BTW News Briefs

Sale of Dartmouth Bookstore Close

The sale of the Dartmouth Bookstore in Hanover, New Hampshire, is nearly final, store manager David Cioffi told The Dartmouth on April 30, making it the first time in the store's history that an outsider will operate the family-run bookstore. The Stebbinses have owned the bookstore continuously for 132 years, the article noted. A final agreement is close with one potential buyer (though there are still one or two other interested parties) and the deal should be completed within 30 to 60 days, Cioffi told The Dartmouth. He also said he did not foresee any changes in staff as all potential buyers have agreed to give first priority to current store employees when hiring, the college newspaper noted.

16th Annual Triangle Awards to Be Presented May 12

The Publishing Triangle's 16th Annual Triangle Awards, honoring the best lesbian and gay fiction, nonfiction, and poetry published in 2003, will be presented on May 12 at the Tishman Auditorium of the New School for Social Research from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sponsored by HX Magazine and HarperCollins, the ceremony is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow. For more information on the awards and a list of finalists, go to http://www.publishingtriangle.org/.

2004 PEN Literary Awards Recipients Announced

On May 3, Salman Rushdie, president of PEN American Center, the national association of literary writers, and Benjamin Taylor, chair of the PEN Awards Committee, announced the recipients of the 2004 PEN Literary Awards. The PEN awards will be presented in New York on the evening of Monday, May 24, at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. The winners of the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowships for Writers are Johnathan Safran Foer, Will Heinrich, and Monique Truong. For the complete list of winners, go to www.pen.org.