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National Book Award Winners Are …

There’s some big book news today, everyone! Keep reading to find out the winners in five crucial categories! Phoebe Robinson, stand-up comedian, actress, bestselling author, and founder of Tiny Reparations Books, hosted the exclusively online National Book Awards Ceremony on November 17, 2021 at 7:00 EST. Book aficionados across the…
Judy Moreno
November 17, 2021
Miscellany

2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction Winner Announced!

Let me happily relay the official announcement of the winner of the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction: Piranesi, written by Susanna Clarke and published by Bloomsbury, takes the grand prize. This luminous offering is, according to the Chair of Judges, “a truly original, unexpected flight of fancy which melds genres…
Judy Moreno
September 8, 2021
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ALA Announces Youth Media Awards Virtually

The American Library Association has announced the winners of its coveted Youth Media Awards for 2021 in 20 categories. The awards typically are the centerpiece of the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits event, which this year was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The award once again generated thousands…
Judy Moreno
January 25, 2021
Fiction

Michael Connelly on His Journey to Novel and Television Fame

Michael Connelly is best known for his Harry Bosh detective novels and his Lincoln Lawyer series. He has also written several stand alone novels, produced television shows based on his work, appeared as himself in television dramas and Clint Eastwood even turned one of his novels into a movie! “I…
Rick Pullen
October 2, 2017