Awards

The finalists for the 2009 National Book Awards in four categories -- fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature -- were announced by the National Book Foundation on Wednesday, October 14. The winners will be announced at the 60th National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Wednesday, November 18. This year's 20 finalists are: Fiction

2009 Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded to Herta Mueller

PW Launches National Bookstore Day Publishers Weekly is launching its first annual National Bookstore Day, a day dedicated to bookselling and bookstores, on Saturday, November 7. PW is inviting bookstores to participate.

This week, the National Book Foundation opened voting to the public to choose the Best of the National Book Awards Fiction.

Trade Show Season StartsThe fall trade show season kicked off last weekend in Portland, Oregon, where members of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association gathered for three days featuring educational programming, special author events, and exhibits.

On July 7, the National Book Foundation launched a new campaign celebrating the 60th anniversary of the National Book Awards that will culminate in a vote by the public this fall to choose the Best of the National Book Awards Fiction.

SIBA Announces 2009 Book Award Winners On July 4, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) announced the winners of the 2009 SIBA Book Awards as selected by a jury of SIBA booksellers. This year's winners are:

ABFFE Welcomes New Board MembersThe 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.

Here's a recap of recent book award announcements. The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Presented annually since 1967, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards reward excellence in children's and young adult literature and are given in three categories: Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction, and Picture Book. The 2009 winners are:

Children's Choice Book Award Winners Announced On May 13, the winners of the second annual Children's Choice Book Awards were announced by the Children's Book Council (CBC) in association with Every Child a Reader, Inc. (the CBC Foundation). More than 220,000 votes were cast by children via the Children's Book Week website at www.BookWeekOnline.com to choose the winners. This year's Children's Choice Book Award winners are: