Works from world literature in Arabic, Danish, Finnish, French, Japanese, Norwegian, and more are on the National Book Awards’ translated longlist.
US National Book Awards: 2019 Longlist in Young People’s Literature
Familiar faces–authors previously recognized–are behind six of this year’s 10 longlisted titles for National Book Awards in the young readers’ category.
Edmund White Is National Book Awards’ Distinguished Contribution Medalist
The iconic fiction and nonfiction writer of 20th-century American gay life, Edmund White, receives the medal from film director John Waters on November 20.
National Book Foundation Honors American Booksellers’ Oren Teicher
Engaged with the American Booksellers Association since 1990, Oren Teicher retires at the end of this year from his position as the ABA’s CEO.
National Book Foundation’s Spring ‘NBF Presents’ Season: Expanded Programming
With support from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the National Book Foundation’s ‘NBF Presents’ expands its events and widens its outreach.
Joyce Carol Oates Is Named the 2019 Jerusalem Prize Winner
One of the best-known American authors working today, Joyce Carol Oates has won the Jerusalem Prize and will attend the Jerusalem International Book Forum in May.
National Book Awards Honor Isabel Allende: ‘I’ve Found a Place’
The Chilean-American Isabel Allende receives the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the National Book Awards.
AAP Opens 2019 PROSE Awards to Entries; National Book Awards Host Is Nick Offerman
The Association of American Publishers’ PROSE Awards for scholarly and professional books will be named in February. The National Book Awards winners ceremony is on November 14.
US National Book Awards Finalists: This Year Including Translations
There’s special interest at Frankfurt in the new category for translated literature, as the 2018 National Book Awards in America announce finalists.
National Book Foundation Announces 2018 ‘5 Under 35’ Honorees
The National Book Foundation cycle of award announcements includes this year’s group of ‘5 Under 35’ emerging literary talents, ‘whose debut titles provide a first look at their exceptional talent as fiction writers,’ according to David Steinberger.