November 2008, eNewsletter 
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eNews
for November 2008
COUNTDOWN
TO NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS WEEK |
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17 - 5
UNDER 35: Celebrating the
Next Generation of Fiction Writers at Tribeca
Cinemas |
with
host Dean Wareham and special guest DJ Chuck
Klosterman For
the third year in a row, the National Book
Foundation will celebrate the work of the
next generation of young fiction writers
at the "5 Under 35" party
and reading. This year’s honorees
are Matthew
Eck, Keith
Gessen, Sana
Krasikov, Nam
Le and Fiona
Maazel. They were selected by National
Book Awards fiction finalists Joshua
Ferris, Francine
Prose, Mary
Gaitskill, Jim
Shepard, and winner Jonathan
Franzen.
The
invitation-only event kicks off National
Book Awards Week and will take place at
Tribeca Cinemas. Following an introduction
by the National Book Award finalist or winner who
selected them, each 5 Under 35 author will
give a brief reading from their selected
book to an audience of writers, editors,
agents, publishers, journalists and bloggers.
For
more information about the 2008 5 Under
35 fiction writers and the National Book
Award authors who selected them, click on www.nationalbook.org/5under35.html.
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| November
18 –
"Stinky
Cheese" Author Jon Scieszka to Host
Popular 2008 NBA Teen Press Conference
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Few Seats are Still Available
On
Tuesday, November 18, the Library of Congress’s
National Ambassador of Young People's
Literature, “Stinky Cheese” author
Jon Scieszka, will welcome over 250 middle
and high school students from New York City
public and private schools to the auditorium
of The New York Public Library’s Schomburg
Center for Research in Black Culture for the
Foundation’s popular National Book
Awards Teen Press Conference.
Students
will prepare for the event by reading one
of the five Finalists' books and drafting
questions based on the text, the writing life,
and what it means to be a National Book Award
Finalist. At the event, each participating
student will receive a professionally designed
press kit with biographical information on
each author, excerpts from their books, and
materials related to the National Book Awards.
Authors will read from their work before the
floor is turned over to the students for the
Press Conference, when they will interview
the 2008 National Book Award Finalists in
Young People's Literature. Students will
have the opportunity to meet the authors and
have their books sign at a reception following
the event.
Funding
for this program is made possible through
a generous grant from Con Edison.
Teachers and students interested in attending
the National Book Awards Teen Press Conference
must contact Rebecca Keith at rkeith@nationalbook.org,
as soon as possible. Include your name,
name of school, telephone number, and number
of students attending. A few seats
are still available.
2007
YPL Finalists: (L to R) Brian Selznick,
Kathleen Duey, Winner Sherman Alexie, Finalists
Sara Zarr and M. Sindy Felin. Photo: Jen
Snow
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| November
18 – SOLD OUT: Finalists Reading at
The New School |
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All
twenty of this year's National Book Award
Finalists will read together at New York City’
s New School on November 18 at 7 p.m., the
evening before the Awards ceremony. Robert
Polito, Director of the New School Writing
Program, will host and novelist Anya
Ulinich, one
the Foundation’s 2007 "5 Under
35" selections, will emcee. Each Finalist
will read for five minutes from his or her
nominated work.
The
Foundation will post video footage from
this event on http://www.nationalbook.org days
after the event.
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| November
19 – Winners to be Announced at the
59th National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner |
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On
the evening of Wednesday, November 19, over
700 members of the literary community, the
country's literary stars, national and
international press, and bloggers will attend
the National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit
Dinner to hear the Winners in Fiction, Nonfiction,
Poetry, and Young People's Literature
announced at Cipriani Wall Street. In
addition, writer Maxine
Hong Kingston and legendary publisher
Barney
Rosset will be honored as the
recipients of the Foundation's lifetime
achievement awards. Writer and actor Eric
Bogosian will host the event.
If you are
not a registered eNewsletter recipient and
would like to receive a list of the 2008
National Book Awards Winners in Fiction,
Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's
Literature, please send an email to nationalbook@nationalbook.org
and state in the subject line “Email
Winners on November 19." The Winners
will also be posted on our homepage and
available to our Twitter followers.
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| Exclusive
Interviews with the 2008 National Book Award
Finalists |
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A
few hours after announcing this year’s
short lists for the National Book Awards,
the National Book Foundation asked a team
of writers to speak with this year’s
fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s
Finalists. The interviews reveal how the
authors feel about being a National Book
Award Finalist, offer insight into how and
why a nominated book was conceived and written,
and thoughts on reading. The interviews
are posted on the Foundation’s website,
www.nationalbook.org.
The
Fiction Finalists were interviewed by
Bret
Anthony Johnston, a
2006 “5
Under 35” selection; Nonfiction Finalists
by Meehan
Crist,
a reviews editor at The Believer,
Poetry Finalists by Craig
Morgan Teicher, winner
of the 2007 Colorado Prize for Poetry, and
Young People’s Literature Finalists
by Rita
Williams-Garcia,
a young-adult novelist.
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| Calling
All Librarians, Booksellers and Teachers |
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Complimentary
NBA Promotional Materials
- While
Supplies Last
The
Foundation still has a supply of posters
and bookmarks that promote the National
Book Award Finalists and their books, which
will be mailed upon request. The
attractive letter-size poster, printed in
color on heavy stock, will catch the eye
of readers in bookstores and in libraries
and can be affixed to a wall, posted in
a window, or arranged on a table surrounded
by the 2008 National Book Award Finalists'
books. The bookmarks invite patrons to view
this year's National Book Award Finalists
and Winners—as well as those of past
years—on the Foundation’s website,
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2008.html.
The poster
and bookmark are also
available
to download
from the Foundation’s website, along
with a list of National
Book Award Winners and Finalists from 1950
to the present
(.pdf).
If
you would like to receive a poster and a
batch of bookmarks, please e-mail Sherrie
Young at syoung@nationalbook.org.
Silver
medallion stickers (and gold medallions)
to affix to National Book Award Winners
and Finalists are also available to booksellers
at a modest cost. For information about
medallion stickers email haugenbraum@nationalbook.org.
All proceeds from sticker sales go to support
the Foundation and its educational outreach
programs. |
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| Follow
the Foundation on Twitter |
Tweets of the National Book Awards Winners
will be sent around 9:30 p.m. EST, on Wednesday,
November 19, after each judge announces
the Winner in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
and Young People's Literature.
Subscribe to our feed at http://twitter.com/nationalbook.
Send us suggestions of whom we should follow
by tweeting us or email Meredith
Andrews at nationalbook@nationalbook.org.
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| NATIONAL
BOOK AWARD DATES
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November
17, National Book Awards Week
Begins with 5 Under 35, a celebration
of the next generation of fiction writers
November
18, National Book Awards Teen
Press Conference, New York City
November
18, National Book Awards Finalist
Reading, New York City
November
19, 59th National Book Awards
Ceremony and Dinner, New York City
November
24, Photos of the National
Book Awards on www.nationalbook.org
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The
National Book Foundation thanks the following corporate
sponsors for their generous support.
Barnes & Noble; Random House, Inc.; Bloomberg; Coral
Graphics; R.R. Donnelley; Lindenmeyr Book Publishing
Papers; Penguin Group (USA); Borders; Hachette Book
Group USA; HarperCollins Publishers; Levenger; John
Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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