AboutThoughts on books and the bookish life from an ardent bibliophile and former bookseller. The author, Lisa Guidarini, is the adult program coordinator for the Algonquin Area Public Library and reviews books for a variety of publishing house and periodicals. Lisa is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Recent Posts:Library Thing
Categories:
Archives:
BlogrollMeta: |
NSLS Blogs Home
» Blogs
»
The Book’s The ThingThe Book’s The ThingMarch 9, 2007 National Book Critics Circle Awards AnnouncedAfter a day spent cooped up in a NY hotel room, arguing, discussing and probably ordering an awful lot of take out, the members of the board of the NBCC chose the winners of this year’s awards. Visit theNBCC’s blog (Critical Mass) for more info. The Award for Fiction Goes To:
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai The Award for Autobiography Goes To:
The Lost: a Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn The Award for General NonFiction Goes To:
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by Simon Schama The Winner for Biography Goes To:
James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips The Award for Poetry Goes To:
Tom Thompson in Purgatory by Troy Jollimore The Award for Criticism Goes To:
Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences by Lawrence Weschler Congratulations to all the winners! No Comments »RSS feed for comments on this post. Leave a comment
|
|
|
|
|
© 2008, North Suburban Library System 200 w Dundee, Wheeling, IL 60090 |
http://www.nsls.info |