2009 Book Awards Roundup
‘Tis the season for book awards. Below is a list of the major awards, mostly for literatures in English. Where winners have been announced, I’ve included them, but the lists of award finalists are great places to find new avenues for reading.
• American Booksellers Association: Indies Choice Book Awards
2009 Winner: The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes (Houghton Mifflin Co.)
2009 Regional Winners: Mandla Langa, The Lost Colours of the Chameleon (Africa); Marina Endicott, Good to a Fault (Canada and Caribbean); Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth (Europe and South Asia); Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap (East Asia and South Pacific)
2009 Winner: Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
2009 winner: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean (HarperCollins)
2009 winner: Herta Müller (See Tim Morris’ previous post on this selection.)
2009 winner: Joseph O’Neill, Netherland
2009 winners: Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Fiction); Lynn Nottage, Ruined (Drama); W.S. Merwin, The Shadow of Sirius (Poetry)
And, while not strictly a book award, I must add a link to one of my favorite sites: The Book Design Review, which surveys book covers and overall design. While they haven’t yet listed the best for 2009, you can examine the favorites for 2008 — amazing works of art!
– Desiree Henderson
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Yes! And the National Book Award winners will be announced November 18th…here are the nominees:
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009_test.html