october 2021
03oct2:00 pmNBF Presents: An Afternoon with the National Book Awards2:00 pm EDT
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Michelle Bowdler (Photo
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What do books that investigate bodies, Blackness, the judicial system, and the end of the world have in common? Join 2020 National Book Award–honored authors Rumaan Alam (Leave the World Behind, Finalist, Fiction), Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (Travesty Generator, Longlist, Poetry), Michelle Bowdler (Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto, Longlist, Nonfiction), and Candice Iloh (Every Body Looking, Finalist, Young People’s Literature) for a cross-genre conversation on the intersections of contemporary literature, recognition, and community—behind and beyond computer screens.
Moderated by Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, and presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Book Festival.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm
Organizer
Brooklyn Book Festival
12octAll DayNBF Presents: Cultural Bookmarks(All Day: tuesday) 96 S Grant Ave, Columbus, OH 43215
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Hanif Abdurraquib.
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Join National Book Award–honored authors Hanif Abdurraqib (Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, 2019 Nonfiction Longlist) and Jason Reynolds (Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, 2019 Young People’s Literature Finalist; Long Way Down, 2017 Young People’s Literature Longlist; Ghost, 2017 Young People’s Literature Finalist) in conversation on the place of books in American culture and reaching readers nationwide. Presented in partnership with Flyover Fest.
Time
All Day (Tuesday)
Location
Columbus Metropolitan Library's Main Library
96 S Grant Ave, Columbus, OH 43215
Organizer
The Flyover Fest
26oct7:00 pmLIVE from NYPL and NBF Presents: Reading the City7:00 pm EDT
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Lisa Ko. Photo
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National Book Award–honored New Yorkers Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Fleishman Is in Trouble, 2019 Fiction Longlist), Lisa Ko (The Leavers, 2017 Fiction Finalist), and Jacqueline Woodson (Brown Girl Dreaming, 2014 Young People’s Literature Winner; Another Brooklyn, 2016 Fiction Finalist) discuss the next chapter for NYC writing, reading, and living.
Moderated by Isaac Fitzgerald, author of How to Be a Pirate. Presented in partnership with the New York Public Library’s LIVE from NYPL.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:00 pm EDT
Location
Virtual
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New York Public LibraryLIVE from NYPL
28oct7:00 pmNBF Presents: An Evening with the National Book AwardsTexas Book Festival7:00 pm CDT
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Current 2021 Finalists and Longlisters Desiree C. Bailey (What Noise Against the Cane, Poetry), Darcie Little Badger (A Snake Falls to Earth, Young People’s Literature), and Elizabeth McCracken (The Souvenir Museum: Stories, Fiction) gather to discuss their work, recognition, and what they’re reading in advance of the 72nd Annual National Book Awards. Presented in partnership with the Texas Book Festival.
Moderated by Lupita Aquino, literary enthusiast behind @lupita.reads.
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm CDT
Location
Virtual
november 2021
09nov7:00 pm2021 National Book Awards Finalist Reading7:00 pm EST
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Jason Reynolds with his National Book Awards Finalists Medallion. Photo credit:
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All of the National Book Award Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature traditionally gather before the Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works. Like last year, the program will happen virtually, presented in partnership with The New School.
Register through The New School box office.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:00 pm EST
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Virtual
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Honoree Fannone Jeffers
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Current National Book Award Finalists and Longlisters Safia Elhillo (Home Is Not a Country, Young People’s Literature), Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (The Love Songs of W. E. B. DuBois, Fiction), and Hoa Nguyen (A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure, Poetry) come together for a variety-style showcase of readings and interviews. Presented in partnership with the Portland Book Festival.
Moderated by Dao Strom, author of Instrument, and its musical companion, Traveler’s Ode.
Time
(Saturday) 3:30 pm PST
Location
Newmark Theatre
1111 Southwest Broadway
17nov7:00 pmThe 72nd National Book Awards Ceremony7:00 pm EST
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The National Book Foundation presents its lifetime achievement awards to the 2021 honorees
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The National Book Foundation presents its lifetime achievement awards to the 2021 honorees and announces this year’s winners of the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction.
Time
(Wednesday) 7:00 pm EST
Location
Virtual
20nov1:00 pmNBF Presents: An Afternoon with National Book Award WinnersMiami Book Fair1:00 pm EST
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Newly-minted 2021 National Book Award Winners join Executive Director Ruth Dickey for an on-screen conversation and celebration of their recognized work across genre. Presented in partnership with the Miami Book
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Newly-minted 2021 National Book Award Winners join Executive Director Ruth Dickey for an on-screen conversation and celebration of their recognized work across genre. Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.
Moderated by Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.
Registration coming soon.
Time
(Saturday) 1:00 pm EST
Location
Virtual
Organizer
Miami Book Fair International Miami, FL