August 2007, eNewsletter 
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eNewsletter
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August
2007
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REMINDER:
AUGUST
15 IS THE DEADLINE FOR JUDGES TO RECEIVE
BOOKS, BOUND GALLEYS, OR BOUND MANUSCRIPTS
FOR THE 2007 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
The
deadline for judges to receive books listed
on the Entry Forms for the 2007 National
Book Awards is Wednesday, August 15, 2007.
Please note, this
is not a postmark deadline. In
addition, one submitted copy of each book,
bound galley, or bound manuscript must
be sent to the National Book Foundation
office. Judges’ addresses are listed
on the Publishers Guidelines. If you are
a publisher and need the addresses, please
call the Foundation’s office at
212-685-0261. |
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Booksellers
and Libraries to Receive Materials
to Promote this Year's National
Book Awards
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In
mid September the National Book Foundation
will send shelf-talkers, book tags,
and belly benders to independent booksellers
and librarians across the country
to help spread the word about this
year's National Book Award Finalists
and Winners. The twenty fiction, nonfiction,
poetry and young people's literature
finalists will be announced on October
10, and the winner in each genre will
be announced on the evening of November
14 at the National Book Awards ceremony.
Suggestions to design a host of promotional
materials to highlight National Book
Award books came from a number of
booksellers and librarians at this
year's BookExpo America. The promotional
materials will also be available to
download from our website.
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National
Book Foundation Participates in Brooklyn
Book Festival
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The National Book Foundation is thrilled
to once again participate in this
year's second annual Brooklyn
Book Festival, to be held in Downtown
Brooklyn on Sunday, September 16,
2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Last
year the Foundation participated
as a cultural partner to help showcase
Brooklyn's literary side. This
year we will have a booth and look
forward to meeting and speaking
to readers, writers, librarians,
booksellers, teachers, or anyone
curious about the National Book
Foundation's programs and the
National Book Awards. Reading hot
spots maps and shelf-talkers will
be available at our booth,
and
brand new medallions can be ordered.
The
festival will present National Book
Award authors Rajiv
Chandrasekaran, Paula
Fox, Mary
Gaitskill, Gloria
Naylor, and Jacqueline
Woodson. Other authors
scheduled to be present are
Jim
Carroll, Mike
Farrell, Kimiko Hahn, Philip
Lopate, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez,
and Colson Whitehead.
For
more information on the Brooklyn
Book Festival www.visitbrooklyn.org. |
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The
Echo Maker, by Richard
Powers is Now Available in
Paperback
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The
Echo Maker, the 2006 National
Book Award Winner in fiction, by Richard
Powers, will be available in
paperback on August 21; (Picador:
ISBN 0312426437). To read an excerpt
of The Echo Maker visit www.nationalbook.org.
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MARK
THESE DATES: 2007 National
Book Awards and Author Events
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- August
28th,
Young Adult Author
Patricia McCormick, author
of SOLD, at Concordia
College, Moorhead, Minnesota
- September
16th,
Visit the National
Book Foundation at
Brooklyn
Book Festival in Downtown
Brooklyn,
New York
Dates
for the 2007 National Book Awards
- August
15th, Book
submission deadline
- October
10th, Announcement
of this year's National Book
Award Finalists
in Philadelphia
- November
12th, National
Book Awards Week Begins with 5
Under 35,
a celebration of the next generation
of fiction writers
- November
13th, National
Book Awards Teen Press Conference
- November
13th, National
Book Awards Finalist Reading
- November
14th, 58th
National Book Awards
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The
National Book Foundation thanks the
following sponsors for their generous
support:
Barnes
& Noble; Theodore
H. Barth Foundation; Bloomberg;
Borders; Central National-Gottesman
Inc.; Coral Graphics; R.R.
Donnelley; Educational
Foundation of America; Hachette
Book Group USA; Ingram Book Group, Inc.;
Levenger, Inc.; National
Endowment for the Arts; National Endowment
for the Humanities;
W.
W. Norton & Company; Penguin
Group
(USA);
The Perseus Books Group; Quebecor World;
Random House, Inc.; John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.
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