Book Awards: Page: 4

This is page 4 of the Book Awards posts on Writers Write.


  • National Book Foundation Announces Lifetime Achievement Awards (2007-09-12): The National Book Foundation announced that it will present its 2007 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to bestselling novelist Joan Didion, author of The Year of Magical Thinking.

  • Joan Didion to Receive Honorary National Book Award (2007-09-10): The National Book Foundation has announced the recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Awards.

  • ABA Booksense Awards Announced (2007-04-02): The American Booksellers Association has announced the winners of the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards.

  • John Grisham Wins Galaxy Award (2007-03-29): John Grisham won the lifetime achievement award at the Galaxy British Book Awards.

  • The Orange Prize Gets a Facelift (2007-03-01): The Orange Prize is being renamed and made more high-tech.

  • Barnes and Noble Announces Winners of Discover Great New Writers Awards (2007-02-28): Barnes & Noble announced the the winners of the 14th annual Discover Great New Writers Awards for fiction and nonfiction.

  • Colm Toibin Wins World's Richest Literary Prize (2006-06-14): Irish author Colm Toibin has won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel, The Master, which makes him the first Irish writer to win the lucrative prize.

  • Julie Powell Wins Blooker Prize (2006-04-03): Julie Powell has won the first annual Blooker Prize for her book, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, One Tiny Apartment Kitchen, which is based on her blog called The Julie/Julia Project.

  • Ali Smith Wins the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award For The Accidental (2006-01-05): The BBC reports that author Ali Smith has won the Whitbread Novel of the Year award with her novel The Accidental, beating out Salman Rushdie and Nick Hornby.

  • National Book Award Means New Print Runs (2005-11-23): USA Today reports that the National Book Awards winners are seeing increased print runs by publishers.

  • Susannah Clarke Wins World Fantasy Award (2005-11-10): Susanna Clarke has won the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

  • Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Wins Hugo Award (2005-08-09): Susanna Clarke has won the Hugo Award for her novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

  • Quills Award Lets Readers Decide (2005-08-08): Reed Business Information, the publisher of Variety, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly, and NBC television, has founded a new book award: the Quills Awards.

  • The Quill Awards Announce Nominees (2005-08-05): Reed Business Information (RBI) and the NBC Universal Television Stations have named the five nominees in each of 19 categories for the first Quill Awards, a new national book award that allows consumers in the voting process.

  • Bob Dylan Vs. William Shakespeare (2005-01-29): In the running for this year's U.

  • Kadohata, Henkes Win Newbery, Caldecott Medals (2005-01-21): Cynthia Kadohata, author of Kira-Kira, and Kevin Henkes, illustrator and author of Kitten's First Full Moon, are the 2005 winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals.

  • Lily Tuck Wins the National Book Award for Fiction (2004-11-20): Lily Tuck has won the National Book Award for Fiction for her book, The News From Paraguay, the fictionalized tale of Paraguayan leader Francisco Solano Lopez and his Irish mistress, Ella Lynch.

  • Major New Book Prize Announced and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Too (2004-11-12): Think you have what it takes to win a major book prize? Well, you just got a major new prize to vie for.

  • Blume to Receive National Book Foundation 2004 Medal (2004-09-24): The National Book Foundation will bestow its 2004 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters upon Judy Blume, a widely read children's author and an activist against censorship.

  • 2004 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced (2004-09-20): Officials have announced the shortlist for Britain's most prestigious literary award, the Man Booker Prize.

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