Entries from September 30th, 2009

Elmore Leonard Honored

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Author News

The USA PEN literary organization has announced that it will bestow its Lifetime Achievement Award to Elmore Leonard. The award will be given in Beverly Hills on December 2, 2009. Congratulations!

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Vote for National Book Award Favorite

September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Overheard (Industry News)

Seen in Shelf Awareness newsletter
The National Book Foundation has invited readers to vote for one of six finalists for the all-time Best of the National Book Awards Fiction. The shortlist of titles that have previously won the National and American Book Awards for fiction was selected by 140 writers from across the U.S. The NBF [...]

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“‘Chastening experience’ has Keillor pondering show’s future”

September 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Author News

 
Not a quiet week in Lake Wobegon for fans, friends, and family of A Prairie Home Companion and the man behind it, Garrison Keillor, who is recovery (well and rapidly, so far, knock wood) from a stroke.
 
 
A news story and a New York Times op ed piece by Keillor provide [...]

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Kristof and WuDunn Win Literary Peace Prize

September 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Author News

The husband-and-wife writing team of Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have been awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize  Lifetime Achievement Award for their work in exposing human rights issues in Africa and Asia.
Their new book, Half the Sky, is available on audio from HighBridge, read by Cassandra Campbell.
Congratulations on a well-deserved honor!

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