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Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lauren Groff Among 2015 NBCC Finalists
Thirty finalists including 'Between the World and Me' author Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of 'Fates and Furies' Lauren Groff, and 'SPQR: A History of Rome' author Mary Beard are among those up for NBCC Awards.
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When They Got the Call: PW Speaks with the 2016 Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Winners
PW spoke with the three big winners of the ALA's 2016 Youth Media Awards, about what they were doing when the committee called with the good news.
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An 'Amazing' Honor for an 'Oddball' Book: Laura Ruby on Winning the 2016 Printz
When Laura Ruby got the phone call from the Printz committee this past Sunday, informing her that she had won the 2016 award, she was attending a lecture at Hamline University in St. Paul.
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'A Huge, Huge Shock': Matt de la Peña on His 2016 Newbery Medal
Well known for his realistic YA novels that explore class and racial identity, Matt de la Peña became the first Hispanic author to receive the John Newbery Medal on Monday, and only the second author to win the Newbery for a picture book.
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Celebrating with 'Champagne and Donuts': Sophie Blackall on Her 2016 Caldecott
When asked how she was going to finish the rest of her day yesterday, just-named Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall responded: “Champagne! And donuts."
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De la Peña, Blackall, Ruby Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz
Matt de la Peña has won the 2016 Newbery Medal for ‘Last Stop on Market Street’; Sophie Blackall has won the 2016 Caldecott Medal for 'Finding Winnie'; and Laura Ruby has won the 2016 Printz Award for 'Bone Gap.'
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Viet Thanh Nguyen, Sally Mann Win 2016 ALA Carnegie Medals
Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Sympathizer' and Sally Mann's 'Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs,' landed the ALA's top adult book awards.
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Authors Shine At the 2015 National Book Awards
Johnson, Coates, Lewis, Shusterman take the top prizes.
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Young People's Literature at the 2015 National Book Awards: A Photo Essay
Our photographer caught up with the authors (and their editors) who were nominated in the Young People's Literature category.
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Jonathan Auxier Wins Twice at TD Canadian Children's Lit Awards
Jonathan Auxier's YA novel 'The Night Gardener,' a Victorian ghost story about orphaned Irish siblings Molly and Kip, has won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.
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David Almond Wins Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2015
The winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2015 is David Almond for 'A Song for Ella Grey.'
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2015 National Book Awards Go to Johnson, Coates, Lewis, and Shusterman
The winners of the 66th National Book Awards were announced at a ceremony at Cipriani in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday evening.
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Chen Bochui Picture Book Award Winners Announced in Shanghai
Ahead of the Shanghai International Children's Book Fair, which runs November 13–15, the winners of the first Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award were announced today at the Baoshan International Folk Arts Exposition.
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WNDB Announces Inaugural Walter Dean Myers Grant Recipients
We Need Diverse Books has selected the first five winners of the Walter Dean Myers grants for emerging writers and illustrators that it launched last fall.
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'N.Y. Times' Announces 2015 Best Illustrated Children's Books
The 'New York Times' has announced its Best Illustrated List for books published in 2015.
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Deb Heard Tapped to Lead Hurston/Wright Foundation
The African American literary nonprofit marked its 25th anniversary by naming Deb Heard, a former Washington Post editor, its new executive director and announcing the winners of the H/W Legacy Awards, its annual literary prizes.
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The 2015 National Book Awards Finalists Announced
The National Book Foundation announced the finallists for the 2015 National Book Awards. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 18 at the 66th National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony in New York City.
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Marlon James Takes Booker Prize
Following last night's announcement that Marlon James had won the Man Booker Prize for 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' Riverhead said it was going back to press for 75,000 copies.
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Svetlana Alexievich Wins the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
Alexievich, a Belarusian journalist and author of the 2005 nonfiction work 'Voices from Chernobyl,' was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.
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WNDB's Debut Walter Award Ceremony Set for Next March
We Need Diverse Books has announced that on March 18, 2016, the organization will bestow its first Walter Dean Myers Award.