Events Calendar Copy – 6 months

Join 2023 National Book Award–honored authors Paul Harding (This Other Eden, Fiction) and Paisley Rekdal (West: A Translation, Poetry) in a cross-genre conversation on how to bring historical voices to life, and how to translate US history for a contemporary literary landscape.

Moderated by Anis Mojgani, Oregon’s current Poet Laureate and the author of five books of poetry.

Presented in partnership with Literary Arts’ Portland Book Festival.

The National Book Award Finalists in Young People’s Literature come together for a conversation and question-and-answer with New York City’s middle and high school students. While in-person school groups are limited, all are invited to tune-in to the livestream.

More information here.

Each year, the National Book Award Finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.

The 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading will be hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker.

The event will be presented in person at NYU Skirball and livestreamed. Purchase tickets here on NYU Skirball’s website. If you’re unable to attend in person, please register for the livestream on the National Book Foundation’s website.

Doors open at 6:30pm, and the program begins at 7:00pm EST.

Presented in partnership with the NYU Creative Writing Program.

The 74^th National Book Awards Ceremony includes the presentation of the National Book Foundation’s lifetime achievement awards and announces the 2023 Winners of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. Featuring special guest Oprah Winfrey.

While the in-person event is invite-only, the Ceremony is livestreamed for free for readers everywhere—register for the broadcast here.

The 2023 National Book Award–honored authors for Young People’s Literature visit the Miami Book Fair to share more about their books and answer questions from hundreds of Miami-Dade County’s middle and high school students. Featured authors include Erin Bow (Simon Sort of Says), Kenneth M. Cadow (Gather), Huda Fahmy (Huda F Cares?), Dan Nott (Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day), Betty C. Tang (Parachute Kids), and Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long (More Than a Dream, The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom).

Hosted by Ebony LaDelle, author of Love Radio.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Ismery Pavon at ipavon@mdc.edu.

2023 National Book Award–honored authors for Nonfiction Jonathan Eig (King: A Life), Prudence Peiffer (The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever), Cristina Rivera Garza (Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice), John Vaillant (Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World), and Kidada E. Williams (I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction) gather for conversation, and audience Q&A.

Moderated by Ruth Dickey, the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

Nine of the 2023 National Book Award–honored authors for Fiction Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Chain-Gang All-Stars), Aaliyah Bilal (Temple Folk), Eliot Duncan (Ponyboy), Paul Harding (This Other Eden), Tania James (Loot), Jayne Anne Phillips (Night Watch), Hanna Pylväinen (The End of Drum-Time), Justin Torres (Blackouts), and LaToya Watkins (Holler, Child) gather for conversation and audience Q&A.

Moderated by Natalie Green, Director of Programs & Partnerships at the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

2023 National Book Award–honored authors for Poetry Oliver de la Paz (The Diaspora Sonnets), Annelyse Gelman (Vexations), José Olivarez (Promises of Gold), Paisley Rekdal (West: A Translation), Charif Shanahan (Trace Evidence), Evie Shockley (suddenly we), and Monica Youn (From From) gather for conversation and audience Q&A.

Moderated by Ruth Dickey, the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

2023 National Book Award–honored authors and translators for Translated Literature Lisa Dillman (Abyss by Pilar Quintana), Stênio Gardel (The Words that Remain, translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato), and Sam Taylor (Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop) are gather for conversation and audience Q&A.

Moderated by Natalie Green, Director of Programs & Partnerships at the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

Thirty-five of the 2023 National Book Award Longlisters, Finalists, and Winners for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature from around the country and world join Ruth Dickey, the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, for rapid-fire readings and questions.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.