Announcing the Winners of the 2023 National Book Awards! The 74th
#NBAwards
Ceremony & Benefit Dinner was hosted by LeVar Burton (
@levarburton
) and featured special guest Oprah Winfrey (
@Oprah
).
"And I’ll never lose my faith that you and I can create an anti-racist America where racial disparities are nonexistent. Where Americans are no longer manipulated by racist ideas. Where Black lives matter." -
@DrIbram
accepting the 2016
#NBAwards
for Nonfiction
To read more about the ten titles longlisted for the 2019
#NBAwards
for Fiction, visit our website. 📚 Congratulations to the authors and publishers of these exceptional works!
Happy Valentine's Day to booksellers, librarians, writers, editors, poets, publicists, marketers, agents, sales teams, fulfillment staff, book clubs, literary nonprofits, new readers, lifelong readers, and not-yet-but-soon-to-be readers. We love you all. ❤️ 📖 ❤️
Roxane Gay
@rgay
, “This year’s National Book Award for Fiction goes to Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown (Pantheon Books / Penguin Random House).”
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We can't overstate what
@strandbookstore
means to the literary community of NYC. Fred Bass leaves behind a monumental legacy, and our hearts go out to the Bass family and Strand staff.
It is with a heavy heart we share that Strand’s owner, Fred Bass, passed away early this morning at home surrounded by loved ones at the age of 89. We thank Fred for his passion and dedication, and our thoughts are with the Bass family.
"I’ll be standing here for literature until my very last breath." LeVar Burton, who inspired so many to become readers, is still speaking up for books.
It’s
#BlackHistoryMonth
! If you’re looking to read more black authors in February (and for the rest of your life), these 2017
#NBAwards
titles are a great place to start.
Art Spiegelman is the first comic artist to receive the DCAL medal, which will be presented to him by author Neil Gaiman (
@neilhimself
) at the
#NBAwards
Ceremony on November 16.
For the full announcement, visit our website.
Nell Painter, “This year’s National Book Award for Nonfiction goes to Tiya Miles, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake. Random House / Penguin Random House."
“‘There’s no such thing as someone becoming an antiracist,’ he says. ‘We can only strive to be.’”
A beautiful profile
@WSJMag
of
#NBAwards
Winner
@DrIbram
The
#NBAwards
excitement continues with the fourth category of the week's announcements. These are the ten titles longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." Happy birthday to James Baldwin, a literary icon and four-time
#NBAwards
Finalist.
The 2018 5 Under 35 authors have been announced! We're thrilled to this year honor Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Akwaeke Emezi, Lydia Kiesling, and Moriel Rothman-Zecher.
The Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters will be presented to Isabel Allende by Pulitzer Prize finalist Luís Alberto Urrea. You can find the full
@AP
announcement here!
Tonight’s the night! Watch live as the Winners of this year’s
#NBAwards
are announced at the 69th National Book Awards! Stream begins at 7:20pm ET, with Winners announced around 8:30pm
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Finalist and
@DreamWorksSheRa
showrunner Noelle Stevenson (
@Gingerhazing
) chats with
@io9
about the next season, some of her formative experiences, and her forthcoming graphic memoir, THE FIRE NEVER GOES OUT.
"'That is Art. Art, with a capital 'A,' is always thinking about art, with a small 'a.' He makes things that matter, and I think he knows he makes things that matter.'"
@neilhimself
on 2022 DCAL Medalist Art Spiegelman. |
@AP
At the National Book Foundation, we are committed to recognizing the exceptional work of a wide range of writers. Which is why we are thrilled to introduce our inaugural "5 Under 5" honorees! Full announcement and authors' bios at our website:
It’s the first day of
#NBAwards
Longlist announcements!
We are so excited to share the ten contenders for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Congratulations to everyone on the list!
It's the first day of
#NBAwards
Longlist announcements! We are so excited to announce the ten titles on the 2020 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People's Literature. Congratulations to all, and welcome to the family!
"Black people, you said, were the only people in the United States ever explicitly forbidden to become literate. I am now officially speechless." -
Nikky Finney, accepting the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry
Today’s the second day of
#NBAwards
Longlist announcements! We are pleased to share the Longlist for the 2023
#NBAwards
Longlist for Poetry! |
@NewYorker
Cathryn Mercier, This year’s
#NBAwards
for Young People’s Literature goes to Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Dutton Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House.”