BTW News Briefs

ABFFE Welcomes New Board Members

The two newest members of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Board of Directors are Becky Anderson and Dan Cullen. Anderson was elected to a one-year term as ABFFE vice president. She is part of the fifth generation of Andersons at the helm of Anderson's Bookshops in Naperville, Aurora, and Downers Grove, Illinois. Anderson is also the vice president of the American Booksellers Association.

 Cullen, ABA's senior director of editorial content, has been reporting on First Amendment issues since he joined the association in 1986. Elected for a three-year term, he replaces Oren Teicher, ABA's new chief executive officer.

Deadline for NEIBA's Rusty Drugan Scholarship June 29

The New England Independent Booksellers Association is encouraging members to submit applications for the Rusty Drugan Scholarship for Emerging Leaders. The scholarship is awarded annually in memory of Wayne "Rusty" Drugan, Executive Director of the New England Independent Booksellers Association from 1992 to 2006.

Applicants must be working full-time for at least a year in a NEIBA member bookstore. The scholarship includes two nights at the NEIBA Trade Show Headquarters Hotel and two tickets to each meal function.

Candidates may apply directly for the scholarship or may be nominated by others in the book industry. Booksellers nominating themselves are asked to describe their backgrounds and the reasons for their interest in the award. A resume should also be included. Nominations submitted on behalf of someone else should indicate in detail why that person is being nominated. Nominations/applications must include all the following information for both the applicant and the nominator: Name, Store Name, Current Position, and Store Address.

The deadline for e-mail submissions, which should be sent to NEIBA Assistant Executive Director Nan Sorensen, is June 29.

SCIBA Accepting Applications for Glenn Goldman Scholarships

The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association is now accepting applications for Glenn Goldman Booksellers Scholarships, honoring Glenn Goldman, founder and owner of Book Soup, in Los Angeles, who died in January 2009.

This year two scholarships will be awarded: one scholarship is to the SCIBA's Authors Feast & Trade Show, October 24, 2009, and the second scholarship will be for the ABA's Winter Institute in San Jose, February 4 - 7, 2010.

Applicants must be currently employed in a bricks-and-mortar bookstore that is a member of SCIBA, and they must have a minimum of two years experience in bookselling. (The scholarships are not available to owners or senior managers.)

A downloadable application and full details are available on the SCIBA website. Applications are due by September 1.

Gerhard Weinberg Wins Pritzker Military Library Literature Award

Gerhard L. Weinberg was selected to receive the 2009 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. The $100,000 honorarium, citation and medallion, sponsored by the Chicago-based Tawani Foundation, will be presented at the Library's annual Liberty Gala on October 24, 2009 at Chicago's Palmer House Hilton Hotel. The announcement was made last week via Internet webcast at www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org. Weinberg is author of many books including A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II (Cambridge University Press) and World in the Balance: Behind the Scenes of World War II (University Press of New England).

The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award recognizes a living author for a body of work that has profoundly enriched the public understanding of American military history. A national panel of writers and historians -- including the first and second recipients, James M. McPherson and Allan R. Millett -- reviewed nominations and definitive works submitted by publishers, agents, booksellers, and other professional literary organizations.