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Carla Hayden, Louise Erdrich Win WNBA Awards

By John Maher | 06/16/2017 @ 09:45AM

The librarian of Congress and the novelist, poet, and bookstore owner have been named the winners of the 2017 WNBA Awards.
Barbershop Books Gets NBF's $10K Reading Prize

By Calvin Reid | 06/16/2017 @ 09:30AM

Expanded into a full day conference, the NBF's Why Reading Matters awarded its $10,000 Innovations in Reading Prize to Alvin Irby of Barbership Books and featured a keynote address by novelist and new bookstore owner, Emma Straub.
BookExpo 2017: PEN America Named BookExpo Ambassador Award Winner

By John Maher | 06/01/2017 @ 09:00AM

BookExpo will honor PEN America with its seventh annual Industry Ambassador Award, which recognizes major innovators and creative leaders that make the book industry better, on June 1.
McGill Relaunching the Cundill Prize

By John Maher | 05/18/2017 @ 09:00AM

McGill University is relaunching its Cundhill History Prize, which recognizes "the best history writing in English," in its 10th anniversary year.
Free Speech Attorney to Receive First ABA Meskis Award

By John Maher | 05/17/2017 @ 08:00AM

Attorney Michael A. Bamberger has been named the inaugural honoree of the American Booksellers Association's Joyce Meskis Free Speech Award.
2017 Pannell Award Winners Announced

By Emma Kantor | 05/12/2017 @ 05:00PM

The Women’s National Book Association has announced the 2017 Pannell Award winners, given annually to two bookstores.
Two Milestones Celebrated at The New England Book Show

By Alex Green | 05/11/2017 @ 11:59PM

The New England Book Show and Bookbuilders of Boston celebrated two anniversaries and honored Tom Plain, v-p of King Printing Company, with the W.A. Dwiggins Award at Boston's Symphony Hall.
Cardoso, Pizarnik Win 2017 Best Translated Book Awards

By John Maher | 05/05/2017 @ 09:00AM

The 2017 Best Translated Book Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Folly in New York on May 4. Lúcio Cardoso and Alejandra Pizarnik took home the prizes for fiction and poetry, respectively.
Health Scare, Trump Jokes Mark 2017 Edgars

By Lenny Picker | 04/27/2017 @ 08:30AM

Marked by a bit of a drama—Mystery Writers of America president Jeffery Deaver passed out during his introductory remarks (but was later found to be fine)—the annual Edgars banquet celebrated Noah Hawley, who won the Best Novel award for 'Before the Fall.'
At PEN Gala, Sargent Speaks to the First Amendment

By John Maher | 04/26/2017 @ 09:00AM

At the 2017 PEN Literary Gala, Macmillan CEO John Sargent spoke to a room filled with publishing luminaries about the importance of the First Amendment.
2017 Man Booker International Prize Shortlist Announced

By Emma Wenner | 04/21/2017 @ 09:00AM

The six finalists for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize include two Israelis, a South American, and three Europeans. The shortlisted authors each receive £2,500; the winning author and translator will receive a further £50,000.
Whitehead, Thompson Among 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners

By John Maher | 04/10/2017 @ 03:00PM

Colson Whitehead and Heather Ann Thompson took home the prizes for 'The Underground Railroad' and 'Blood In the Water' respectively during the 101st installment of the awards.
Bologna 2017: Wolf Erlbruch Wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

By John A. Sellers | 04/04/2017 @ 09:00AM

German author-illustrator Wolf Erlbruch has won the 2017 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book award.
PW Opens Nominations for Star Watch

By John Maher | 03/31/2017 @ 09:00AM

'Publishers Weekly' and Frankfurter Buchmesse have opened nominations for their fourth annual PW Star Watch program, which celebrates and recognizes up-and-coming members of the Canadian and U.S. publishing communities.
At PEN Awards, A Scaled-Up Atmosphere and Political Bent

By John Maher | 03/27/2017 @ 08:25PM

PEN America hosted its annual literary awards on March 27 in a scaled-up ceremony that saw its biggest honors of the year bestowed.
Photos From the 2016 NBCC Awards Ceremony

By Calvin Reid | 03/17/2017 @ 07:00PM

Some of literature's leading lights gathered on March 16 for the National Book Critics Circle Awards.
Louise Erdrich, Matthew Desmond Win 2016 NBCC Awards

By Calvin Reid | 03/17/2017 @ 09:30AM

Novelist Louise Erdrich won the fiction prize, Matthew Desmond won for nonfiction; and Margaret Atwood received the lifetime achievement award at the National Book Critics Circle Awards ceremony last night in New York City.
Poets to Hold Vigil for the NEA at Trump Tower

By John Maher | 03/10/2017 @ 10:00AM

Poets and activists have organized a vigil and reading protesting President Donald J. Trump's proposed budget cuts to, or elimination of, the National Endowment of the Arts.
BookExpo Editors' Buzz Finalists Announced

By John Maher | 03/09/2017 @ 10:00AM

BookExpo has named its finalists for its Editors’ Buzz program, which highlights titles expected to resonate with readers in 2017.
PEN America Announces 2017 Literary Award Winners

By John Maher | 02/22/2017 @ 09:40AM

PEN America has announced the winners of the majority of its 2017 Literary Awards, which include novelist, essayist, and critic Aleksandar Hemon and novelist Helen Oyeyemi.

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