Category Archives: awards

Gaiman’s ‘The Graveyard Book’ wins Carnegie Medal

Yesterday Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book—which won the Newbery Medal in 2009—took home The Carnegie Medal in Literature. The Carnegie is the UK’s most prestigious children’s book award, and according to Gaiman in his acceptance speech, it’s also the most … Continue reading

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Audie Award winners

The Audie Awards were given out last night in New York City, and the biggest prize—Audiobook of the Year—went to Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales. (Read more about this book and listen to an excerpt.) Mandela and the 23 artists … Continue reading

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Moby Award winners

The Moby Awards—recognizing the best (and worst) in book trailers—were announced last night in New York City. I am happy to say that the trailer for  Lowboy by John Wray won for Best Cameo in a Book Trailer (actor/comedian Zach … Continue reading

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Orange Prize contender coming to USA

Trisha posted about the Orange Prize longlist a couple months ago, and today we got some good news—Rosie Alison’s The Very Thought of You, one of the shortlisted titles, will be published by Atria in the United States. Here’s a … Continue reading

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‘Complex political questions’ in Bellwether winner

The Bellwether Prize has just been announced online—Naomi Benaron won for her novel Running the Rift. The Prize, which comes with a $25,000 award and guaranteed publication by a major publisher, was founded and fully funded by Barbara Kingsolver. The … Continue reading

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James Beard Winners announced

Last night, the 2010 James Beard Award winners were announced. The award highlights the year’s best cookbooks in several different subject areas. We at BookPage were especially pleased to see Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc at Home, cookbook columnist Sybil Pratt’s … Continue reading

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