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2023 Walter Dean Myers Awards Announced
The winners and honorees of the Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature have been announced.
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Inaugural Russell Freedman Award Honors Late Author's Impact
The winners of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' inaugural Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World were announced on November 29.
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Venezuela's Editorial Dahbar Receives 2022 AAP International Freedom to Publish Award
The AAP cited the Venezuelan publisher for exhibiting "tremendous courage and commitment in continuing to publish, even as the social and political environments in Venezuela have deteriorated, causing many others to flee the country.”
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Hrab, Kazemi, and Ferguson Selected as 2022 Governor General's Literary Awards Winners
The winners of the 2022 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on November 16 by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Sabaa Tahir Wins 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Sabaa Tahir received this year's Young People's Literature prize for her YA novel 'All My Rage'; during her tearful acceptance speech, Tahir noted, "I am the first Muslim and Pakistani American woman to win this award.”
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Gunty, Keene, Perry, Schweblin, Tahir Win 2022 National Book Awards
Tess Gunty, John Keene, Imani Perry, Samanta Schweblin, and Sabaa Tahir are the winners of this year's National Book Awards, which were bestowed on November 16 at the first in-person NBA ceremony since 2019.
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HarperCollins Union Workers Bring Strike to the National Book Awards
As guests lined up to walk the red carpet at the 73rd National Book Awards, many were greeted by HC union employees offering information about worker rights and fair wages.
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Ruoxi Chen Named PW Star Watch Superstar of 2022
In a star-studded night that celebrated more than 40 publishing professionals, Tordotcom Publishing editor Ruoxi Chen walked away with the top prize and used her moment to call attention to the HarperCollins union strike.
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PW Announces Five 2022 Star Watch Finalists
Selected honorees include publishing professionals from Clarion Books, Tordotcom Publishing, Lerner Publishing Group, Familius and Little, Brown.
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Publishers Weekly Announces 2022 Star Watch Honorees
This year's honorees come from all parts of the publishing industry and will be saluted at an event set for November 15 in New York City.
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Sri Lankan Author Shehan Karunatilaka Named 2022 Booker Prize Winner
Her Majesty the Queen Consort presented the prize to Shelan Karunatilaka for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' in a ceremony on October 17.
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Annie Ernaux Wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
The French author Annie Ernaux has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, collective restraints of personal memory.”
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Finalists for 2022 NBA in Young People's Literature Announced
The National Book Foundation has announced the five finalists for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
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2022 National Book Award Finalists Announced
Gayl Jones, Sharon Olds, Imani Perry, and Yoko Tawada are among the finalists for the 72nd annual National Book Awards. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on November 16.
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Jung Hae Chae Wins Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize
'Pojangmacha People' by Jung Hae Chae is the latest winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. Among previous winners are 'The Collected Schizophrenias' by Esmé Weijun Wang and 'The Empathy Exams' by Leslie Jamison, both of which went on to become bestsellers.
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2022 National Book Award Longlists Announced
The National Book Foundation is announcing the 2022 National Book Award longlists this week. Five finalists in each of the five categories will be named on October 4, and the winner will be announced during the awards ceremony on November 16.
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Whiting Introduces Changes to Literary Magazine Prizes
The Whiting Foundation's 2023 Literary Magazine Awards will feature a new grant schedule, eligibility requirements, and total number of prizes.
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2022 Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
The finalists for one of the most prestigious prizes for English-language literature include Percival Everett and Elizabeth Strout.
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Six Americans Make the Booker Prize Longlist
The longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced, including six American authors: Hernan Diaz, Percival Everett, Karen Joy Fowler, Leila Mottley, Selby Wynn Schwartz, and Elizabeth Strout.
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2022 PW Star Watch Submissions Open
The eighth annual PW Star Watch is now open for submissions.