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Burmese Bookseller to Receive Freedom to Publish Award
Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung is the founder of the Myanmar Book Center and executive director of the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation.
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Tartt, Fagin Take 2014 Pulitzers
Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" and Dan Fagin's "Toms River" were among the winners of the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes.
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WBN U.S. Announces Essay Contest
The grand prize-winner receiving a pair of domestic travel airplane tickets to BEA in 2015.
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London Book Fair 2014: Excellence Award Winners Revealed
Publishers from Belorussia, Pakistan, India, Denmark, Australia, Malaysia, the U.S. and China were among the winners of the first London Book Fair International Book Industry Excellence Awards.
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ALA Unveils Shortlist for 2014 Andrew Carnegie Medals
The American Library Association has shortlisted six books for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.
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Fowler Wins 2014 PEN/Faulkner Fiction Award
For her novel, "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves."
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National Book Award Judges Named
The National Book Foundation, which oversees the National Book Awards, has announced the judges for the 2014 awards.
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Tohti to Receive PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
Imprisoned Chinese economist and writer Ilham Tohti, who was arrested in his Beijing home in January, is being honored with the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.
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Barbro Lindgren Wins 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Swedish author Barbro Lindgren has won the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the largest award for children's literature with a prize of five million Swedish crowns.
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Nahoko Uehashi and Roger Mello Receive 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Japanese author Nahoko Uehashi and Brazilian illustrator Roger Mello are the recipients of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards.
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2014 Indies Choice, E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards Finalists
The winners will be announced on April 17.
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Guelzo Wins Inaugural $50,000 Military History Prize
Historian and professor Allen C. Guelzo's winning book was "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion."
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NBCC Celebrates The Best of 2013
On the chilly evening of March 13, authors, editors, agents, publishers, and publicists crowded into the auditorium at the New School for the National Book Critics Circle Award ceremony, which celebrated the best titles released in 2013.
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Adichie, Fink Among 2013 NBCC Winners
The awards were presented at a ceremony at the New School in Manhattan.
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Triangle Award Finalists Named
The awards will be presented on April 24 at the the New School in New York City, in a ceremony free and open to the public.
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Thomas King Wins Canadian Nonfiction Prize
Thomas King's "subversive, hilarious, enraging" re-examination of Canada's history with aboriginal people wins $25,000 non-fiction prize
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Saunders Wins 2013 Story Prize
The author's "Tenth of December" was fittingly the tenth winner of the short fiction award, which came with a $20,000 prize.
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Winners of 2014 Golden Kite, Sid Fleischman Awards Revealed
The awards will be presented to the winners during a luncheon at the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators annual conference in Los Angeles in August.
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Stine, Jones Win Horror Writers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award
Past winners include Stephen King, Anne Rice, Joyce Carol Oates, and Ray Bradbury.
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40 Years Together: Rolando Hinojosa And Arte Público
Although Rolando Hinojosa has won numerous awards during his distinguished career, including the 1976 Premio Casa de las Americas, he is especially excited, and humbled, to be named the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, which he will receive March 13 at the National Book Critics Circle Award ceremony in New York.