Book-Struck: Talking with Donna Seaman, Recipient of the 2019 Louis Shores Award
For 29 years, the Louis Shores Award has recognized excellence in book reviewing, honoring individual reviewers, groups, editors, and/or organizations for their contributions to libraries across the...
View ArticleAzareen Van der Vliet Oloomi Wins 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation has announced that Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi is the winner of this year’s PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction for her book Call Me Zebra. The annual award honors excellence...
View Article2018 Nebula Award Winners Announced
A day before many fantasy fans took a break from reading to catch a beloved series end its epic reign on television, the Nebula Awards® were presented at the fifty-fourth Annual 2019 SFWA Nebula...
View ArticleThe Man Booker International Prize 2019 Winner Announced
The winner of this year’s Man Booker International Prize, which celebrates the best literature in translation, has been announced. We are very excited for Jokha Alharthi (the first Omani woman to have...
View Article2019 ITW Thriller Award Finalists Announced
In recent #MysteryMonth news, the International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the finalists for the 2019 Thriller Awards. The awards celebrate the best in the thriller genre, which, unlike a...
View Article2019 Booker Prize Longlist Announced
The first-ever Booker Prize was awarded in 1969. Since then, the Booker Prize Foundation—and its panel of esteemed judges—has celebrated the “best novel of the year written in English and published in...
View Article2019 Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
The Booker Prize committee, having pared a 13-title longlist (released in July) down to just six books, announced the 2019 shortlist this morning. Find each of the titles below, linked to their...
View Article2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Longlist...
The longlist for the ninth annual Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction has just been announced! Check it out to see which titles are under consideration for the American...
View ArticleMargaret Atwood AND Bernardine Evaristo Win the 2019 Booker Prize
In a historic decision made yesterday afternoon, the 2019 Booker Prize judges awarded the coveted literary prize to two finalists: Margaret Atwood, for her long-awaited and deeply poignant sequel to...
View Article2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Longlist...
Forty-six books (26 fiction, 20 nonfiction) have been selected for the longlist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The six-title shortlist—three each for the...
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