction. The ten titles on the longlist were selected from a pool of 638 books submitted for consideration by their publishers; this year’s judges for Nonfiction are Hanif Abdurraqib, Ada Ferrer... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-14 19:15:07 UTC ]