APRIL
2010
Guidelines for National Book Awards Available
Online
guidelines for review >
JULY 2010
Donald Barthelme Considered:
A Strange Object Covered in Fur Which Breaks Your Heart
Thursday, July 22, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Madison Square Park @ the Farragut Monument
Critics can’t quite agree:
was Barthelme the end of modernism or the first practitioner
of American post-modern narrative? Join the National
Book Foundation and a panel of acclaimed writers for
a discussion of Barthelme’s legacy, influence,
and narrativeinnovations. Featuring: Emily
Barton, Tracy
Daugherty, Stacey
D’Erasmo, David
Gates
More
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Photo credits: Donald Barthelme
– Jerry Bauer, Emily Barton – Greg Martin,
Tracy Daugherty - Wendy Madar, Stacey D’Erasmo
– Nina Subin, David Gates – Suzanne Unrein
AUGUST 2010
NBA DEADLINE
Books submitted for the 2010 National Book Awards
must be received by the judges on or before August 16.
Online
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OCTOBER 2010
National Book Award Event
NBA Finalist Announcement
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
207 E. Charlton Street, Savannah, GA
Details TBA.
More >
NOVEMBER 2010
5 Under 35
A celebration of emerging
talent and the perfect way to kick off National Book
Awards Week
Details TBA.
View
video and images from the 2009 event >
NBA Teen Press Conference
Details TBA.
Students 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.
View
images from the 2009 event >
Image: 2009 NBA YPL Winner Phillip
Hoose, with Finalists Laini Taylor, Deborah Heiligman,
Rita Williams-Garcia, and David Small. Photo: Joe Pacheco
National Book Award Finalist Reading
New School University
Details TBA.
National Book Awards Dinner
& Ceremony
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