February 2007, eNewsletter 
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eNewsletter
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January
2007
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National
Book Foundation begins BookUpNYC
- New
Model Reading Program
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Starting
on February 7, the East
Side House in the Bronx
will be the first of three
New
York City settlement
houses to offer pre-teens,
teens and their families
BookUpNYC (formerly known
as Readers-in-Residence),
the Foundation's model
after-school reading program
that exposes participants
to the broad literary culture
of the United
States. Funded
by Bloomberg, the program
aims to seek new ways to
help children become lifelong
readers and active participants
in New
York City's literary
and cultural community.
An
author with teaching experience
will be assigned to each
settlement house to work
with 20 to 25 participants
once a week for three months,
act as a mentor, and organize
field trips to such literary
institutions as the New
York Public Library and
the Nuyorican Poets Café.
Participants will meet writers
and journalists and receive
a $25 Barnes & Noble
gift card, free books, and
a "Reading Hot Spots"
map. The map, conceived
by the Foundation and designed
by Bloomberg, gives the
locations of libraries,
chain and independent bookstores,
and literary centers in
New
York City's five
boroughs.
The
program is expected to expand
to other locations nationally
in the coming year. For
further information, contact
the Foundation at (212)
685-0261.
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2006
National Book Award Winners
Powers and Egan Reach Bestseller
Lists
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Richard
Powers'
The Echo Maker and
Timothy
Egan's
The Worst Hard Time:
The Untold Story of Those
Who Survived the Great
American Dust Bowl
remain on bestseller lists
seven weeks after winning
the National Book Award.
Last week, Powers'
The Echo Maker was
#33 on the New York
Times Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List, #21 on
the Publishers Weekly
List, and #11 on the BookSense
List. Egan's The
Worst Hard Time was
#17 on the New York
Times Trade Paperback
Bestseller List and #3
on the BookSense List.
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National
Book Award Winners and Finalists
Appear in Paperback
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Fiction
- Ken
Kalfus,
A Disorder Peculiar
to the Country (Ecco,
an imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers) -
Currently available
- Dana
Spiotta,
Eat the Document
(Scribner) - Currently
available
- Jess
Walter,
The Zero (Regan,
an imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers) - Currently
available in large print
Nonfiction
- Taylor
Branch,
At Canaan's Edge:
America in the King
Years, 1965-68 (Simon
& Schuster) - Currently
available
- Timothy
Egan,
The Worst Hard Time:
The Untold Story of
Those Who Survived the
Great American Dust
Bowl (Houghton
Mifflin Company) - Currently
available
- Peter
Hessler,
Oracle Bones: A Journey
Between China's
Past and Present
(HarperCollins Publishers)
- May, 2007
Poetry
- Louise
Glück,
Averno (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux)
- February, 2007
- H.
L. Hix,
Chromatic (Etruscan
Press) - Currently available
- Ben
Lerner,
Angle of Yaw (Copper
Canyon Press) - Currently
available
- Nathaniel
Mackey,
Splay Anthem
(New Directions Publishing)
- Currently available
- James
McMichael,
Capacity (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux)
- March, 2007
Young
People's Literature
- Gene
Luen Yang,
American Born Chinese
(First Second Books,
an imprint of Roaring
Brook Press) - Currently
available
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REMINDER:
Eat,
Drink and Be Literary Third
Season Begins This Month
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National
Book Awards and the Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM) will
present nine acclaimed authors
for Eat, Drink &
Be Literary: Dinner and
a Reading in BAMcafé.
The events will begin at
6:30 p.m. with live music
and wine-provided by Napa
Valley's award-winning
Pine Ridge Winery-followed
by a delicious buffet dinner
in the BAMcafé prepared
by executive chef, Coleman
Foster. At 8 p.m. the literary
program begins with authors
reading from their works,
participating in a discussion
with the moderator, and
answering questions from
audience members. The Shakespeare
& Co. BAMshop will provide
books for purchase and signing.
The featured authors and
moderators in January are:
For
a complete listing, ticket
pricing, and information
please visit, www.nationalbook.org
or www.bam.org.
Photo
credits: Francine Prose
(top) by Lisa Yuskavage;
Pete Hamill by Brian Hamill;
Brigid Hughes by Tobias
Everke.
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Mark
These Dates
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Richard
Powers
photo: L Ciniglio
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May
10, National Book
Award Fiction Winner Richard
Powers
at the Morgan Library &
Museum in New
York City, details
are forthcoming
Dates
for the 2007 National Book
Awards
April
15, Guidelines and Entry
forms mailed to publishers
June
15, Entry form deadline
November
14, National Book
Awards Ceremony in New
York
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Giving
to the National Book Foundation
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The
National Book Foundation
is a non-profit organization
and depends on the help
of its friends. We hope
you will visit our website
at www.nationalbookawards.org
to learn more about our
work and make a contribution
on-line, or simply click
on Make
a Contribution,
which will bring you to
our secure connection.
Thank you so much for your
interest in the Foundation's
work. We look forward to
hearing from you.
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The
National Book Foundation thanks
the following corporate sponsors
for their generous support.
Barnes
& Noble; Bloomberg; Borders;
Central National-Gottesman
Inc.; Coral Graphics; R.R.
Donnelley; Hachette
Book Group USA;
Ingram Book Group, Inc.; Levenger,
Inc.; W.
W. Norton & Company; Penguin
Group
(USA);
The Perseus Books Group; Quebecor
World; Random House, Inc.;
John
Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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