Awards

The 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards will be announced at the Celebration of Bookselling, on Friday, June 4, during this year's BookExpo America (BEA) in Chicago. Here, BTW takes a look at the five finalists in the Adult Nonfiction category. (For the complete list of finalists, click here.) All nominated authors and illustrators are being invited to attend the award ceremonies and the Book Sense Lunch, also to be held on Friday, June 4, at BEA.

The 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards will be announced at the Celebration of Bookselling, on Friday, June 4, during this year's BookExpo America in Chicago. Here, BTW takes a look at the five finalists in the Paperback category. (For the complete list of finalists, click here.) All nominated authors and illustrators are being invited to attend the award ceremonies and the Book Sense 76 Lunch, also to be held on Friday, June 4, at BEA.

Book Sense -- the campaign that embodies the passion, personality, character, community, and knowledge of independent bookstores -- has announced the Best Books: The Best of Book Sense From the First Five Years. The list is the result of voting by independent booksellers across the country, who cast ballots for the titles they most enjoyed handselling over the past five years.

Edward P. Jones' The Known World (Amistad/HarperCollins) has been awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Before it won the Pulitzer and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in early March, The Known World was recognized by independent booksellers as a Top Ten September/October 2003 Book Sense 76 Pick.

On Friday, March 26, at the Small Press Center's General Society Library, Morgan Entrekin, the president and publisher of Grove/Atlantic, Inc., received the Small Press Center's Ben Award (formerly known as the Poor Richard's Award) for his outstanding contribution to the field of independent publishing. The award was presented to Entrekin by Grove/Atlantic author, Francisco Goldman. Friday's Ben Award presentation inaugurated the 16th annual Small Press Book Fair, which took place on March 27 - 28.

Independent booksellers sure can pick 'em. Three Book Sense 76 Picks have recently won prestigious literary awards: Edward P. Jones' The Known World (Amistad Press), a Book Sense Top Ten September/October 2003 pick, took the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction. Jennifer Haigh's Mrs.

The Lambda Literary Foundation will announce the winners of the 16th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammies," honoring a diverse range of distinguished voices in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) publishing, at what promises to be a festive and lively ceremony at the Chicago Mart Plaza on Thursday, June 3, 2004, in conjunction with BookExpo America.

On Thursday, March 4, the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) announced the winners of its 2003 book awards at a ceremony at the New School in New York City. The Fiction prize was awarded to Edward P. Jones for The Known World (Amistad Press). Jones' novel was a September/October 2003 Book Sense 76 pick.

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