book awards
Tag details
Welcome to the 'book awards' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'book awards'.
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “book awards”
-
Write On
A LOW PROFILE —
Authority: 122
An interesting video made at the NBA (National Book Awards) ceremony by Galley Cat ( http://www.mediabistro.com/ ) of finalists giving advice on surviving the bad economy. Most of them say the same thing I do: "Were poor anyway!" ;-) #TW-feed, #TW-feed ul {list-style:none; margin:0px; padding:0px}#TW-feed li ul ...6 days ago -
Book Awards III Challenge Complete
Passion for the Page —
Authority: 113
Ive recently finished a couple of reading challenges. One of those was the Book Awards III Challenge hosted by Michelle of 1 More Chapter . The Book Awards III Challenge ends December 1, 2009 . The challenge was to read 5 books that had won 5 different awards. Here are the books I read to complete the ...1 week ago -
National Book Award Winners
East Hampton Public Library —
Authority: 126
On Wednesday last, November 18, The National Book Foundation awarded 2009s National Book Awards : Fiction Category Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Click here for a list of NBA Fiction finalists. Non-Fiction Category The First Tycoon : The Epic Life of Cornelius ...1 week ago -
Does Sarah Palin Deserve a Delete Key Award for Bad Writing for ‘Going Rogue’?
One-Minute Book Reviews —
Authority: 422
The Delete Key Awards have shown through finalists James McGreevey and Newt Gingrich that neither Democrats nor Republicans have a monopoly on bad writing. Should a politician make the 2010 shortlist due out in February? I haven’t read Going Rogue, but reviews suggest that it could be a candidate. Does Sarah ...1 week ago -
Recent Reading
Still Standing on her Head —
Authority: 120
As mentioned in a previous post - my latest fiction reading was The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds. This book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and the Guardian review piqued my interest, so I checked our library catalogue to find that as usual they did not let me down. (In fact, our library seems to be ...1 week ago -
"The Voice of the Muse" Wins 2009 New Mexico Book Award
The Voice of Your Muse —
Authority: 410
Mark David Gerson’s Medal-Winning Writing Book Honored in Statewide Competition Mark David Gerson ’s The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write was named a winner in the 2009 edition of New Mexico’s premier literary contest, the New Mexico Book Awards . The top prize in the competitions ...1 week ago -
A Midwestern Gothic Boyhood – David Small’s Graphic Memoir for Adults and Teenagers, ‘Stitches’
One-Minute Book Reviews —
Authority: 422
An illustrator found that during a painful childhood, “Art became my home.” Stitches: A Memoir. By David Small. Norton, 329 pp., $24.95. Ages: See discussion below. By Janice Harayda David Small’s mother had her heart in the wrong place — literally. Elizabeth Small was born with her heart on the wrong ...1 week ago -
2009 National Book Award Winners
ReadersRead.com Book Blog —
Authority: 416
The winners of the 2009 National Book Awards have been announced. Here is a list of the winners. Fiction: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (Random House) Nonfiction: The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T. J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf) Poetry: Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy ...1 week ago -
National Book Awards: A Newcomers Point of View
Omnivoracious —
Authority: 583
(The crowd lining up to get into the National Book Awards, the amazing Cipriani ceiling inside) The National Book Awards for first-time attendees like my wife Ann and me constituted a kind of blur of sharp-dressed men and women, most of them graying a bit but still elegant, mixed with a few twenty-somethings ...1 week ago -
Its the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fines [Gawker Party Crash]
Gawker —
Authority: 863
2009s National Book Awards went down last night. In delightful twists of irony, they were a) sponsored by Google, b) held on Wall Street, and c) James Franco was there. So were Party Crash Photog Mo...1 week ago -
Its the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fine [Gawker Party Crash]
Gawker —
Authority: 863
2009s National Book Awards went down last night. In delightful twists of irony, they were a) sponsored by Google, b) held on Wall Street, and c) James Franco was there. So were Party Crash Photog Mo...1 week ago -
The National Book Awards Winners 2009
readingrec —
Authority: 112
The National Book Awards 2009 were announced and they are quite hefty titles from several genres. Here is the latest and greatest additions to the National Book Awards The national book awards 2009 winners: Fiction: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Nonfiction: The First Tycoon: The ...1 week ago -
Vote for the Best Small Business Books of 2009
Small Business Trends —
Authority: 547
It’s time to vote on your favorite small business books of 2009. For the second year in a row we are holding the Best Small Business Book Awards – Reader’s Choice. This year the Awards are bigger and better than ever. A total of 47 books have been nominated. And you can help choose the winners . The 10 ...1 week ago -
Colum McCann + Joe Hurley, “The House That Horse Built”
Flavorwire —
Authority: 709
New York-based singer Joe Hurley collaborated with National Book Award winner Colum McCann to write "The House that Horse Built" (Let the Great World Spin), a 12-minute track inspired by a chapter in McCanns novel, Let the Great World Spin. The limited edition CD was produced by Don Fleming (Sonic Youth, Pete Yorn, ...1 week ago -
Trip’s morning reading
New Mexico Independent —
Authority: 559
The University of California’s Board of Regents is expected to raise students’ fees today by 32 percent , pushing the annual cost of a UC education, not including campus-based fees, to $10,302 — about triple the UC costs of a decade ago, according to the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile on the other coast, ...1 week ago -
Voters Choose Flannery OConnor in National Book Award Poll
ArtsBeat —
Authority: 791
In an online poll conducted by the National Book Foundation, the OConnor collection "The Complete Stories" was named the best work to have won the National Book Award for fiction in the contests 60-year history.1 week ago -
Voters Choose Flannery OConnor in National Book Award Poll
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 905
In an online poll conducted by the National Book Foundation, the OConnor collection "The Complete Stories" was named the best work to have won the National Book Award for fiction in the contests 60-year history.1 week ago -
Colum McCann Takes NBA Fiction Prize
Bibliobibuli —
Authority: 425
The National Book Award winners were announced November 18 during a ceremony in New York City. These are probably the major US awards after the Pulitzer Prize, and there are several categories. The prize for fiction went to Irish author Colum McCann for Let the Great World Spin , which is based on life in New York ...1 week ago -
some more men win some more awards
Small Beer Press Not a Journal. —
Authority: 128
1 guy, 2 guys, 3 guys, 4 guys. Plus: 2 extra guys.1 week ago -
The Very Best in Bad Sex Writing
A Writer's Desk —
Authority: 435
Who is going to win the coveted prize this year? Philip Roth? Paul Theroux? Nick Cave? From the piece... The Pulitzer prize-winning Roth makes the line-up for The Humbling, in which the ageing actor Simon converts Pegeen, a lesbian, to heterosexuality. The Literary Review singled out a scene in which Simon and ...1 week ago
