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Nominees Announced for 2014 Pannell Award
The nominees for the 2014 Women's National Book Association's Pannell Award have been announced.
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B&N Discover Finalists Revealed
The winners in each category, announced March 5, will receive a $10,000 prize.
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Nathan Filer Wins 2013 Costa Book of the Year
The debut novel, "The Shock of the Fall" beat out prize favorite Kate Atkinson's novel, "Life After Life."
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LBF's 2014 Excellence Awards Open for Submissions
Entries for the awards must be registered online by February 22.
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2014 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Coverage
Read PW's coverage of the annual awards from ALA, featuring interviews with the newly minted 2014 Newbery, Caldecott and Printz Medalists.
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An "Unreal" and "Fantastic" Caldecott Call for 2014 Winner Brian Floca
When PW caught up with Brian Floca by phone less than an hour after the announcement that he’d won the Caldecott Medal, he admitted to still feeling “a little punch drunk.”
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More Than a Dream: Kate DiCamillo Reflects on Her 2014 Newbery News
On what may be the coldest day of the year in Minnesota, with temperatures dipping down to the negative teens, 2014 Newbery Award winner Kate DiCamillo might be the only person in the state who’s not complaining.
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DiCamillo, Floca, Sedgwick Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz
Kate DiCamillo has won the Newbery Medal for "Flora & Ulysses"; Brian Floca has won the Caldecott Medal for "Locomotive"; and Marcus Sedgwick has won the Printz Award for "Midwinterblood."
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Amazon's Seventh Annual Breakthrough Novel Contest Set
The grand prize winner will receive an Amazon Publishing contract, with a $50,000 advance.
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2014 Edgar Nominees Announced
The winners will be announced at a gala banquet on May 1 in New York City.
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NBCC Names Finalists for 2013 Honors
The National Book Critics Circle today has named the 30 finalists for its best books honors of 2013 in six categories.
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Barrett, Lee, Saunders Named Story Prize Finalists
The winner of the tenth annual prize will be revealed on March 5.
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NBF Seeks Nominations for Innovation in Reading Prize
The award, which recognizes "exceptional initiatives and programs that have created and sustained a lifelong love of reading," comes with a $2,500 prize.
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Books for a Better Life Awards Finalists Revealed
Michael Moss, Naoki Higashida, and Temple Grandin are among the finalists for the 18th annual Books for a Better Life Award.
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A Book Prize That Bridges the Atlantic
Writer and critic Olivia Laing and author and journalist Erica Wagner, winners of the 2014 Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award, have each been awarded £20,000 and will start their residency at the Eccles Centre on January 2, 2014.
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The Spokenword Audio Grammy Nominees
The five Grammy nominations in the spokenword audio category announced last week were: America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't by Stephen Colbert; Carrie And Me by Carol Burnett; Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris; Still Foolin' 'Em by Billy Crystal; and The Storm King by Pete Seeger.
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Canadian Nonfiction Prize Rebrands, Adds New Prize
The C$25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction is rebranding as the RBC Taylor Prize and adding a new C$10,000 prize for emerging writers.
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Goodreads Reveals Favorite Books of 2013
Goodreads has unveiled its version of a 'best books' list, and this year's favorite among members was Khaled Hosseini's "And the Mountains Echoed."
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Oren Teicher and the ABA Board: 'PW' Person of the Year
For their role in leading the resurgence of independent bookselling, ABA CEO Oren Teicher and the ABA board have been chosen as PW’s Person of the Year.
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Heading Back to Press on NBA Winners
The winners of the National Book Awards on Wednesday are scoring increased print runs with their respective publishers.



