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Bologna Welcomes Two New Fellows
This year’s fellows are Benas Berantas from Vilnius, Lithuania, and Crenguta Mihaila Podolan, from Bucharest, Romania.
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Bologna Picks the Best Children’s Publishers in Six Regions
The winners of the 2018 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year were announced on Sunday in Bologna. Prizes were given to one publisher in each of six geographic regions.
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The NBCC Picks Its Winners
A large crowd was on hand as women swept the awards in all six writing categories.
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Joan Silber, Frances FitzGerald, Layli Long Soldier Among NBCC Winners
Joan Silber won the fiction prize, Frances Fitzgerald won the nonfiction award, Layli Long Soldier won the poetry award and John McPhee was awarded the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award at the NBCC's award ceremony.
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National Book Awards Judges Announced; Submission Process Opens
The National Book Foundation has announced the names of the 25 judges that will determine the lists of nominees for the 2018 National Book Awards.
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The Man Booker Prize International Announces 2018 Longlist
The Man Booker International Prize, awarded annually to the best in translated fiction, announced the longlist of 13 novels vying for the 2018 award.
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Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Anything Is Possible’ Wins The Story Prize
Strout was awarded The Story Prize and a $20,000 cash prize for her acclaimed short story collection 'Anything Is Possible,' at a ceremony at New York's New School.
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Long Soldier, Zhang, Le Guin Win At 2018 PEN Literary Awards
PEN's revamped awards ceremony, replete with jazz combo and an Oscars-style "In Memoriam" video, was held at New York University on February 20. Layli Long Soldier, Jenny Zhang, and the late Ursula K. Le Guin were among the winners.
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When They Got the Call: PW Speaks with the 2018 Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Winners
PW spoke with the three big winners of the ALA's 2018 Youth Media Awards, about what they were doing when the committee called with the good news.
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Kelly, Cordell, LaCour Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz
The American Library Association announced the recipients of the 2018 Youth Media Awards during a Monday morning press conference at the ALA midwinter meeting in Denver.
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Bloomsbury’s Arcadian Library Online Takes Home Top Honor at 2018 PROSE Awards
Bloomsbury beat out more than 550 books, journals and digital products across 51 subject categories to take home this year's R.R. Hawkins Award.
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Four Questions for...Author and Grammy Winner Lynell George
PW spoke with the recent Grammy Award-winner about the art of writing liner notes, her forthcoming essay collection, and the underappreciated literary scene in L.A.
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National Book Award for Translation Added
The National Book Foundation has established a fifth National Book Award, one for translated works of fiction and nonfiction published in the U.S. The new award will be presented at the 69th National Book Awards this November.
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2017 NBCC Awards Finalists Announced
The National Book Critics Circle has announced 30 finalists in six categories for its 2017 literary awards, as well as the recipients of three additional prizes.
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Stephen King, Carolyn Reidy to Be Honored at PEN Gala
PEN America will award Stephen King with the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award and celebrate S&S president and CEO Carolyn Reidy as its Publisher Honoree at its annual Literary Gala on May 22 in New York.
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'Great Auk' Wins TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
'The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk,' a nonfiction picture book written and illustrated by Jan Thornhill, has won the 2017 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.
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Michael Redhill Wins 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Redhill was awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize and its attendant C$100,000 purse for his novel 'Bellevue Square' (Doubleday Canada) on November 20.
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Benway, Bidart, Gessen, and Ward Win 2017 National Book Awards
At the 68th National Book Awards, held at Cipriani New York in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night, politics were again front and center in the publishing world.
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Cynthia Nixon to Host 2017 National Book Awards
The Emmy, Tony, and Grammy award–winning actor, director, and activist will host the 68th National Book Awards on November 15 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
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George Saunders Wins 2017 Man Booker Prize
Saunders, the second American to win the £50,000 fiction award, was honored for 'Lincoln in the Bardo,' his first novel.