Three major awards or awards lists have come out recently, and, in case you missed it, we wanted to keep you in the loop. We love watching new books and authors get celebrated, and we also look for titles to add to our collection.
Hugo Awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (announced on August 20, 2011)
BEST NOVEL – Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
BEST NOVELLA – The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
BEST NOVELETTE – “The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)
BEST SHORT STORY – “For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)
BEST RELATED WORK – Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea (Mad Norwegian)
BEST GRAPHIC STORY – Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
Lev Grossman
2011 Nobel Prize for Literature – Swedish Poet Tomas Transtromer
- read some of his poems here
Nobel Prize Winner Tomas Transtromer
National Book Award Finalists
FICTION
Andrew Krivak, The Sojourn
Téa Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife
Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision
Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones
NON-FICTION
Deborah Baker, The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism
Mary Gabriel, Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution
Stephen Greenblatt, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Manning Marable, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Lauren Redniss, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout
POETRY
Nikky Finney, Head Off & Split
Yusef Komunyakaa, The Chameleon Couch
Carl Phillips, Double Shadow
Adrienne Rich, Tonight No Poetry Will Serve: Poems 2007-2010
Bruce Smith, Devotions
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
Franny Billingsley, Chime
Debby Dahl Edwardson, My Name Is Not Easy
Thanhha Lai, Inside Out and Back Again
Albert Marrin, Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now
Robbie Quinn
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