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Alexie Signs with Little, Brown

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 | Author: DylanRichards | Filed under: Books/Lit | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Sherman Alexie, whose book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian won the 2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, will publish a new adult novel with Little, Brown in 2010.


Peter Matthiessen, Annette Gordon Reed Among National Book Award Winners

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 | Author: DylanRichards | Filed under: Books/Lit | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

The 2008 National Book Awards ceremony was held Wednesday night at Cipriani on Wall Street in downtown New York City. Cipriani was a new location for the awards. Host Eric Bogosian opened the ceremony by noting that Barack Obama’s win in the Presidential election is good news for many, including those attending the awards ceremony because he “is a reader and a writer.” Obama’s election was, in fact, a recurring theme among the evening speakers.


Peter Matthiessen, Annette Gordon Reed Among National Book Award Winners

Posted: November 21st, 2008 | Author: DylanRichards | Filed under: Books/Lit | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

The 2008 National Book Awards ceremony was held Wednesday night at Cipriani on Wall Street in downtown New York City. Cipriani was a new location for the awards. Host Eric Bogosian opened the ceremony by noting that Barack Obama’s win in the Presidential election is good news for many, including those attending the awards ceremony because he “is a reader and a writer.” Obama’s election was, in fact, a recurring theme among the evening speakers.


Peter Matthiessen, Annette Gordon Reed Among National Book Award Winners

Posted: November 21st, 2008 | Author: DylanRichards | Filed under: Books/Lit | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

The 2008 National Book Awards ceremony was held Wednesday night at Cipriani on Wall Street in downtown New York City. Cipriani was a new location for the awards. Host Eric Bogosian opened the ceremony by noting that Barack Obama’s win in the Presidential election is good news for many, including those attending the awards ceremony because he “is a reader and a writer.” Obama’s election was, in fact, a recurring theme among the evening speakers.


Johnson, Weiner Win National Book Awards

Posted: November 16th, 2008 | Author: DylanRichards | Filed under: Books/Lit | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Denis Johnson’s bulging and brilliant Vietnam War novel Tree of Smoke, published by FSG, was awarded the National Book Award for fiction at this year’s gala awards ceremony at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. The nonfiction award went to Tim Weiner’s damning examination of American intelligence policy, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA from Doubleday.


Betting on Books: The NBAs

Posted: November 16th, 2008 | Author: DylanRichards | Filed under: Books/Lit | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Denis Johnson is the favorite to win in fiction, while Christopher Hitchens and Edwidge Danticat are the top contenders for the nonfiction honor. At least that’s what readers responding to PW’s online poll say. There’s still plenty of time to weigh in with your predictions about who will go home with a National Book Award next week.


Betting on Books: The NBAs

Posted: November 16th, 2008 | Author: DylanRichards | Filed under: Books/Lit | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Come on, admit it, just as seeing what everyone’s wearing is the best part about the Oscars, the best part about book prizes is speculating on who will win. We do it at PW all the time; now we’re asking you to get in on the game.

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Pick the Winners

Posted: November 16th, 2008 | Author: DylanRichards | Filed under: Books/Lit | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Come on, admit it, just as seeing what everyone’s wearing is the best part about the Oscars, the best part about book prizes is speculating on who will win. We do it at PW all the time. Now we’re asking you to get in on the game.

Click to continue reading “Pick the Winners”