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Winter Institute 2024: Happenings Back Home Split Some Booksellers’ Attention

By Claire Kirch and Nathalie op de Beeck | 02/14/2024 @ 10:00AM

A few booksellers attending Winter Institute 2024 have attracted attention on the show floor over unexpected events occurring back home at their stores. For one, B&N is planning to move next door; for another, a spouse's promotion might take him away from his store; for a third, eviction looms.
Resignations, Censures Follow in Wake of Hugo Awards Controversy

By Sophia Stewart | 02/01/2024 @ 08:00AM

The resignations and disciplinary actions come after it was revealed that certain authors and books—including R.F. Kuang's hit novel 'Babel'—had been inexplicably deemed "not eligible" for the Hugo at Worldcon 2023 in Chengdu, China.
CALIBA Presents 2024 Golden Poppy Awards

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 01/26/2024 @ 09:00AM

On January 25, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance hosted a streaming award ceremony honoring “the most distinguished books written and illustrated by creators who have made California their home.”
2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists Announced

By Sophia Stewart | 01/25/2024 @ 09:01AM

The NBCC has named its 30 finalists in six categories for this year's awards, which recognize books from the publishing year 2023. ‘Washington Post’ critic Becca Rothfeld, author Judy Blume, and the American Library Association have also won special awards.
Dave Eggers's Newbery Win: ‘Wandering Around in a Daze’

By Sally Lodge | 01/23/2024 @ 04:00PM

“I’m reeling a bit, but mostly I’m catatonic—yes, that’s the word!” Dave Eggers described the aftershock of learning of his Newbery win for ‘The Eyes and the Impossible.’
When They Got the Call: PW Speaks with the 2024 Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Winners

By PW Staff | 01/23/2024 @ 04:00PM

We spoke with the three big ALA Award winners about their initial reactions to the news.
A.S. King’s Printz Win: ‘Are You Sure?’

By Shannon Maughan | 01/23/2024 @ 04:00PM

For author A.S. King, family dinner came with an extra helping of surprise last Sunday; that’s when she learned that the short fiction anthology she edited and wrote a story for, ‘The Collectors,’ had won the Michael L. Printz Award.
Vashti Harrison’s Caldecott Win: Kind of a ‘Big’ Deal

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 01/23/2024 @ 04:00PM

Author–illustrator Vashti Harrison happened to be in Miami to celebrate her father's 89th birthday when—at 9:30 p.m., while sorting laundry—she received the news of her Caldecott win for ‘Big.’
Rooney, Osman Among Winners at U.K.’s Nielsen BookData Bestseller Awards

By Jo Henry | 01/23/2024 @ 09:00AM

Sally Rooney and Richard Osman were among the winners at this year's Nielsen BookData Bestseller Awards, which celebrate titles that passed sales landmarks in print in the U.K. Nielsen reported that 199 million print books were sold in the U.K. in 2023.
Inaugural Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards Set for Next Month

By Pamela Brill | 01/18/2024 @ 03:00PM

On February 17, the Eleanor Roosevelt Center and the Fisher Center at Bard College will host the first-ever Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards; in addition, Judy Blume will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Bravery in Literature.
2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award Shortlist Announced

By Diane Roback | 01/18/2024 @ 09:00AM

The International Board on Books for Young People has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Awards.
AAP Honors Brave Publishing Around the World

By Ed Nawotka | 12/19/2023 @ 05:55AM

The Association of American Publishers is giving its International Freedom to Publish Award to all publishing houses in multiple countries and regions of the world that continue to publish despite increased government pressure, harassment, and threats.
Meet the Finalists for the 2023 BookLife Prize Fiction Contest

By PW Staff | 11/29/2023 @ 12:00AM
Meet the Judges of the 2023 BookLife Prize

By PW Staff | 11/29/2023 @ 12:00AM
Paul Lynch Wins 2023 Booker Prize for 'Prophet Song'

By John Maher | 11/26/2023 @ 05:00PM

The Irish novelist has won the 2023 Booker Prize for his latest, which our reviewer calls a "slow-burning dystopian novel" about an Irish family "shattered by the rise of a radical right-wing party."
Torres, Blackhawk, Santos Perez, Gardel, Lobato, Santat Win 2023 National Book Awards

By Sophia Stewart | 11/15/2023 @ 11:30PM

'Blackouts,' 'The Rediscovery of America,' 'unincorporated territory [åmot],' 'The Words That Remain,' and 'A First Time for Everything' took home this year's National Book Awards at a ceremony that concluded with more than a dozen finalists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
NYT, NYPL Announce Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2023

| 11/10/2023 @ 03:00PM

The 'New York Times Book Review' and the New York Public Library have announced the 10 winners of the Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award.
LeVar Burton to Host 2023 National Book Awards

by Sophia Stewart | 10/13/2023 @ 10:15AM

Burton replaces Drew Barrymore, whose invitation to host the awards was rescinded following her decision to continue filming and airing her talk show amid the Writers Guild of America strike.
Jon Fosse Wins 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

By Sophia Stewart | 10/05/2023 @ 07:00AM

Norwegian author Jon Fosse has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”

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