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Slate, Whiting Team Up to Celebrate Sophomore Novels
The Whiting Foundation and the Slate Book Review have joined forces on a new campaign that, according to the two partners, aims to "breathe new life into second novels." This year, the initiative, We Second That, recognizes five of the "greatest second novels of the last five years."
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The National Book Awards
The 65th annual National Book Awards were held on November 19 at Cipriani Wall Street, in a ceremony emceed by Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket).
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Young People's Literature at the 2014 National Book Awards: A Photo Essay
On November 19, five children's and YA authors headed to Cipriani Wall Street for the 65th National Book Awards. Our photographer caught up with the authors (and their editors) who were nominated in the Young People's Literature category, and also captured the winner.
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Handler Apologizes, Makes Donation for Woodson Remarks
National Book Awards host Daniel Handler used Twitter to issue an apology for remarks he made about Jacqueline Woodson, who won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature award for her YA novel "Brown Girl Dreaming."
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2014 National Book Awards Go to Woodson, Glück, Osnos, Klay
The 2014 National Book Awards were presented Wednesday evening at a ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.
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2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Goes to Torday
'The Dark Wild' by Piers Torday has won the 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, announced Thursday evening in London.
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Four Questions for...PEN Winner Shawn Vestal
Journalist Shawn Vestal was recently named the winner of this year's PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for his debut collection, 'Godforsaken Idaho.' We talked to Vestal about winning the prize, and his experience publishing the book with Amazon.
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Piketty Takes 2014 'FT,' McKinsey & Co Business Book of the Year Award
The prize, which comes with a £30,000 purse, was presented to Thomas Piketty’s editor, Harvard's Ian Malcolm, at a ceremony in London on November 11.
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Debut Novelist Wins Canada’s Biggest Lit Prize
When the winner of the C$100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize was announced at a gala in Toronto last night, the spotlight was on a new writer, Sean Michaels, and his debut novel 'Us Conductors,' published by Random House Canada.
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Annick Book Wins Big Canadian Children's Lit Award
Kathy Stinson and Dušan Petričić's book 'The Man with the Violin' has won the C$30,000 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.
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Churchwell, Markovits Win Eccles Award
Author and 2014 Man Booker Prize judge, Sarah Churchwell, along with Benjamin Markovits, author and Granta Best of Young British Novelist 2013, are the joint winners of the 2015 Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award.
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Klein Wins Canada's Biggest Nonfiction Prize
Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate' has won the C$60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
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2014 National Book Award Finalists Named
The National Book Foundation revealed the finalists for the 2014 National Book Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature.
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Richard Flanagan Wins 2014 Man Booker Prize
Australian writer Richard Flanagan was awarded the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel, 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North,' at a ceremony at London's Guildhall on Tuesday evening.
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Patrick Modiano Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
French author Patrick Modiano has won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, it was revealed Thursday.
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Scotiabank Giller 2014 Shortlist
Six finalists for Canada's biggest fiction award, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, were unveiled on October 6.
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Shortlist Announced for 'FT,' McKinsey & Co Business Book of the Year Award
The winner will be announced at a dinner ceremony on November 11 in London, and will receive £30,000, with each shortlisted author receiving £10,000.
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2014 National Book Award Fiction Longlist Announced
The list of 10 finalists includes a previous National Book Award winner, two finalists for the award, two Pulitzer Prize winners, and two first time authors.
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Canada's Big Fiction Prize Grows
The founder of Canada's Scotiabank Giller Prize announced yesterday that the prize purse will double, to C$140,000.
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National Book Award 2014 Nonfiction Finalists
Among this year's nominees are the first cartoonist to be considered for the prize (Roz Chast), a Pulitzer Prize winner (Edward O. Wilson), and a Tony winner (John Lahr).