Kate DiCamillo and David Levithan were among the 10 authors who made the first-ever long-list of finalists for the National Book Awards, part of a new nominating process that prize organizers hope will lead to increased attention and sales.Ms. DiCamillo and Mr. Levithan were nominees in the Young People's Literature category, announced Monday by the National Book Foundation, which presents the awards. Over the next three days, 10 finalists will be announced for each of the remaining three competitive categories—poetry, nonfiction and fiction. On Oct. 16, the nominees will be narrowed to five for each category. The winners, each of whom receive $10,000, will be revealed at a Nov. 20 dinner and ceremony in New York City.Earlier this month, the book foundation announced that E.L. Doctorow and Maya Angelou would receive honorary awards.Publishers, some of whom sit on the book foundation's board and contribute thousands of dollars for tables at the ceremony, have worried in recent years that judges—especially fiction judges—have been overlooking such high-profile books as Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" in favor of more obscure releases. Anxious for the National Book Awards to match, or least approach, the commercial power of Britain's Man Booker Prize, the board added long-lists and expanded the pool of judges. The awards had long been voted on by panels of fellow writers, but judges this year also come from the bookselling, journalism and library communities.The young people's... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Festival directors, journalists, authors, broadcasters, editors, publishers, booksellers, illustrators, translators, educators, and literary agents are among the big cohort of judges for the 2019 'Nibbies.' The post British Book Awards: More Than 65 Judges for 2019 appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some of New Zealand's best-known authors are in the running for the country's most prestigious literary awards. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The nonprofit organization PEN America announced the finalists for their annual literary awards on Thursday, with books by Ada Limón, Richard Powers, Tommy Orange and Ling Ma among the nominees. Powers' novel "The Overstory" and Limón's poetry collection "The Carrying" made the shortlist for the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its annual literary awards on Tuesday, with Zadie Smith, Rachel Kushner, Robert Christgau and the late Denis Johnson among the nominees. Los Angeles author Kushner's "The Mars Room" and Johnson's "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" both... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Denpa Books, a new indie manga publisher specializing in an eclectic list of titles for grown-up readers, debuted at AnimeNYC in late 2018, and has announced several new titles coming in 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Critics Circle has announced 31 finalists in six categories––autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry––for the annual National Book Critic Circle Awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barack Obama has revealed his favourite books of 2018—and his wife Michelle's memoir Becoming (Viking) has topped his list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer and broadcaster Kate Humble and novelist Rachel Joyce will join the final judging panel which selects the overall winner of the 2018 Costa Book of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book publishing is a business and increasingly a technical one, but at its heart it is an art, writes Peter J. Dougherty from Princeton University Press in this opinion piece. Continue reading at Knowledge@Wharton
[ Knowledge@Wharton | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tessa Jowell and Frances D’Souza have won Best Memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black has won this year’s £6,000 Saltire Book of the Year award for All That Remains: A Life in Death (Transworld), while Canongate picked up the prize for publisher of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women writers have excelled at the An Post Irish Book Awards, taking home the majority of awards for the first time, with authors such as Sally Rooney, Liz Nugent and Emilie Pine among the winning authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Costa Book Awards for 2018 drew a record 641 entries across the program's five categories. In January, the five category winners will be announced, followed by the overall winner's ceremony. The post The UK’s Costa Book Awards Shortlists: Half Debuts, £35,000 in Prize Money appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards will next year be sponsored by Simon & Schuster UK's women’s fiction community, Books and the City. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winners of the 2018 National Book Awards were announced at a ceremony in New York on Wednesday night, with almost all of the prestigious literary prizes going to authors of color. Sigrid Nunez took home the fiction award for "The Friend," her novel about a woman who inherits a Great Dane... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 69th National Book Awards took place in New York last night, emphasising the importance of translation and open borders. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author spoke out at the National Book Awards against the rise of "nationalism and racism" in politics. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Chilean-American Isabel Allende receives the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the National Book Awards. The post National Book Awards Honor Allende: ‘I’ve Found a Place’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the 69th National Book Awards, the political fervor underpinning the past few ceremonies remained, even as a somewhat tongue-in-cheek lightness rose to the fore. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two debuts have made it on to the 2019 Blue Peter Book Awards' Best Story shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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