Prizes
April 15, 2013
Adam Johnson’s North Korea Novel Takes the Pulitzer Prize 1
by Editor
After taking a pass last year, the Pulitzer jury offered up a fiction winner.
April 9, 2013
The 2013 IMPAC Shortlist is a Global Affair 1
by Editor
This year’s shortlist is remarkable because half of its titles are works in translation.
February 28, 2013
2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Announced 5
by Editor
The winners of the National Book Critics Circle Award have been announced in New York City.
January 14, 2013
2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced 5
by Editor
The fiction list includes one of the biggest fiction releases of last year and a book in translation. To our eye, the five make up a well-rounded an interesting mix of titles.
November 21, 2012
2012 Costa Award Finalists Announced 1
by C. Max Magee
The 2012 finalists for the Costa (formerly Whitbread) Book Awards have been anounced. In the “Novel” category, they are Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, Life! Death! Prizes! by Stephen May, The Heart Broke In by James Meek, and Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart. The Costa site has lists of the [...]
November 16, 2012
Sitting with the Longshots at the National Book Awards 5
by Bill Morris
Domingo Martinez didn’t come to New York just wanting and hoping to win a National Book Award. He had come here prepared to win. Like I said, the coolest guy in the house.