Next fall, Coffee House Press, distributed to the trade by Consortium, will publish Our Favorite Books, a compilation of 25 lists of independent booksellers’ favorite titles that began as a project of Micawber’s Bookstore owner Hans Weyandt for the store blog.
At the 62nd annual National Book Awards ceremony, held yesterday in New York City, stories of struggle were honored and the award winners, who included three women of color, gave voice to them. Also honored with lifetime achievement awards were Books & Books’ Mitchell Kaplan and poet John Ashbery.
The winners of the 2011 National Book Awards were announced tonight, November 16, at the National Book Foundation’s 62nd Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
Here’s a preview of the Winter 2011 - 2012 Children’s Indie Next List flier, which will be arriving at indie bookstores in the upcoming Children’s White Box.
This year’s Indie Next List Highlights, ready for download in flier and shelf-talker formats, features the #1 Indie Next List titles from January through November and nine additional titles strongly supported by ABA members nationwide.
Maryelizabeth Hart, co-owner of Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, in San Diego, California, is the editor of San Diego Noir (Akashic Books), an anthology that showcases award-winning and first-time authors, while exposing a darker side of San Diego.
