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  • PEN America Announces Two New Awards

    PEN America has announced the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Oral History. The former, which comes with a $75,000 purse, will confer one of the biggest monetary awards in the country.

  • Catapult Partners with PEN for New Emerging Writers Awards

    PEN American Center has announced the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, the newest addition to its lineup of literary awards. Winning stories will be collected and published in an annual anthology by Catapult.

  • At PEN Gala, Rowling Calls Trump 'Bigoted'

    At the gala, which PEN president Andrew Solomon said was the nonprofit's most successful fundraiser to date, J.K. Rowling, one of the evening's honorees, condemned the views of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump.

  • 'Girl on the Train' Among Audie Award Winners

    The winners of the 2016 Audie Awards have been announced, and include Paula Hawkins's 'The Girl on the Train,' read by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, and India Fisher, for Audiobook of the Year.

  • 2016 Children's Choice Book Award Winners

    The 2016 Children’s Choice Book Awards winners have been announced.

  • Diversity Celebrated at 2016 Edgar Awards

    The Mystery Writers of America named Walter Mosley its first African-American grand master and gave out awards to Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen and Sisters in Crime, among others, at last night’s event.

  • Viet Thanh Nguyen, William Finnegan Among Pulitzer Winners

    The novelist and the 'New Yorker' staff writer take home the prizes for fiction and biography respectively at the centennial awards ceremony.

  • Morrison, Coates, Redniss Win 2016 PEN Awards

    The ceremony, which honored authors such as Toni Morrison and Ta-Nehisi Coates, was the first one in which PEN American announced the winners live.

  • Bologna 2016: Meg Rosoff Wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

    Meg Rosoff is the winner of the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's largest children's book prize.

  • Bologna 2016: Rotraut Susanne Berner and Cao Wenxuan Win 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Awards

    German author-illustrator Rotraut Susanne Berner and Chinese author Cao Wenxuan are the winners of the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration and writing.

  • Mexican Author Wins Human Rights Award

    Lydia Cacho is one of two writers who were recently named the winners of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism.

  • Judges Announced for National Book Awards

    The judges for the 2016 National Book Awards include novelists Karen Joy Fowler and Jesmyn Ward, author and former TV host Melissa Harris-Perry, and poet Jericho Brown.

  • The 2016 NBCC Awards in Photos

    Photos from this year's National Book Critics Circle Awards, held March 17 in New York City.

  • Beatty, Jefferson, Nelson Win 2016 NBCC Awards

    Paul Beatty's novel 'The Sellout', Margo Jefferson's memoir 'Negroland' and Maggie Nelson's critical work, 'The Argonauts', were among the books awarded 2016 National Book Critics Circle Awards.

  • 2016 Carle Honorees Announced

    The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has announced the recipients of its 2016 Carle Honors.

  • Leovy, Alvar Win 2015 B&N Discover Awards

    During a ceremony on Wednesday night, Jill Leovy took home the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award in nonfiction for 'Ghettoside,' while Mia Alvar won in fiction for 'In the Country.' The award, which honors debut works, is now in its 26th year.

  • Nominations Open for PW's 2016 Star Watch

    Publishers Weekly is now welcoming nominations for the second PW Star Watch from all areas of the publishing community. The program recognizes up-and-coming talent and leadership in the industry.

  • 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award Shortlist Announced

    The International Board on Books for Young People has announced the shortlist for the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Awards.

  • Reynolds, Kiely Win WNDB's Debut Walter Award

    The inaugural Walter Dean Myers Award for outstanding children's literature in the YA category has been given to 'All American Boys' by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely.

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