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National Book Foundation live at the Portland Book Festival on 11/10 at 8 PM

Just days before the National Book Awards, join the National Book Foundation live at the Portland Book Festival for an evening of literary excellence

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Highlights from Annie Proulx’s speech at the 2017 National Book Awards Ceremony

Proulx was awarded the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters for her exceptional work and signific

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Books Matter

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National Book Foundation To Present The 2016 Medalist For Distinguished Contribution To American Letters To Robert A. Caro

Robert Caro Accepting the 2016 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Dr. William P. Kelly, The New York Public Library’s Andrew W

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VIDEO: BookUp Students Create Video About Their BookUp Experiences

Our Washington Heights BookUp students worked with their instructor Elisha Miranda to create a video about the BookUp experience. Elisha Miranda’

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Hangout with Two-Time National Book Award Finalist Gene Luen Yang

Gene Luen Yang, who is a two-time National Book Award Finalist, in 2006 for American Born Chinese and 2013 for Boxers & Saints, joined Google’s

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Hangout with National Book Award Winner William Alexander

William Alexander, whose Goblin Secrets won a 2012 National Book Award, joined Google’s Connected Classroom to speak with Time for Kids and our summ

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Interviews

VIDEO: BookUp students share what they love about BookUp

Sarah and Orchid are 8th graders from the I.S. 318 program in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Sarah has been in BookUp for three years and Orchid for two year

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Sofia Quintero tells BookUp students what it’s like to be a writer

Writer Sofia Quintero speaks with BookUpNYC participants about the process of getting a book published.

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