Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 8pm
The National Book Awards Ceremony will be broadcast live from Cipriani Wall Street, free for readers everywhere. Join us in celebrating the 2024 honorees!
Host
Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, award-winning performer, and writer, who is celebrated globally for her work in film and television. Young readers will recognize her voice role as Ms. Frizzle in The Magic School Bus Rides Again for Netflix. She recently played Weird Barbie in Warner Brothers’ worldwide blockbuster, Barbie. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science is her debut novel.
Musical Guest
Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste is a five-time Grammy Award–winning and Academy Award–winning singer, songwriter, and composer. He scored Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night in addition to composing and performing music for the Disney/Pixar film Soul, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2021. Batiste is featured in Matthew Heineman’s Netflix documentary, American Symphony, an intimate and moving exploration of a year in his life. His latest studio album, Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series,Vol. 1), is forthcoming.
Read along
Download the reading checklist to track how many 2024 Finalists you’ve read and make your predictions!
Download PDFHost your own watch party
STEP ONE
Tune in to watch the 75th National Book Awards on Wednesday, November 20th at 8:00pm EST.
STEP TWO
Download the 2024 Finalist reading checklist to read along and make your own predictions!
STEP THREE
Gather the book lovers in your life—in-person or virtually—and join us in real time to hear this year’s Winners announced! The National Book Awards will be streamed live at nationalbook.org/awards, Facebook, and YouTube.
STEP FOUR
Tag the @nationalbookfoundation on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X/Twitter and use the hashtag #NBAwards for a chance to be featured across Team Book’s social media channels!
