Big Night for the Little Guys

It was a big evening for independent publishers at the National Book Critics Circle Awards this year. Copper Canyon Press, Graywolf Press, and Lookout Books scored wins in poetry, criticism, and fiction, respectively. Edith Pearlman, whose story collection Binocular Vision took home the fiction prize, thanked her publisher, Lookout Books (the press for the University of North Carolina Wilmington), for choosing her as their debut author. “Little presses and little magazines are dedicated to keeping literature alive, and they deserve thanks from every writer; tonight, particularly from me,” said Pearlman. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-readers Are Big Winners in Tablet Wars

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[ PC World | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The Great Big Book of Horrible Things,’ by Matthew White

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[ The New York Times | 2011-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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