At 19 events in 13 states, the National Book Foundation now is on the road, crisscrossing the country in the spring season of its NBF Presents programming.
Leri Price Wins 2019 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
Arabic-to-English translator Leri Price has won the Banipal Prize for her translation of Syrian author Khaled Khalifa’s novel ‘Death is Hard Work,’
UK Translation Awards: Society of Authors Announces Eight Shortlists for 2019
The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation is one of eight awards that will have their winners named in London on February 12.
The US National Book Awards at 70: Looking for Permanence
The US National Book Awards appear ready to turn their staying power into stability, and coupled their 2019 prize-fest with an appeal for funding.
Hallie Rubenhold Wins 2019 Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize for ‘The Five’
Author Hallie Rubenhold wins the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for her book, ‘The Five,’ about of the 1888 victims of Jack the Ripper.
UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prizewinner Will Be Announced Tonight
Tonight’s winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction will walk away with a larger purse than last year’s. Six works are in contention.
The US National Book Awards’ Lisa Lucas: ‘The Times We Live In’
Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation talks about this year’s National Book Awards and its 70th anniversary.
US National Book Awards Finalists Drawn from 1,712 Submissions
With its Translated Literature award for authors and translators in its second year, the National Book Foundation announces its 2019 shortlisted titles.
US National Book Awards: 2019 Longlist in Translated Literature
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.