Book Awards

Lost & Found in Translation

Joe Woodward | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Writers, Literary Biography, Book Awards, Cervantes, Alive Inside the Wreck, Nathanael West, Translation, Pen, Literary-Translators, Biography, Books News

Let us enjoy the surprises, the challenges of literature in all languages, in translation and otherwise. Let us contemplate the writer, too, writing in all her forms. Let us see how we are.

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More Children's Book Awards

Monica Edinger | Posted 04.22.2012

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While the ALA awards for children's books and media may be the most well-known, there are many other worthy awards for children's books as well. All of these are excellent sources for those looking for great reads for the children in their lives.

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The Red Carpet Season for Books

Roxanne Coady | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Book Awards, National Book Awards, Book Award Season, Nobel Prize, Booker Prize, Books News

It's award season. Not the ones you're thinking of - the Emmys, the Oscars - but the Nobel, the Booker and the National Book Awards. Awards offer us, as readers, a focused, curated list of the best books of the year.

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What's Missing From The Guardian First Book Award List?

guardian.co.uk | Posted 09.10.2011

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With 136 submissions from publishers, the Guardian first book award has assembled a fascinating list of this year's hottest debuts. But what are we mi...

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Nominees Revealed For Prestigious Book Awards

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Jonathan Franzen is back in the awards circle. Franzen's "Freedom," among last year's most highly praised novels, is a finalist for th...

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Easy Reader: Howard Jacobson's Novel Takes the Prize

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Man Booker Prize, Bloomsbury USA, The Finkler Question, Peter Carey, Howard Jacobson, Tom Mccarthy, Judaism, Anti-Semitism, Great Britain, Book Awards, Book Reviews, Philip Roth, Books News

Curiously and hilariously, the protagonist, Julian Treslove is not Jewish. Julian only wishes he were Jewish and for most of the narrative's duration set outs to do everything in his power to embrace Judaism.

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Literary Prize: Eggers Leads List Of Award Winners

Posted 05.25.2011

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Two very different organizations announced writing award recipients today. First, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced its finalists for writing...

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2010 Harvey Award Winners: 'Asterios Polyp' Grabs Three

comicsbeat.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Awards, Literary Awards, Illustration, Book Prize, Rocketeer, David Mazzucchelli, Robert Crumb, Comics, Darwyn Cooke, Asterios Polyp, Robert Kirkman, Graphic Novels, Harvey Awards, Books News

From Baltimore last night, the winners -- Asterios Polyp and David Mazzucchelli took home three, The Rocketeer, Chew and The Walking Dead two each in ...

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Seeking Novels with Strong Single Characters, Matrimania Not Included

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Awards, Barbara Kingsolver, Bell Hooks, Children, Awards, Audre Lorde, Erotic Passion, Book Industry, Ann Patchett, Books, Adrienne Rich, Books News

I'm always looking for fiction that is not matrimaniacal.

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National Book Awards Toe The Line Between Famous And Unknown

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The subjects of this year's National Book Award nominees were better known than the authors.

Biographies about tycoons Henry Ford and Cornelius Vanderbilt were among the finalists announced Wednesday, along with two books relating to Charles Darwin. But judges also omitted such widely publicized releases as Lorrie Moore's "At the Gate of the Stairs," Richard Powers' "Generosity" and Blake Bailey's biography of John Cheever.

Five books from university presses were among the 20 chosen in four competitive categories. Fiction judges picked Bonnie Jo Campbell's story collection, "American Salvage," a paperback original released by Wayne State University Press, the publisher's first National Book Award nomination in its more than 60 year history.

"We're very pleasantly surprised. We nominate some of our best books each year and we've finally made it," said Wayne State Press director Jane Hoehner. "I don't think awards should just go to the big guns. There needs to be a combination, a willingness to look around and find talent."

Winners, each of whom receive $10,000, will be announced at a Nov. 18 ceremony in New York. Humorist Andy Borowitz will host and honorary medals will be presented to Gore Vidal and Dave Eggers.

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Guardian's First Book Award Shortlist Announced

The Guardian | Mark Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Powerful fictional storytelling dominates the shortlist of this year's Guardian first book award, announced today, which includes works that range fro...

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Colm Toibin Wins Costa Book Award For 'Brooklyn'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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National Book Awards: What Do You Think? (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

The National Book Foundation rolled out the nominations for the 2009 National Book Award on Wednesday, and the winners will be announced November 18. ...

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Evie Wyld, British Bookseller, Wins UK Literary Prize

London Evening Standard | Louise Jury | Posted 05.25.2011

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Evie Wyld, 29, defeated rivals including Aravind Adiga, who took the Man Booker last year, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Orange Prize victor two y...

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