ALA Midwinter 2017: Colson Whitehead, Matthew Desmond Win ALA Carnegie Medals

The selections were announced on Sunday, January 22, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, with an official award ceremony to come this summer, at the ALA annual conference, set for Chicago. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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With LibLearnX, The ALA Midwinter Meeting Is Reborn

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Here’s the shortlist for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

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With ‘Harlem Shuffle,’ Colson Whitehead proves once again that he’s a master of reinvention

Perhaps it was only a matter of time before he drove down 125th Street in his native New York City to deliver a wry crime novel. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Colson Whitehead on the Unifying Theme of His Novels

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ALA 2021 Virtual Midwinter Meeting Gets Underway

First Lady Jill Biden, Author Ibram X. Kendi, and Amanda Gorman, the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the United States who stole the show at President Biden's inauguration this week, are among those scheduled to speak at the 2021 ALA virtual Midwinter Meeting, which runs through Tuesday,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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First Lady Jill Biden to Speak at the 2021 ALA Virtual Midwinter Meeting

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Ibram X. Kendi, Ethan Hawke Among ALA Midwinter Meeting Speakers

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Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

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