June 2006, eNewsletter 
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June
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SPECIAL
NOTE TO PUBLISHERS
The entry form postmark deadline
for the 2006 National Book Awards
is Thursday, June 15th.
Please contact the National Book
Foundation offices at nationalbook@nationalbook.org
or
(212) 685-0261 if
you need an entry form.
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Foundation
Welcomes New Board Members
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The
National Book Foundation welcomes
two new board members this month.
Morgan Entrekin is President
& Publisher of Grove/Atlantic
Inc., a publishing house established
after he and a group of investors
acquired Atlantic Monthly Press
in 1991 and merged with Grove
Press in 1993. The company publishes
120 titles a year in North America
and 75 books a year under the
Atlantic Books imprint in London.
Mr. Entrekin started his publishing
career at Delacorte Press and
later moved to Simon & Schuster.
He eventually left Simon &
Schuster to start his own imprint
at Atlantic Monthly Press where
he published over 40 titles, including
books by P.J. O'Rourke, Rian Malan,
Richard Preston, Ron Chernow,
and Francisco Goldman. Mr. Entrekin
is a graduate of Stanford University
and the Radcliffe Publishing Procedures
Course.
Elpidio Villarreal is Vice
President and Associate General
Counsel at Schering-Plough, a
major American pharmaceutical
company. Prior to joining Schering-Plough,
he was senior counsel, Litigation
and Legal Policy at General Electric
Company (GE). In this role, he
was instrumental in developing
an award-winning Early Dispute
Resolution Program and also led
GE's Litigation Council. His legal
career includes being a partner
at Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal
LLP and an associate at Latham
& Watkins LLP. Mr. Villarreal
is a board member of the Minority
Corporation Counsel Association,
and a member of the Chief Litigation
Counsel Association and state,
national and international bar
associations. He holds a B.A.
in History from Columbia University
and a J.D. from Yale University.
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NEW~
National Book Award Medallion
Packages Now Available
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The
National Book Foundation is now
offering new rates for those who
wish to purchase in
smaller quantities the
National Book Award Gold Winner
seals, the Silver Finalist seals,
and the seal for authors who have
received the Foundation's Medal
for Distinguished Contribution
to American Letters.
- Package
1 offers 10 Gold Winner
seals, 10 Silver Finalist
seals and 10 Distinguished
Contribution to American Letters
seals for $10.
- Package
2 offers 10 Gold Winner
seals and 10 Silver Finalist
seals for $8.
- In
Package 3 you have
the option of creating a mix
that is suitable for your
needs.
For
more information visit www.nationalbook.org/medallions
or contact Meredith Andrews at
mandrews@nationalbook.org.
These seals are great marketing
tools for libraries and bookstores
with older copies of National
Book Award books.
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Novelist
Amanda Stern and Special Guest
Read from BREAKFAST
AT TIFFANY'S in Madison
Square Park
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This
summer, the National Book Awards
teams up with the Madison Square
Park Conservancy to present "Breakfast"
Under the Stars. Writer Amanda
Stern and a special guest will
read excerpts from Truman Capote's
classic novella Breakfast at
Tiffany's. If you only know
Capote from In Cold Blood
or Philip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal
in the recent film Capote,
you're missing out on one of America's
most elegant and accomplished
writers of short fiction. Join
Stern and a special guest for
a summer evening in the park on
Thursday, July 27, 6:30 p.m.
at Madison Square Park (on 23rd
Street between Fifth and Madison).
This event is part of the Madison
Square
Reads series and
is free and open to the public.
No tickets or reservations are
necessary. The event will be held
rain or shine.
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NOW
AVAILABLE! Author Residency
Handbooks for Schools, Settlement
Houses and After-school Programs
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Based
on a decade of programs in reading
and writing, the National Book
Foundation has recently brought
together its experience with students
residing in under-served areas
across the country to create two
new handbooks: Author Residency
Handbook and Writers in
Indian Country: A Handbook for
Author Residency Programs with
Native American Students.
Both books draw on the advice
of authors, educators, and coordinators
who have participated in the Foundation's
educational outreach programs
and include anecdotes, activities,
and quotes from noted writers
such as children's and young adult
author Katherine Paterson, poet
Nikki Giovanni and fiction writer
Bob Shacochis. The handbooks are
useful for schools and community
organizations planning for an
author residency or searching
for ideas on how to get students
excited about the joys of reading
and writing.
For a free copy of one of the
books, please send a check for
$3.00 for postage and handling,
made payable to the National Book
Foundation at 95 Madison Avenue,
Suite 709, New York, NY 10016.
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MARK
THESE DATES: 2006 National
Book Awards and Author Events
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June
15th, Postmark deadline
for Entry Form for the 2006 National
Book Awards
July 27th, Amanda Stern
and "Breakfast" Under the Stars
at a Madison Square Park reading
of excerpts of Truman Capote's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
September 11th, Commemoration
of 9/11 at the New School
in New York with National Book
Award Finalists
September 20th, Public
announcement of Master of Ceremonies
for the 2006 National Book Awards
Dinner and Ceremony, site
of the National Book Awards Finalists
Announcement, and recipient for
the Medal for Distinguished Contribution
to American Letters and the Literarian
Award.
October 11th, Announcement
of this year's National Book Award
Finalists
National
Book Awards Week in New York
November 13th, 5 Under
35: New York Style, a celebration
of the next generation of fiction
writers
November 14th, National
Book Awards Teen Press Conference,
at the Donnell Library, sponsored
by Con Edison
November 14th, National
Book Awards Finalist Reading at
the New School
November 15th, National
Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner
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