Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction (2009-2010)

2010
What's so funny about Ian McEwan? Even his most devoted fans may be a bit surprised to learn that the novelist's latest effort, Solar, is one of the finalists for this year's Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction.

McEwan has said, "I hate comic novels; it's like being wrestled to the ground and being tickled, being forced to laugh." But the Independent noted he "did concede that the book had extended comic stretches."

Other books on the shortlist are
Solar by Ian McEwan -- Winner!
One Day by David Nicholls,
Diamond Star Halo by Tiffany Murray,
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray and
From Aberystwyth with Love by Malcolm Pryce.

"The winner will be announced at the Guardian Hay festival, and will receive a jereboam of champagne, a set of the Everyman Wodehouse as well as getting a locally raised Gloucestershire Old Spot pig named after the winning book," the Guardian wrote.

2009 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Shortlist

"Forget the prestige, the sales boost and the thousands of pounds that come with winning the Booker or the Costa prize: what any author really wants is a pig named after their novel. Fortunately for the writers in the running for its 10th annual award, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction does just that," the Guardian observed in announcing this year's shortlist. The winner will be named May 29.

Finalists include:

A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyre

A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer -- WINNER!
Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans
Rancid Pansies by James Hamilton-Paterson, added #1 in series Cooking with Fernet Branca
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Sasa Stanisic.

"I have a very simple rule," said judge David Campbell, publisher at Everyman. "If I'm not smiling by page one or laughing by page six, the book is in some trouble. But this year's shortlisted books are all bloody good."

Ondaatje Prize (2010)

2010 Ondaatje  Prize
Ian Thomson's The Dead Yard won the £10,000 (US$14,326) Ondaatje prize, which honors a book that best evokes the spirit of a place. The Guardian wrote that The Dead Yard "sees the author walking the streets of Jamaica, describing its poverty, gang rule and police brutality, meeting its people and exploring how the country has changed since its independence in 1962. 'You visitors are always getting it wrong,' he is told by one Jamaican. 'Either it's golden beaches or guns, guns, guns, guns. Is there nothing in between?' "

Thomson's book bested a shortlist that included
The Plot by Madeleine Bunting,
The Shadow of a Smile by Kachi A. Ozumba 
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin

E.B. White Read Aloud 2006-2010

The shortlist for the 2010 E.B. White Read Aloud Awards is:

Picture Books
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez
Once Upon a Twice by Denise Doyen, illustrated by Barry Moser
Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) by Florence Heide Parry, illustrated by Lane Smith
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown -- Winner!

Books for Older Readers
Leaving the Bellweathers by Kristin Clark Venuti
Tumtum and Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall by Emily Bearn, illustrated by Nick Price
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. by Kate Messner -- Winner!
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

E.B. White Read Aloud Shortlist (2009)
The shortlist for the E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, sponsored by the Association of Booksellers for Children, is:

For older readers:
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas

Masterpiece by Elise Broach

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

Zorgamazoo by Robert Paul Weston

For picture books:
A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (Candlewick)
Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Harry Bliss
One by Kathryn Otoshi (KO Kids Books)
Too Many Toys by David Shannon (Scholastic)

For the first time, this year's winners will be chosen by ABC booksellers via online voting, and results will be announced at the ABC's dinner during BEA. Also the runners up will receive a new E.B. White Read Aloud Honor award. In previous years, the judging committee picked the winners.

The E.B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the beloved author E.B. White.

In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books, and The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers. Titles are nominated for the award by ABC booksellers, and then the final decision is made by a committee of booksellers that meets annually in February. The awards are publicly announced on the first Monday in April, and the official presentation takes place during a children's dinner at BookExpo America.

Because the award nominees are generated by independent booksellers based on books they have loved in their own stores, there is no formal outside submission process.

2008
Picture Books--When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach
Older Readers--The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

2007
Picture Books--Houndsley and Catina by James Howe, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Older Readers--Alabama Moon by Watt Key (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

2006
Picture Books--If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen (Penguin Putnam)
Older Readers--Each Little Bird That Sings by Debra Wiles (Harcourt)

2005
Single Award--Wild About Books by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown

2004
Single Award--SkippyJon Jones by Judy Schachner (Penguin Putnam)

Colorado Book Awards (1991-2010)

From Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book accessed 5/25/10

History of the Colorado Book Award

The Colorado Book Awards began in 1991 with four categories-Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Children's. In 1993 Young Adult was added as a category. Since then, the Colorado Center for the Book (a program department of the Colorado Humanities since April 2004) has amended categories depending on the number and kind of books nominated. The Colorado Book Award has celebrated Colorado's most noted authors, including John Fielder, Linda Hogan, Jon Krakauer, Kent Haruf, Margaret Coel, Tom Noel, Stephanie Kane, Avi, Bruce Ducker, David Milofsky, Joanne Greenberg, T.A. Barron, and many others. Year indicates year of publication.

Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book is pleased to announce that finalists have been selected for the 2010 Colorado Book Awards.

"This year's selectors read and discussed 145 entries to select these authors and their works for the Colorado Book Awards finalist level," says Josephine Jones, Colorado Humanities Director of Programs & Center for the Book.

The Colorado Book Awards recognize outstanding contributions by Colorado authors, editors, illustrators and photographers in multiple categories: anthology/collection, biography, children's literature, creative nonfiction, history, literary fiction, genre fiction (historical, romance, science fiction/fantasy, mystery/thriller) general nonfiction, juvenile literature, pictorial, poetry, and young adult literature.

Winners in all categories will be announced at the 19th annual Colorado Book Awards June 25 at 2 pm during the Aspen Summer Words Literary Festival the week of June 21-25, 2010 at the Doerr-Hosier Center in Aspen, Colorado.

2010 COLORADO BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS
For information on the Colorado Book Awards Finalist readings, please click here.

Anthology/Collection
Broken Links Mended Lives: A selection of short stories by members of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Janet Lane, Susan Mackay Smith and Jeanne C. Stein, editors,
A Dozen on Denver: Stories, Rocky Mountain News, editor, Fulcrum Publishing
Beats At Naropa: An Anthology, Anne Waldman and Laura Wright, editors

Biography
Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature from the Conservationists, by Dyana Z. Furmansky, The University of Georgia Press
Turbulence Before Takeoff: The Life & Times of Aviation Pioneer Marlon DeWitt Green, by Flint Whitlock, Cable Publishing
Eddie Robinson "...he was the Martin Luther King of football" by Denny Dressman,

Children's Literature
Always My Brother by Jean Reagan, illustrated by Phyllis Pollema-Cahill
Grandmother, Have the Angels Come? by Denise Vega, illustrated by Erin Eitter Kono,
The Splatters Learn Some Manners by Marty Mokler Banks
Mule Train Mail by Craig Brown

Creative Nonfiction
Just Like Us: True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America by Helen Thorpe
Power In The Blood: A Family Narrative by Linda Tate, Ohio University Press
A Dragon's Tale by Long Lee, Tate Publishing

General Nonfiction
Voices of the American West by Corinne Platt & Meredith Ogilby, Fulcrum Publishing
Between XX and XY: Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes by Gerald N. Callahan, Ph.D.
Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers, edited Laura Pritchett, editor

Genre Fiction - Historical & Romance
A Land Beyond Ravens: Book 4 of the Macsen's Treasure Series by Kathleen Cunningham Guler
Hawkmoon: A Novel by Nancy Williams, Loon in Balloon
Sage Cane's House of Grace & Favor by Christy Hubbard, Five Star

Genre Fiction - Mystery/Thriller & Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Edge of the World: Terra Incognita Book One by Kevin J. Anderson, Orbit
Leaden Skies: A Silver Rush Mystery by Ann Parker, Poisoned Pen Press
The Radio Magician and Other Stories by James Van Pelt, Fairwood Press
Hooray for Holopticon by Carol Van Natta & Ann Harbour, Chavanch Press

History
Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe by Silvia Pettem
First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army by Peter Eichstaedt
Heroes, Villains, Dames & Disasters: 150 Years of Front-Page Stories from the Rocky Mountain News by Michael Madigan, Madideas

Juvenile Literature
Artsy-Fartsy: An Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel by Karla Oceanak
How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills, pictures by Heather Maione,
V for Victory: Home-Front Heroes by Teresa R. Funke, Victory House Press

Literary Fiction
The Year That Follows: A Novel by Scott Lasser, Alfred A. Knopf
Prayers for Sale: A Novel by Sandra Dallas, St. Martin's Press
Spoon by Robert Greer, Fulcrum Publishing

Pictorial
Cup Half full: Life in the Face of Breast Cancer by Katy Tartakoff,
Colorado Abstract: Paintings and Sculpture by Michael Paglia and Mary Voelz
Phlogs: Journey to the heart of the human predicament by George Stranahan & Nicole Beinstein Strait

Poetry
Holding Everything Down: Poems by William Notter, Southern Illinois University Press
Thresh & Hold: Poems by Veronica Patterson, Big Pencil Press
Theory of Mind: New & Selected Poems by Bin Ramke, Omnidawn Publishing
This Nest, Swift Passerine: A Poem by Dan Beachy-Quick, Tupelo Press
Swear the Burning Vow: Selected and New Poems by Marilyn Krysl, Ghost Road Press

Young Adult Literature
The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau, Delacorte Press
After by Amy Efaw, Viking
Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters

2009 Colorado Book Awards Winners

Biography
Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman, Random House

Children’s Literature
M Is for Mischief: An A to Z of Naughty Children by Linda Ashman, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter, Dutton Children’s Books

Creative Nonfiction
Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land by Amy Irvine, North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Fiction
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, Ecco

General Nonfiction
Storey’s Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs by Carol Ekarius, Storey Publishing, LLC

Genre Fiction
Breath and Bone by Carol Berg, ROC/NAL Penguin Group

Health and Well-Being
Unexpected Intimacy: Everyday Connections that Nourish the Soul by Sarah Gabriel, Great Room Press

History
Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War by Thomas G. Andrews, Harvard University Press

Juvenile Literature
The Totally Made-up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish by Claudia Mills, Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Pictorial
Colorado Scenic Byways, Taking the Other Road by Jim Steinberg and Susan J. Tweit, Portfolio Publications

Poetry
A Murmuration of Starlings by Jake Adam York, Southern Illinois University Press

Young Adult Literature
Fact of Life #31 by Denise Vega

Previous Colorado Book Award Recipients (where is 2008?)

Anthology/Collection
2001 Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World by Kay Marie Porterfield
2002 Lucky Lady: The World War II Heroics of the USS Santa Fe and Franklin by Steve Jackson
2003 Monkey Dancing by Daniel Glick
2005 Comeback Wolves: Western Writers Welcome the Wolf Home by Gary Wockner
2006 Open Road by Sonya Unrein 2001-Growing Up True by Craig Barnes
2007 Home Land: Ranching and a West That Works,
edited by Laura Pritchett, Richard Knight and Jeff Lee

Children’s Literature
1991 Sand Dune Pony by Franklin Folsom
1992 Hunters of the Sky by Ann C. Cooper
1993 Way Out West Lives a Coyote Named Frank by Jillian Lund
1994 Goose and the Mountain Lion by Marian Harris
1995 Tops and Bottoms by Eleanor Ayer
1996 Ten Little Dinosaurs by Pattie Schnetzler
1997 Beardream by Will Hobbs
1998 Through the Eyes of the Children by Diane Hirschinger Gallegos
1999 Margaret’s Magnificent Colorado Adventure by Julie Danneberg
2000 Tiger Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel
2001 And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens
2002 What Did You Do Today? by Kerry Arquette
2003 Max Goes to the Moon by Jeffrey Bennett
2004 Just Another Morning by Linda Ashman
2005 Prehistoric Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
2006 Inventor McGregor by Kathleen Pelley, illustrated by Michael Chesworth
2007 Living Color by Steve Jenkins

Fiction
1991 With the Snow Queen by Joanne Greenberg
1992 Booked to Die by John Dunning
1993 The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz by Manuel Ramos
1994 Lead Us Not into Penn Station by Bruce Ducker
1995 Solar Storms by Linda Hogan
1996 A Killing in Quail Country by Jameson Cole
1997 MARI: A Novel by Jane Valentine Barker
1998 A Good Doctor’s Son by Steven Schwartz
1999 The Crook Factory by Dan Simmons
2000 Color of Law by David Milofsky
2001 The Good Journey by Micaela Gilchrist
2002 This Side of the Sky by Elyse Singleton
2003 Land that Moves, Land that Stands Still by Kent Nelson
2004 Eventide by Kent Haruf
2005 Articles of War by Nick Arvin
2006 The Pull of the Earth by Teague Bohlen
2007 Migration Patterns: Stories by Gary Schanbacher

General Non-Fiction (unless otherwise noted)
1991 Telling Distance: Conversations with the American Desert by Bruce Berger
1992 West of the Divide by Jim Carrier
1993 The Four-Cornered Falcon: Essays on the Interior West and the Natural Scene
by Reg Saner
1994 Breast Cancer Journal by Juliet Wittman
1995 Red Earth White Lies by Vine Deloria
1996 Photographing the Landscape by John Fielder
1997 Herbs in the Garden by David Macke and Rob Proctor
1998 Innocents on the Ice by John Behrendt AND Chokecherry Places by Merrill Gilfillan
1998 (Biography and History) The Ute Indians of Colorado in the Twentieth Century by Richard Young
1999 Cutthroat by Stephen Keating
1999 (Colorado/West) Colorado 1870-2000 by John Fielde
1999 (Guide Book) Making the News by Jason Salzman
1999 (Romance) Meant to be Married by Ruth Wind (Barbara Samuel)
2000 Beethoven’s Hair by Russell Martin
2000 (Biography and History) Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth by Kristen Iversen
2000 (Colorado/West) Messages from Frank’s Landing by Charles Wilkinson
2000 (Educational Non-Fiction/How-To and Advice) 10 Smart Money Moves for Women by Judith Briles
2000 (Inspirational/Spirituality) Living the Renewed Life by M. Wayne Brown
2000 (Self Discovery/Relationships) The Angelic Year by Ambika Wauters
2000 (Romance) Flowers Under Ice by Jean Ross Ewing
2000 (Mystery) The Spirit Woman by Margaret Coel
2001 The Coldest March: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition by Susan Solomon
2001 (Autobiography/Memoir) Growing Up True by Craig Barnes
2001 (Biography and History) Crucible of War by Fred Anderson
2001 (Colorado/West) Mythmakers of the West by John Murray
2001 (Educational Non-Fiction/How-To and Advice) Fighting for Your Marriage by Howard Markman
2001 (Romance) My Dark Prince by Julia Ross (Jean Ross Ewing)
2001 (Science Fiction) Passage by Connie Willis
2001 (Mystery) Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning
2002 Blood Diamonds by Greg Campbell
2002 (Colorado/West) Soul of Nowhere by Craig Childs
2002 (Mental Health/Counseling) Writing to Heal the Soul by Susan Zimmerman
2002 (Practical Living) Colorado Colore: A Palate of Tastes by Junior League of Denver
2002 (Reference) The Encyclopedia of the American Civil War by David & Jeanne Heidler
2002 (Mystery) The Shadow Dancer by Margaret Coel
2003 Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer
2003 (Autobiography/Memoir) Monkey Dancing by Daniel Glick
2003 (Colorado/West) The Beast in the Garden by David Baron
2003 (Guide Book) Bats of the Rocky Mountain West by Rick Adams
2003 (Inspirational/Spirituality) Embracing the World by Jane. E. Vennard
2003 (Mental Health/Counseling) The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander by Barbara Coloroso
2003 (Nature and Recreation) Shadowcasting: An Introduction to the Art of Fly Fishing
by John Dietsch and Gary Hubbell
2003 (Romance) A Piece of Heaven by Barbara Samuel
2003 (Mystery) Extreme Indifference by Stephanie Kane
2004 The Candy Men: The Rollicking Life and Times of the Notorious Novel CANDY by Nile Southern
2004 (Biography/Autobiography/Memoir) Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent
by David Fridtjof Halaas & Andrew E. Masich
2004 (Colorado/West) Boomtown Blues by Andrew Gulliford
2004 (Educational Non-Fiction/How-To and Advice) Xeriscape Colorado: The Complete Guide
by Connie Lockhart Ellefson & David Winger
2004 (History) Painting a New World: Mexican Art and Life, 1520-1821
by the Denver Art Museum, editors Donna Pierce, Rogelio Ruiz Gomar, Clara Bargellini
2004 (Mystery) Wife of Moon by Margaret Coel
2005 Wild at Heart: Town of Snowmass by Janis Lindsay Huggins
2005 (Creative Non-Fiction) The Guinness Book of Me by Steven Church
2005 (History) Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations by Charles Wilkinson
2006 Walking Into Colorado's Past: 50 Front Range History Hikes,
written and photographed by Ben Fogelberg and Steve Grinstead
2006 (Creative Non-Fiction) Who are you people? A Personal Journey into the Heart of Fanatical Passion in
America by Shari Caudron
2006 (History) Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War by Martha Hanna
2007 Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway by Kirk Johnson and illustrated by Ray Troll
2007 (Creative Non-Fiction) No Place Safe: A Family Memoir by Kim Reid
2007(History) The Life and Times of Richard Castro by Richard Gould

Pictorial
2001 Riverwalk by William Wylie
2002 Reclaiming the American West by Alan Berger
2003 Medal of Honor by Nick Del Calzo
2005 14,000 Feet: A Celebration of Colorado’s Highest Mountains by Walter Borneman,
photos by Todd Caudle
2006 Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park: Then & Now
by James H. Pickering and Carey Stevanus, photographs by Mic Clinger
2007 Prairie Thunder: The Nature of Colorado’s Great Plains by Dave Showalter

Poetry
1991 Wandering Roots/From the Hothouse by Ma. Fatima Lim
1992 Hands of the Saddlemaker by Nicholas Samaras
1993 The Book of Medicines by Linda Hogan
1994 The Fever of Being by Luis Alberto Urrea
1995 Deep Red by Rawdon Tomlinson
1996 The Very Stuff by Stephen Beal
1997 Tattooed Woman by Carolyn Evans Campbell
1998 Letters from a Stranger by James Tipton
1999 In the Colorado Gold Fever Mountains by Robert Cooperman
2000 White City by Mark Irwin and Swan, What Shores by Veronica Patterson
2001 Colcha by Aaron Abeyta
2002 Never Summer by Chris Ransick AND Air Into Breath by Kathryn Winograd
2003 Shooting Script: Door of Fire by Bill Tremblay
2004 Bright Hunger by Mark Irwin
2005 Body Painting by Jane Hilberry
2006 The Prayers of Others by David Keplinger
2007 Ludlow by David Mason

Popular (Genre) Fiction
2002 A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons
2003 Song of the Beast by Carol Berg
2005 Eye of the Wolf by Margaret Coel
2006 Iron Ties by Ann Parker
2007 The Girl With Braided Hair by Margaret Coel

Young Adult
1993 Beardance by Will Hobbs
1994 The Merlin Effect by T.A. Barron
1995 Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer
1996 Far North by Will Hobbs
1997 Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
1998 Water at the Blue Earth by Anne Howard Creel
1999 Yukon Gold: The Story of the Klondike Gold Rush by Charlotte Foltz Jones
2000 The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley
2001 Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies by Ginger Kathrens
2002 Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
2003 Meadow Lark by Mary Peace Finley
2004 Luna by Julie Anne Peters
2005 Click Here (To Find Out How I Survived the Seventh Grade) by Denise Vega
2006 What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau
2007 Red Glass by Laura Resau

Las Comadres' Book Picks 2009

Las Comadres' Book Picks
monthly hispanic book discussion group sponsored by Barnes & Noble (Borders?)

Sellers-Garcia, Sylvia. When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep (Las ComadresJan09)Zepeda, Zepeda, Gwendolyn. Houston, We Have a Problema (Las ComadresFeb09) -- Chick Lit
Martinez, Michele. Notorious (Las ComadresMar09) -- legal suspense w/Puerto Rican-American woman lawyer as US Attorney
Mora, Pat. Book Fiesta! (Las ComadresApr09) -- Picture book
Lopez, Josefina. Hungry Woman in Paris (Las ComadresMay09) Fun Chick Lit
Martinez, Jamie. Rogelia's House of Magic (Las ComadresJune09) Teen magical realism
Balmaseda, Liz. Sweet Mary (Las ComadresJuly09)
Hijuelos, Oscar. Dark Dude (Las ComadresAug09) Cubano teen Rico who looks "white" deals with prejudice in NYC & Wisconsin
Santiago, Fabiola. Reclaiming Paris (Las ComadresSept09)
Quintero, Sofia. The Arrangement (Las ComadresOct09)
Cobo, Leila. Tell Me Something True (Las ComadresNov09)
Arana, Marie. Lima Nights (Las ComadresDec09)

Benjamin Franklin Award (2009-2010)

From Independent Book Publishers Association accessed 5/19/10

Named in honor of America's most cherished publisher/printer, the Benjamin Franklin Awards™ recognizes excellence in independent publishing. Publications, grouped by genre are judged on editorial and design merit by top practitioners in each field.

The trophies are awarded to the best books in several categories and are presented to the publishers during a gala awards ceremony on the last evening of the Publishing University (just before the opening of Book Expo America).

All entrants receive critique sheets with advice on how to improve their publications, as well as words of appreciation for the good work produced.

The Benjamin Franklin 2010 Awards™ presentation ceremony will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York, NY on May 24, 2010.

2010 Awards Finalists

Arts (Art/Music/Photography)
Clint Eastwood, Icon, Insight Editions
Human Documents: Eight Photographers, Peabody Museum Press
Stone Offerings, Lightpoint Press

Autobiography/Memoirs
Hemingway's Cuban Son: Reflections on the Writer by His Longtime Majordomo, The Kent State University Press.
Luna's Life - A Journey of Forgiveness and Triumph, Caros Books
Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2, Synergetic Press Storm of the i: An Artobiography, Art Review Press

Audiobook - Children's
The Bossy Gallito, Lorito Books Inc.
Letters From A Window In The Sky (A tribute to Astrid Lindgren and Pippi), NYS Theatre Institute
The Pigman, Graymalkin Media

Biography
Kipling's Cat: A Memoir of My Father, Protean Press
Theodore Roosevelt, Hunter-Conservationist, Boone and Crockett Club
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman, Quayside Publishing Group

Business
Doggy Business 101, TFH Publications, Inc.
Managing, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Seven Turning Points, Fieldstone Alliance

Career
Emotional Intelligence 2.0, TalentSmart
A Life in the Law: Advice for Young Lawyers, American Bar Association
Post Office Jobs - 5th edition: Explore and Find Jobs, Prepare For the 473 Postal Exam, and Locate ALL Job Opportunities, Bookhaven Press LLC

Children's Picture Book
One Child, One Planet: Inspiration for the Young Conservationist, Emerald Shamrock Press
Pingo, Deseret Book Company / Shadow Mountain
Urban Animals, Star Bright Books

Coffee Table Books
Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock, Voyageur Press, an imprint of Quayside Publishing Group
Spanish Mustangs in the Great American West, Fine Art Editions Gallery & Press
Tropical Homes of the Eastern Caribbean, Ozone Zone Books

Education/Teaching/Academic
My Dog Bites the English Teacher: Practical Grammar Made Quick and Easy, Aviary Publishers, Inc.
Revising Fiction: Making Sense of the Madness, Quillrunner Publishing LLC
The Wolf Pack Classroom Management Plan, Butterfly Sky Press

Gift Books
Cocktail Boothby's American Bartender, Anchor Distilling
Facing Death: A Companion in Words and Images, Health Professions Press
I Wish, A Good Book for Pondering, Willis Harding, LLC

Popular Fiction
Christmas on Mill Street, Shadow Mountain
Cottonwood Spring, Fletcher House
The Middle of the Air, John F. Blair Publisher

Historical Fiction
Dead Weight, Joggling Board Press
Falling from the Moon, Windy City Publishers
In the Land of Cotton, Outskirts Press

Mystery/Suspense
The Bone Chamber, Poisoned Pen Press
In Their Blood, Oceanview Publishing
Jump, Poisoned Pen Press

Poetry/Literary Criticism
All Man! Hemingway, 1950's Men's Magazines, and the Masculine Persona, The Kent State University Press
In Praise, Lost Horse Press
Lucifer: A Hagiography, Lost Horse Press

Gay/Lesbian
All Screwed Up, Benu Press
The Golden Age of Gay Fiction, MLR Press, LLC
I Told You So, Beacon Press

Health (Wellness/Nutrition)
American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Cancer Therapies, Second Ed., American Cancer Society
Easy Gluten-Free Baking, Lake Isle Press, Inc.
The New Heart Disease Handbook, Quayside Publishing Group/Fair Winds Press

History
The California Missions, Getty Publications
Charles Fritz: 100 Paintings Illustrating the Journals of Lewis and Clark, Farcountry Press
Theodore Roosevelt, Hunter-Conservationist, Boone and Crockett Club

Humor/Comedy/Satire
All In A Day's Work for Real Estate Agents: Humorous and Heartwarming Stories, Work Like A Dog Books
Roastbeef's Promise, Smack Books
The Wheel of Nuldoid, Pointless INK Publishers, LLC

Juvenile/Young Adult - Fiction
Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary, Deseret Book Company / Shadow Mountain
The Kalevala: Tales of Magic and Adventure, Simply Read Books
Zillah's Gift Beaver's Pond Press, Inc.

Juvenile/Young Adult - Nonfiction
The Power of the Penny, Spencer Publishing
Transforming Lives, Star Bright Books
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland, Carolrhoda Books

Multicultural
Another World Lies Beyond, Huntington Library Press
Half Spoon of Rice, East West Discovery Press
Layla's Head Scarf, Star Bright Books

Nature/Environment
B is for Bufflehead, PhotoHutch
Giant Lizards (2nd Edition), TFH Publications, Inc.
Plundering Appalachia, Earth Aware Editions

New Age/Metaphysics/Spirituality
Gita Wisdom, Mandala Publishing
ReBecoming:The Way of Opportunity, Dassana Press, LLC
Transforming Practices, 10th Anniversary Edition, American Bar Association

Parenting/Family
Get Out! 150 Easy Ways for Kids and Grown-Ups to Get Into Nature and Build a Greener Future Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.
The Highly Intuitive Child: A Guide to Understanding and Parenting Unusually Sensitive and Empathic Children Hunter House Inc., Publishers
Raising Twins From Pregnancy to Preschool, American Academy of Pediatrics

Political/Current Events
Hope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints, Zenith Press, an imprint of Quayside Publishing Group
Just Coffee Caffeine With A Conscience, Just Trade Center
Lost American Principles, Outskirts Press, Inc

Professional/Technical
Anatomic Basis of Neurologic Diagnosis, Thieme Publishers
The Articulate Advocate: New Techniques of Persuasion for Trial Lawyers Crown King Books
Garner on Language and Writing, American Bar Association

Psychology
Brothers and Sisters in Adoption: Helping Children Navigate Relationships When New Kids Join the Family, Perspectives Press, Inc.
Redeeming Our Treasures: Finding Joy In the Shadows of an Abusive Past, Edict House Publishing Group, LLC
Uprooting Anger: Eliminating the Emotion that Kills, Life Transitions Consulting

Recreation/Sports
Chasing Moonlight, John F. Blair, Publisher
Golf, Naked - The Bare Essentials Revealed, Pick It Up Publishing, LLC
LeBron James: The Making of an MVP, Gray & Company, Publishers

Reference/Directories
The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum and Oz, March Hare Books
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Ed., SIL International
World Atlas of Dog Breeds, TFH Publications, Inc.

Regional
People of the Land: Legends of the Four Host First Nations, Theytus Books
Steel Pier: Showplace of the Nation, Down The Shore Publishing Corp.
Voices of the American West, Fulcrum Publishing

Religion
Big Picture of the Bible - New Testament, Big Picture Ministries, LLC
Gloria's Miracle, San Juan Publishing
Welcome Them Home — Help Them Heal, Whole Person Associates

Science
California's Olive Pioneers, Robert Mondavi Institute (RMI)
Everyone's Guide to Atoms, Einstein and the Universe, Real Science Publishing
Marine Aquarium Handbook, TFH Publications, Inc.

Self-Help
Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle, Greenleaf Book Group Press
Redeeming Our Treasures: Finding Joy In the Shadows of an Abusive Past, Edict House Publishing Group, LLC
Revising Fiction: Making Sense of the Madness, Quillrunner Publishing LLC

Travel
The Complete Walt Disney World 2010, Coconut Press
Photographing Oregon, Graphie Int’l, Inc.
Yellowstone Treasures: The Traveler's Companion to the National Park, Granite Peak Publications

The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Fiction)
Kingdom of Simplicity, Skywriter Books
Shadwell's Slaves - Escape to Freedom, Discover'N Publishing
Shakedown, Lenox Road Publishing LLC

The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Nonfiction)
The Healthcare Survival Guide, Health Advocate Publishing, Inc.
The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman’s Eyes, 1939-1940, Aquila Polonica Publishing
The No-Diet Obesity Solution for Kids, AGA Press

The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Children's/Young Adult)
Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden, Celtic Sunrise
My Savings Book & Journal, Community Services Press
The Star of Christmas, Winterlake Press

2009 Award Winners and Finalists (winners listed first)
Animals/Pets
winnerDogtown: A Sanctuary For Rescued Dogs, Sellers Publishing Inc
Training Your Dog for Life, TFH Publications, Inc.
Wild Hoofbeats: America's Vanishing Wild Horses, Painted Hills Publishing

Arts (Art/Music/Photography)
winnerThe Complete Quincy Jones, Palace Press International
Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride, White House Historical Association
Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture, Getty Publications

Autobiography/Memoirs
winnerAt the Elbows of My Elders: One Family's Journey Toward Civil Rights, Missouri History Museum.
Days Like Floating Water, Oak Leaf Impressions Press
Fisherman's Wife, Down The Shore Publishing Corp.

Audiobook - Fiction
winnerMartin Misunderstood, BBC Audiobooks America
Blindness, BBC Audiobooks America
Life Class, BBC Audiobooks America

Audiobook - Nonfiction
winnerThe Good Rat: A True Story, BBC Audiobooks America
Mental, Physical & Spiritual Health, Jasmin Publishing House Inc.
You're Empowered! Parenting Teens with Conviction, Communication and Love, ChangeWorks Publishing and Consulting

Audiobook - Children's
winnerGeronimo Stilton #15 (The Mona Mousa Code) & #16 (A Cheese-Colored Camper), Scholastic Audio
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Moving Day, Scholastic Audio
The Journey of Billy Boom Train, Audiobook Artists

Biography
winner Arabian Knight, Selwa Press
Harry Wild Jones - American Architect, Nodin Press
Pearl Harbor Countdown: Admiral James O. Richardson, Pelican Publishing Company

Business
winnerThe Creative Entrepreneur, Quayside Publishing
Leadership from the Inside Out, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution: Real-Time Strategic Planning in a Rapid-Response World, Fieldstone Alliance

Children's Picture Book
winnerA Glove of Their Own, Franklin Mason Press
Termites on a Stick, Star Bright Books
There's a Kid Under My Bed, Franklin Mason Press

Children's Book & Audiobook Set
winnerBad Rats, Kidwick Books LLC
The Journey of Bushky Bushy Bottom, Ochre Moon Press
The Sock Fairy, Best Fairy Books

Coffee Table Books
winnerWildlands Philanthropy, Palace Press International
Barry Dixon Interiors, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Himalayan Portfolios - Journeys of the Imagination, Fields Publishing

Gift Books
winnerGet Better!(¡Mejórate!) , American Cancer Society
The Dragonfly Secret: A Story of Boundless Love, Feather Rock Books, Inc.
The Unspoken Language of Fans & Flowers, Heart to Heart Publishing, Inc.

Graphic Novels
winnerThe Soddysey, and Other Tales of Supernatural Law, Exhibit A Press
Cleburne, Rampart Press
Will Eisner's The Spirit: A Pop-Up Graphic Novel, Palace Press International

Popular Fiction
winnerA Pirate's Heart, Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
Buddha in a Teacup, Lost Coast Press
Callie of the White Sand, CMP Publishing Group, LLC

Historical Fiction
winnerThe Long Knives Are Crying, Fulcrum Publishing
Jasper Mountain, Medallion Press, Inc.
Skies Over Sweetwater, Keene Publishing / Moo Press

Mystery/Suspense
winnerHead Wounds, The Permanent Press
Blood Island, Oceanview Publishing
Tengu: The Mountain Goblin, YMAA Publication Center

Poetry/Literary Criticism
winnerDon't Sabotage Your Submission, Bella Rosa Books
100 Essential Modern Poems by Women, Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing

Gay/Lesbian
winnerThou Shalt Not Love: What Evangelicals Really Say to Gays, Haiduk Press
Bringing Him Home, Late August Press
The Lonely Hearts Club, Bold Strokes Books, Inc.

Health (Wellness/Nutrition)
winnerCancer Caregiving A to Z, American Cancer Society
Walks on the Beach With Angie: A Father's Story of Love, North Star Press of St. Cloud
Your First Year with Diabetes, American Diabetes Association

History
winnerGlacier National Park: The First 100 Years, Farcountry Press
Inside The Lionel Trains Fun Factory, Project Roar Publishing
The President's House: A History, White House Historical Association

Humor/Comedy/Satire
winnerCruise Confidential, Travelers' Tales
The Misadventures of Oliver Booth: Life in the Lap of Luxury, Greenleaf Book Group Press
Your Inner Dog, TFH Publications, Inc.

Juvenile/Young Adult - Fiction
winnerAnna Smudge: Professional Shrink, Toasted Coconut Media, LLC
'Round the World: Takashi Sails Home, Down The Shore Publishing Corp.
Skies Over Sweetwater, Keene Publishing / Moo Press

Juvenile/Young Adult - Nonfiction
winnerHow We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming, Dawn Publications
Ethiopian Voices: Tsion's Life, Amharic Kids
Hidden Letters, Star Bright Books

Multicultural
winnerSidikiba's Kora Lesson,Beaver's Pond Press, Inc.
The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Lifeways, Illustrated, World Wisdom, Inc.
Multiculturalism and Intergroup Relations, American Psychological Association

Nature/Environment
winnerGreen Up Your Cleanup, Creative Homeowner
Jim Gilbert's Minnesota Nature Notes, Nodin Press
Minnesota, Chasing the Seasons from the North Shore to the Mississippi, ImageStream Press

New Age/Metaphysics/Spirituality
winnerWelcome Home To Yourself, Relationships Matter Publishing Inc.
The Dragonfly Secret: A Story of Boundless Love, Feather Rock Books, Inc.
The Majesty of Your Loving: A Couple's Journey Through Alzheimer's, Green Mountain Books

Parenting/Family
winnerDisabilityLand, SelectBooks, Inc.
The Joy of Pregnancy, The Harvard Common Press
Raising a Child with Arthritis: A Parent's Guide, Arthritis Foundation

Political/Current Events
winnerTwilight War, The Independent Institute
The Annual Register: World Events, ProQuest CSA Journal Division
Homeland Insecurity, History Publishing Company, LLC

Professional/Technical
winnerClearance and Copyright, Silman-James Press
The Criminal Justice Club - A Career Prosecutor Takes on the Media - And More, Walbar Books
The Founders' Second Amendment, The Independent Institute (co-published with Ivan R. Dee, Publisher)

Psychology
winnerBring Yourself to Love: How Couples Can Turn Disconnection Into Intimacy, Dos Monos Press
Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?, 1201 Alarm Press
The Way I See It, Future Horizons, Inc.

Recreation/Sports
winnerSan Francisco Giants: 50 Years, Palace Press International
The Edge of Never, Stone Creek Publications
This Water Goes North, Mániténáhk Books

Reference/Directories
winnerBest in Show: The World of Show Dogs & Dog Shows, BowTie Press
Children's Picture Books: How to Self-Publish Your Way to Success, Arimax, Inc.
The History of the World in Photographs, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

Regional
winnerOregon: The Taste of Wine, Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
Indianapolis: The Bass Photo Company Collection, Indiana Historical Society Press
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Maverick Publishing

Religion
winnerA Century of Grace, Publishers Design Group, Inc.
Big Picture of the Bible - Old Testament, WinePress Publishing Group
The Littlest Camel: And the Journey of the Three Kings, Turnapaige & Reed Moore

Science
winner Atlas of Anatomy, Thieme Publishers
Anatomy Flash Cards, Thieme Publishers
Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru: The Architecture and Pottery, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Publications

Self-Help
winnerAdopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families Perspectives Press, Inc.
Decide Better! For a Better Life, Strategic Vision
Growing More Beautiful, Arteful Press

Travel
winner Los Angeles Attractions, Museon Publishing
Ancient Greece: An Explorer's Guide, Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.
A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean, Travelers' Tales

The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Fiction)
winnerStonewiser: The Heart of the Stone, Mermaid Publishing, LLC
Beacon on the Hill, Harper House Publishers
Case Study, Evolution Press

The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Nonfiction)
winnerSelf Marketing Power, Keynote Publishing, LLC
Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?, 1201 Alarm Press
Right Before You Write, Sandy Point Ink, LLC

The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Children's/Young Adult)
winnerASL Tales: The Princess & The Pea, ASL Tales
Rachel and the Lion, Story House Books
Spenser Goes to Portland, Simple Fish Book Company

National Business Book Award 2010

Finalists have been named for the $20,000 National Business Book Award, honoring the author of an outstanding Canadian business-related book published in English or French. Quill & Quire reported that the shortlist includes:

Coal Black Heart: The Story of Coal and the Lives It Ruled by John DeMont
Gravity Shift: How Asia’s New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the Twenty-First Century by Wendy Dobson
Laying It on the Line: Driving a Hard Bargain in Challenging Times by Buzz Hargrove
Manulife: How Dominic D’Alessandro Built a Global Giant and Fought to Save It by Rod McQueen
Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization by Jeff Rubin

The winner will be announced June 9 in Toronto.