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Keller, Goade, Nayeri Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards
The 2020 Youth Media Awards were announced Monday morning at the American Library Association’s midwinter conference.
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NBCC Awards Finalists Announced
On January 24, the National Book Critics Circle announced 30 finalists in six categories for its annual awards honoring the best books published in 2020.
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Walter Dean Myers Awards Announced
The We Need Diverse Books Walter Awards Judging Committee has selected the winners and honorees for the sixth Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature.
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Book Club Picks for January
This month, Reese Witherspoon and Emma Roberts's tastes overlap as Reese's Book Club and Belletrist pick the same novel.
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Warhol Foundation Awards $675K to 22 Arts Writers
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant has awarded $675,000 to 22 writers to support critical writing on contemporary art in the categories of books, articles, and short-form writing.
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'Shuggie Bain' Wins 2020 Booker Prize
'Shuggie Bain' by novelist Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize, making it only the second book by a Scottish writer to win the prize in the Booker's 51-year history.
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Callender, Miri, Choi, Payne and Payne, and Yu Win 2020 National Book Awards
On November 18, author Jason Reynolds presided over the first-ever all-virtual National Book Awards ceremony, which pulled out all the stops in its live-streamed broadcast, from tribute videos to graphic animation to live award acceptances via Zoom. Kacen Callender and Charles Yu were among the night's winners.
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2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners Announced
The 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which recognizes fiction and nonfiction exemplifying themes of peace, social justice, and global understanding, have been awarded to a novel set in Hitler's Germany and a #MeToo memoir.
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Souvankham Thammavongsa Wins 2020 Giller Prize
In a ceremony streamed live on Facebook, Souvankham Thammavongsa was awarded the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her collection of short stories 'How to Pronounce Knife.' It comes with a C$100,000 prize.
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Center for Fiction Debuts Susan Kamil Award for Emerging Writers
The Center for Fiction announced the establishment of the Susan Kamil Award for Emerging Writers, a new award to honor the memory and influence of the late Kamil, who was former executive v-p and publisher of the Random House imprint.
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