Prizes
January 24, 2010
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced 3
by C. Max Magee
The fiction list includes four books by women, three of which have already gotten some award love from the National Book Award and the Booker Prize.
January 19, 2010
The Problem with Prizes (or, Who Cares About the International Booker?) 17
by Garth Risk Hallberg
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… The Prize Championship Series!
November 18, 2009
McCann Wins National Book Award 4
by C. Max Magee
McCann, the favorite, took home the prize for Let the Great World Spin. Prizes were also awarded in Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature.
November 2, 2009
Digging into the 2010 IMPAC Longlist 0
by C. Max Magee
Because of the IMPAC award’s global reach and egalitarian process, it’s always interesting to dig deeper into the longlist.
October 14, 2009
2009 National Book Award Finalists Announced 1
by C. Max Magee
Colum McCann is the big name among the fiction finalists.
October 14, 2009
Small Presses and Nobel Prize Glory 9
by C. Max Magee
The day after the Nobel was announced, the press had 3,000 backorders for Müller’s book Nadirs.