February 2007, eNewsletter 
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eNewsletter
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February
2007
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Still
Haven't Reserved Your
Seat for Eat, Drink &
Be Literary: Dinner and
a Reading?
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Seats
are still available for
Eat, Drink & Be Literary:
Dinner and a Reading
series in BAMcafé. Presented
by the National Book Awards
and the Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM),
the events 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.
Schedule of upcoming featured
authors and moderators are
as follows:
- February
15: Michael Cunningham,
with Brigid Hughes -
sold
out
- March
8: Jonathan Franzen,
with Brigid Hughes -
sold
out
- April
5: Cynthia Ozick,
with Brigid Hughes -
just
a few tickets left
- April
18: Zadie Smith, with
Jessica Hagedorn - sold
out
- May
3: Sandra Cisneros,
with Jessica Hagedorn
- sold
out
- May
17: Gary Shteyngart,
with Jessica Hagedorn
- just
a few tickets left
- May
30: Kurt Andersen, with
Jessica Hagedorn - just
a few tickets left
For
a complete listing, ticket
pricing, and information
please visit, www.nationalbook.org
or www.bam.org.
Photo
credits: Kurt Andersen by
Brigitte LaCombe; Gary Shteyngart
by Marion Ettlinger;
Brigid Hughes by Tobias
Everke; Jessica
Hagedorn by Marion Ettlinger.
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Now
Available! Podcasts of Eat,
Drink & Be Literary
Series
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The
National Book Foundation is
now podcasting Eat,
Drink & Be Literary.
The first podcast features
National Book Award author,
Francine Prose and moderator,
Brigid Hughes, editor
of A Public Space.
The podcast begins with
a brief introduction by
Foundation Executive Director
Harold Augenbraum.
Visit
www.nationalbook.org
to listen to Ms. Prose
and Ms. Hughes and to
see a listing of upcoming
podcasts.
Photo
credit: Francine Prose
(top) by Lisa Yuskavage;
Brigid Hughes by Tobias
Everke
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National
Book Award Authors Timothy
Egan, Gene Luen Yang
and M.T. Anderson Honored
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Timothy
Egan's The Worst
Hard Time: The Untold
Story of Those Who Survived
the Great American Dust
Bowl won the 2006
Borders Original Voices
Award in Nonfiction.
In November 2006, The
Worst Hard Time won
the National Book Award
in the same genre. Egan's
story about the 1935 Dust
Bowl is based on interviews
from survivors who recount
their experiences.
To read an excerpt from
The Worst Hard Time,
visit www.nationalbook.org.
Gene
Luen Yang's American
Born Chinese was
recently awarded the 2007
Michael L. Printz Award
for Excellence in Young
Adult Literature. The
same book was also a 2006
National Book Award Finalist
in Young People's
Literature. American
Born Chinese is
the first graphic novel
to be a National Book
Award Finalist.
Yang's novel portrays
the life of a Chinese-American
boy who moves from San
Francisco's Chinatown
to the suburbs, where
he is one of two Asian
children in the school.
To read an excerpt from
American Born Chinese,
visit www.nationalbook.org.
M.T.
Anderson's The
Astonishing Life of Octavian
Nothing, Traitor to the
Nation; v. 1: The Pox
Party, which won
the 2006 National Book
Award, was also named
a 2007 Printz Award Honor
Book. Set against the
disquiet of Revolutionary
Boston,
this novel, the first
of two parts, re-imagines
the past as an eerie place
that has startling resonance
for readers today.
To
read Anderson's acceptance
speech, visit www.nationalbook.org. |
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National
Book Awards co-presents
William T. Vollmann at LIVE
from the NYPL, March 7,
2007
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William
T. Vollmann, 2005 National
Book Award fiction winner
for Europe
Central, will speak
at the New York Public Library
on March 7, 2007 at 7:00
p.m. As part of the Richard
B. Salomon Distinguished
Lectures, Vollmann will
address how he came to write
his new book, Poor People,
his travels to six continents
and his attempts to see
poverty in a new way.
The event will take place
at the Humanities and Science
Library, 42nd Street and
Fifth Avenue, in the South
Auditorium. The event is
$15 general admission and
$10 for library donors,
seniors and students with
identification. For more
information visit www.nypl.org.
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Mark
These Dates
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March
7, 2005 National Book
Award Fiction Winner William
T. Vollmann at LIVE from
New York Public Library.
7:00 p.m., South Court Auditorium.
May 10, 2006 National
Book Award Fiction Winner
Richard Powers, interviewed
by cultural editor John
Leonard at the Morgan Library
& Museum in New
York City; details
are forthcoming.
May 31 - June 3,
Visit the National Book
Foundation booth at Book
Expo NYC.
Dates for the 2007 National
Book Awards
April 16, Guidelines
and Entry forms mailed to
publishers
June 15, Entry form
deadline
November 12, National
Book Awards Week Begins
November 14, 58th
National Book Awards
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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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