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Spiegel & Grau’s Annie Chagnot Wins 2017 Ashmead Award
Named after the legendary book editor Lawrence "Larry" Ashmead, the prize is awarded each year to a young editor of exceptional talent.
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PW Star Watch Honorees Announced
The top 45 honorees in running for the 'Publishers Weekly' PW Star Watch 2017 award have been announced.
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Jill Thompson, John Lewis, Sonny Liew Take Home 2017 Eisner Awards
Jill Thompson's 'Wonder Woman: the True Amazon,' John Lewis' 'March Book Three,' and Sonny Liew's 'The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye,' were among the graphic novels awarded Eisners at Friday night's ceremony.
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NEA, Under Threat from Trump Budget, Awards $84m in Grants
The NEA has issued 1,195 new grants, totaling $84.06 million, to arts organizations across the country. The awards come as the organization faces the prospect of being eliminated under the White House's proposed budget.
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Sepetys, Smith Win 2017 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals
The 2017 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been awarded to a U.S. author and illustrator for the first time.
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Carla Hayden, Louise Erdrich Win WNBA Awards
The librarian of Congress and the novelist, poet, and bookstore owner have been named the winners of the 2017 WNBA Awards.
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Barbershop Books Gets NBF's $10K Reading Prize
Expanded into a full day conference, the NBF's Why Reading Matters awarded its $10,000 Innovations in Reading Prize to Alvin Irby of Barbership Books and featured a keynote address by novelist and new bookstore owner, Emma Straub.
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BookExpo 2017: PEN America Named BookExpo Ambassador Award Winner
BookExpo will honor PEN America with its seventh annual Industry Ambassador Award, which recognizes major innovators and creative leaders that make the book industry better, on June 1.
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McGill Relaunching the Cundill Prize
McGill University is relaunching its Cundhill History Prize, which recognizes "the best history writing in English," in its 10th anniversary year.
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Free Speech Attorney to Receive First ABA Meskis Award
Attorney Michael A. Bamberger has been named the inaugural honoree of the American Booksellers Association's Joyce Meskis Free Speech Award.
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2017 Pannell Award Winners Announced
The Women’s National Book Association has announced the 2017 Pannell Award winners, given annually to two bookstores.
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Two Milestones Celebrated at The New England Book Show
The New England Book Show and Bookbuilders of Boston celebrated two anniversaries and honored Tom Plain, v-p of King Printing Company, with the W.A. Dwiggins Award at Boston's Symphony Hall.
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Cardoso, Pizarnik Win 2017 Best Translated Book Awards
The 2017 Best Translated Book Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Folly in New York on May 4. Lúcio Cardoso and Alejandra Pizarnik took home the prizes for fiction and poetry, respectively.
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Health Scare, Trump Jokes Mark 2017 Edgars
Marked by a bit of a drama—Mystery Writers of America president Jeffery Deaver passed out during his introductory remarks (but was later found to be fine)—the annual Edgars banquet celebrated Noah Hawley, who won the Best Novel award for 'Before the Fall.'
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At PEN Gala, Sargent Speaks to the First Amendment
At the 2017 PEN Literary Gala, Macmillan CEO John Sargent spoke to a room filled with publishing luminaries about the importance of the First Amendment.
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2017 Man Booker International Prize Shortlist Announced
The six finalists for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize include two Israelis, a South American, and three Europeans. The shortlisted authors each receive £2,500; the winning author and translator will receive a further £50,000.
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Whitehead, Thompson Among 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners
Colson Whitehead and Heather Ann Thompson took home the prizes for 'The Underground Railroad' and 'Blood In the Water' respectively during the 101st installment of the awards.
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Bologna 2017: Wolf Erlbruch Wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
German author-illustrator Wolf Erlbruch has won the 2017 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book award.
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PW Opens Nominations for Star Watch
'Publishers Weekly' and Frankfurter Buchmesse have opened nominations for their fourth annual PW Star Watch program, which celebrates and recognizes up-and-coming members of the Canadian and U.S. publishing communities.
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At PEN Awards, A Scaled-Up Atmosphere and Political Bent
PEN America hosted its annual literary awards on March 27 in a scaled-up ceremony that saw its biggest honors of the year bestowed.