Join National Book Award–honored authors Darcie Little Badger (A Snake Falls to Earth, 2021 Young People’s Literature Longlister), Roger Reeves (Best Barbarian, 2022 Poetry Finalist), and Marytza K. Rubio (Maria, Maria, 2022 Fiction Longlister) for readings and conversation on stories based in and outside of Texas, real and fantastical.

Moderated by Tomás Q. Morín, author of Machete and associate professor at Rice University.

Presented in partnership with Sam Houston State University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the MFA Program in Creative Writing.

National Book Award Winners Nikky Finney (Head Off & Split, 2011 Poetry Winner) and Robin Coste Lewis (Voyage of the Sable Venus, 2015 Poetry Winner) excavate and reimagine family and historical archives as poetry in their recent books Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry and To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness.

The authors join National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson (Brown Girl Dreaming, 2014 Young People’s Literature Winner) in conversation on the care of community archival work and the power of Black stories amidst continued book banning.

Presented in partnership with Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

This is an official 2023 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event.

Please register here.

Join National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honorees Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Friday Black; Chain-Gang All-Stars), Alexandra Chang (Days of Distraction; Tomb Sweeping), and C Pam Zhang (How Much of These Hills Is Gold; Land of Milk and Honey) to celebrate the recent publication of their second books. The authors discuss what it means for your debut book to find its audience, and then return to the page for a new story.

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

Presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Book Festival.

2023 National Book Award Longlisters, Finalists, and potential Winners come together for readings and conversation in advance of the 74^th National Book Awards. Presented in partnership with Portland Book Festival.

More event details coming soon.

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 (more information to come here), all are invited to tune-in to the livestream.

Presented in partnership with 92NY.

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.

Doors open at 6:30pm, and the program begins at 7:00pm EST. The 2023 National Book Award Finalists will be announced on October 4, and ticket sales will open in early October.

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. Hosted by Drew Barrymore and 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 in Young People’s Literature visit the Miami Book Fair to share more about their books and answer questions from Miami-Dade County’s middle and high school students.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

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

Immediately following the National Book Awards Ceremony in New York, the 2023 honored authors head to the Miami Book Fair. Genre breakout panels take place throughout the day and build to an annual super-sized showcase—featuring 2023 National Book Award Longlisters, Finalists, and Winners in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature from around the country and world—for rapid-fire readings and questions from Executive Director Ruth Dickey.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.