from International Prize for Arabic Fiction accessed 12/18/09, 11/11/10
2011 Longlist:
Title Author Nationality
The Arch and the Butterfly. Mohammed Achaari. Moroccan -- Winner!
The Doves' Necklace. Raja Alem. Saudi Arabian -- Shortlist
Turmoil in Jeddah. Maqbul Moussa Al-Alawi. Saudi Arabian
An Oriental Dance. Khalid Al-Bari. Egyptian -- Shortlist
God's Soldiers. Fawaz Haddad. Syrian
Secret Rope. Maha Hassan. Syrian
A Short Life. Renée Hayek. Lebanese
My Tormentor. Bensalem Himmich. Moroccan -- Shortlist
The Andalucian House. Waciny Laredj. Algeria
Women of Wind. Razan Naim Al-Maghrabi. Libyan
The Handsome Jew. Ali Al-Muqri.Yemeni
Common Sins. Fatin Al-Murr. Lebanon
Istasia. Khairy Shalaby. Egyptian
The Hunter of the Chrysalises (or The Head Hunter). Amir Taj Al-Sir. Sudanese -- Shortlist
Brooklyn Heights. Miral Al-Tahawy. Egyptian -- Shortlist
The Eye of the Sun. Ibtisam Ibrahim Teresa. Syria
A panel of judges from Kuwait, Egypt, Tunisia, France and Oman named six finalists for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction during the Beirut International Book Fair in Lebanon. The winner will be announced March 2, 2010, at an awards ceremony during the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, according to the Khaleej Times (via Book2book).
Previous two winners for the prize — Bahaa Taher (Sunset Oasis 2008) and Youssef Ziedan (Azazel 2009) — have not only secured English publications of their novels in the UK, through Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton) and Atlantic Books respectively, but also a number of international deals as a result of the prize.
The 2010 International Prize for Arabic Fiction shortlist:
A Cloudy Day on the West Side by Muhammad Al Mansi Qindeel (Egypt) -- not on GR or Worldcat
Beyond Paradise by Mansoura Ez Eldin (Egypt) -- added Maryam's Maze
America by Rabee Jabir (Lebanon) -- not on GR or Worldcat
Spewing Sparks as Big as Castles by Abdo Khal (Saudi Arabia) -- not on GR or Worldcat-- Winner!
The Lady from Tel Aviv by Rabai’ Madhoun (Palestine)
When the Wolves Grow Old by Jamal Naji (Jordan) -- not on GR or Worldcat
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Orange Prize for Fiction (2009-2010)
2011 Longlist from The Independent accessed 3/17/11
Longlist in full
Leila Aboulela - Lyrics Alley
Carol Birch - Jamrach's Menagerie
Emma Donoghue - Room
Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers
Louise Doughty - Whatever You Love
Jennifer Egan - A Visit from the Goon Squad
Aminatta Forna - The Memory of Love
Tessa Hadley - The London Train
Emma Henderson - Grace Williams Says it Loud
Samantha Hunt - The Seas
Joanna Kavenna - The Birth of Love
Nicole Krauss - Great House
Wendy Law-Yone - The Road to Wanting
Téa Obreht - The Tiger's Wife
Julie Orringer - The Invisible Bridge
Anne Peile - Repeat it Today with Tears
Karen Russell - Swamplandia!
Lola Shoneyin - The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Roma Tearne - The Swimmer
Kathleen Winter - Annabel
2010 info from The Independent accessed 3/18/1. The shortlist will be announced April 20. Awards will be presented June 9.
The 2010 Orange Prize longlist in full
Clare Clark, Savage Lands
Amanda Craig, Hearts and Minds
Roopa Farooki, The Way Things Look to Me
Rebecca Gowers, The Twisted Heart
M.J. Hyland, This is How
Sadie Jones, Small Wars
Andrea Levy, The Long Song
Attica Locke, Black Water Rising --shortlist
Nadifa Mohamed, Black Mamba Boy
Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs --shortlist
Monique Roffey, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Amy Sackville, The Still Point
Rosie Alison, The Very Thought of You --shortlist
2009 Info:
The shortlist for [2009] this year's £30,000 (US$43,701) Orange Prize for Fiction has been named and chair of judges Fi Glover said, "We were right down to the wire on several of the books and choosing just six was far harder than I had imagined, but we all left the judging room proud of the list we have chosen. We have stretched our heads getting to this shortlist," the Guardian reported.
The 2009 Orange Prize finalists are:
Scottsboro: A Novel by Ellen Feldman
The Wilderness: A Novel by Samantha Harvey
The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
Molly Fox's Birthday by Deidre Madden
The winner will be announced June 3.
Longlist in full
Leila Aboulela - Lyrics Alley
Carol Birch - Jamrach's Menagerie
Emma Donoghue - Room
Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers
Louise Doughty - Whatever You Love
Jennifer Egan - A Visit from the Goon Squad
Aminatta Forna - The Memory of Love
Tessa Hadley - The London Train
Emma Henderson - Grace Williams Says it Loud
Samantha Hunt - The Seas
Joanna Kavenna - The Birth of Love
Nicole Krauss - Great House
Wendy Law-Yone - The Road to Wanting
Téa Obreht - The Tiger's Wife
Julie Orringer - The Invisible Bridge
Anne Peile - Repeat it Today with Tears
Karen Russell - Swamplandia!
Lola Shoneyin - The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Roma Tearne - The Swimmer
Kathleen Winter - Annabel
2010 info from The Independent accessed 3/18/1. The shortlist will be announced April 20. Awards will be presented June 9.
The 2010 Orange Prize longlist in full
Clare Clark, Savage Lands
Amanda Craig, Hearts and Minds
Roopa Farooki, The Way Things Look to Me
Rebecca Gowers, The Twisted Heart
M.J. Hyland, This is How
Sadie Jones, Small Wars
Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna --shortlist -- Winner!
Laila Lalami, Secret SonAndrea Levy, The Long Song
Attica Locke, Black Water Rising --shortlist
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall --shortlist
Maria McCann, The WildingNadifa Mohamed, Black Mamba Boy
Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs --shortlist
Monique Roffey, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Amy Sackville, The Still Point
Kathryn Stockett, The Help
Sarah Waters, The Little StrangerRosie Alison, The Very Thought of You --shortlist
2009 Info:
The shortlist for [2009] this year's £30,000 (US$43,701) Orange Prize for Fiction has been named and chair of judges Fi Glover said, "We were right down to the wire on several of the books and choosing just six was far harder than I had imagined, but we all left the judging room proud of the list we have chosen. We have stretched our heads getting to this shortlist," the Guardian reported.
The 2009 Orange Prize finalists are:
Scottsboro: A Novel by Ellen Feldman
The Wilderness: A Novel by Samantha Harvey
The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
Molly Fox's Birthday by Deidre Madden
Home: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson -- WINNER!
Burnt Shadows by Kamila ShamsieThe winner will be announced June 3.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Bisto Book of the Year Award (1990-2011)
2011 info from Children's Books Ireland accessed 3/14/11
The shortlist for the 2011 Children's Books Ireland Bisto Children's Book of the Year:
A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton
Dancing in the Dark by Peter Prendergast
Mac Rí Éireann by Caitríona Hasting and Andrew Whiton
Prim Improper by Deirdre Sullivan
Taking Flight by Sheena Wilknson
The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers
The Lunatics Curse by F. E. Higgins
The Owl and the Pussycat, illustrated by Kevin Waldron
Tiny Little Fly, illustrated by Kevin Waldron
Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers
The winner will be announced May 16 in Dublin.
2010 info from Children's Books Ireland accessed 3/25/10
Bisto Book of the Year Awards Shortlist 2010
* An Greasaí Bróg agus na Síoga- Caitríona Hastings and Andrew Whitson
* Chalkline - Jane Mitchell
* Colm and The Lazarus Key - Kieran Mark Crowley
* Gluaiseacht - Alan Titley
* Lincoln and His Boys - Pj Lynch
* The Gates- John Connolly
* The Third Pig Detective Agency- Bob Burke
* There - Marie Louise Fitzpatrick-- Winner! [Picture Book]
The Bisto Children's Book of the Year Awards, in partnership with CBI are presented annually in recognition of excellence in writing and/or illustration of books for young people. The awards are administered by CBI, the national organisation for children's books and sponsored by Bisto gravy. The awards are open to any children's book by an author and/or illustrator born or resident in Ireland, written in Irish or English and published between 1st January and 31st December each year.
Past Winners
The Bisto Awards began in 1990 when Bisto Book of the Decade Awards were given to authors Tom McCaughren, George Otto Simms and illustrators Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Jeanette Dunne and David Rooney. This led to the establishment of an annual award made by The Irish Children's Book Trust, later to become Children's Books Ireland.
In the early years of The Bisto Awards, prizes were also given for certain categories, however in 1993 the categories were replaced by The Bisto Merit (Honour) Awards.
Bisto Book of the Year Award Winners and Shortlist 2009
Eilís Dillon Award
Mary Finn Anila's Journey
Honour Award for Illustraton
Oliver Jeffers The Great Paper Caper
Honour Award for Fiction
Kate Thompson Creature of the Night
Judges' Special Recognition Award
Kate Thompson Highway Robbery
Also Shortlisted
Eoin Colfer Airman
Ré O'Laighléis, Susan Edwards and Emily Colenso
Moinín Áine Ní Ghlinn and Carol Betara Briongloidi
Roddy Doyle Her Mother's Face
Pj Lynch (illustrator) The Gift of the Maji
Bisto Book of the Year Award Winners and Shortlist 2008
Siobhan Dowd The London Eye Mystery
Eilís Dillon Award
Tom Kelly The Thing with Finn
Honour Awards
Oliver Jeffers The Way Back Home
F.E. Higgins The Black Book of Secrets
Roddy Doyle Wilderness
Also Shortlisted
Michael Scott The Alchemyst
Jessica O'Donnell Discover Art
Caitriona Nic Sheain agus Andrew Whitson Gaiscíoch na Beilte Uaine An Snathaid Mhor
Kate Thompson The Last of the High Kings
Colin Bateman Titanic 2020
Bisto Book of the Year Awards Winners and Shortlist 2006/2007
Eilís Dillon Award
Honour Awards
Oliver Jeffers The Incredible Book Eating Boy
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Hurlamaboc Cois Life
Siobhán Parkinson Something Invisible
Also Shortlisted
Jon Berkeley The Palace of Laughter
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl & the Lost Colony
Illustrator P.J.Lynch A Christmas Carol
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh agus The Cartoon Saloon An Táin
Kate Thompson The Fourth Horseman
Bisto Book of the Year Award Winners and Shortlist 2005-2006
Eilís Dillon Award
Deirdre Madden Snakes’ Elbows
Honour Awards
Oliver Jeffers Lost and Found
Kevin Kiely A Horse called ElDorado
Eileen O'Hely (author) and Nicky Phelan (illustrator) Penny the Pencil
Also Shortlisted
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception
Adrienne Geoghan (illustrator) Fancy That!
Oisin Mc Gann Under Fragile Stone
Dairíne Ní Dhonnchú agus Maria Murray Bríona ag Brionglóideach An Gúm
2004- 2005 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Kate Thompson Annan Water
Eilís Dillon Award
Siobhán Ní Shíthigh
Illustrator: Seán Seosamh Mac an tSíthigh
AN BHÓ RIABHACH An Gúm
The Bisto Merit Awards
Illustrators: Corrina Askin, Alan Clarke and Emma Byrne SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH P.
Oliver Jeffers (author/ Illustrator) HOW TO CATCH A STAR
Oisín McGann THE GODS AND THEIR MACHINES O'Brien Press
Shortlist
Ré Ó Laighléis GOIMH AGUS SCÉALTA EILE Móinín
Kate MacLachlan LOVE MY ENEMY Andersen Press
Olwyn Whelan THE STAR CHILD Chrysalis
Sam McBratney & Anita Jeram (Illustrator) YOU'RE ALL MY FAVOURITES Walker Books
2003 - 2004 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Aubrey Flegg Wings Over Delft
Eilís Dillon Award
Alan Titley Amach An Gúm
The Bisto Merit Awards
Kate Thompson Origins
Anita Jeram You Can do it
Niamh Sharkey (author/ Illustrator) The Ravenous Beast Walker Books
Shortlist
Carlo Gebler August '44
PJ Lynch (illustrator) The Been Man of Orn Walker Books
Mary Murphy (author/ illustrator) I Kissed the Baby Walker Books
Siobhan Parkinson Kathleen and the Celtic Knot
Mary Murphy (author/ illulstrator) Little Owl and the Star Walker Books
2002 - 2003 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year - Joint Winners
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick You, Me and the Big Blue Sea
Kate Thompson The Alchemist's Apprentice
The Bisto Merit Awards
Matthew Sweeney Colmán Ó Raghallaigh Fox Bloomsbury
The Cartoon Saloon (illustrators) An Tóraíocht Cló Mhaigh Eo
Gerard Whelan War Children O'Brien Press
Eilís Dillon Award Grace Wells Gyrfalcon O'Brien Press
Shortlist Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident Puffin Books
Malachy Doyle Who is Jesse Flood? Bloomsbury
Siobhán Parkinson The Love Bean O'Brien Press
2001 - 2002 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Kate Thompson The Beguilers
The Bisto Merit Awards Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl Puffin
Carlo Gébler Caught on a Train Egmont
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh The Cartoon Saloon (illustrators) An Sclábhaí Cló Mhaigh Eo
Eilís Dillon Award Gillian Perdue Adam's Starling O'Brien Press
Shortlist Trevor J. Colgan The Stretford Enders Away Red Fox
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (author / illustrator) I'm A Tiger Too
P.J.Lynch (illustrator) Ignis
Austin McQuinn (author / illustrator) This Will Take Forever Zero to Ten
Martin Waddell Give it to Joe! Walker Books
2000 - 2001 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick Izzy and Skunk
The Bisto Merit Awards
Eoin Colfer The Wish List O'Brien Press
Martina Murphy Dirt Tracks Poolbeg Press
Martin Waddell The Orchard Book of Ghostly Stories Orchard Press
Eilís Dillon Award Patrick Deeley The Lost Orchard O'Brien Press
Shortlist Malachy Doyle
Niamh Sharkey (illustrator) Tales from Old Ireland Barefoot Books
Jim Halligan and John Newman Fowl Deeds Wolfhound Press
Adrienne Kennaway (illustrator) This is the Tree Frances Lincoln
Michael Mullen An Bóthar Fada Coiscéim
Siobhán Parkinson Call of the Whales O'Brien Press
1999 - 2000 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Marilyn Taylor Faraway Home
The Bisto Merit Awards
Mary Arrigan Siúloid Bhreá An Gúm
Marilyn McLaughlin Fierce Milly Mammoth/Egmont
Mark O'Sullivan Silent Stones Wolfhound Press
Eilís Dillon Award Marilyn McLaughlin Fierce Milly Mammoth/Egmont
Shortlist
Eoin Colfer Benny and Babe O'Brien Press
Louise Lawrence The Crowlings Collins
Larry O'Loughlin Is Anybody Listening? Wolfhound Press
Gabriel Rosenstock
Piet Sluis (illustrator) Paidín Mháire Mhuigín An Gúm
Niamh Sharkey Jack and the Beanstalk Barefoot Books
Bill Wall The Boy Who Met Hitler Mercier Press
Gerard Whelan Out of Nowhere O'Brien Press
1998 - 1999 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Niamh Sharkey Tales of Wisdom and Wonder
The Bisto Merit Awards
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick The Long March Wolfhound Press
Siobhán Parkinson The Moon King O'Brien Press
Gabriel Rosenstock
Piet Sluis (illustrator) An Rógaire agus a Scáil An Gúm
Eilís Dillon Award Caitríona Hastings Dea-Scéala Cló Iar-Chonnachta
Shortlist
Pat Boran
Stewart Curry (illustrator) All the Way from China Poolbeg Press
Sam McBratney Bert's Wonderful News Walker Books
Tom McCaughren Ride a Pale Horse Anvil Press
Mary Murphy Please Be Quiet Methuen
Niamh Sharkey (illustrator) The Gigantic Turnip Barefoot Books
1997 - 1998 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Gerard Whelan Dream Invader
The Bisto Merit Awards
Soinbhe Lally The Hungry Wind Poolbeg Press
P.J. Lynch When Jessie Came across the Sea Poolbeg Press
Siobhán Parkinson Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (maybe) O'Brien Press
Eilís Dillon Award Ed Miliano It's a Jungle Out There Wolfhound Press
Shortlist Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald
Stephen Hall (illustrator) The World of Colmcille, also known as Columba O'Brien Press
Dan Kissane Angela Clarke (illustrator) Jimmy's Leprechaun Trap O'Brien Press
Dan Kissane Angela Clarke (illustrator) The Eagle Tree O'Brien Press
Larry O'Loughlin John Leonard (illustrator) The Gobán Saor Blackwater Press
Mark O'Sullivan Angels Without Wings Wolfhound Press
Mark O'Sullivan White Lies Wolfhound Press
1996 - 1997 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Siobhán Parkinson Sisters ... No Way !
The Bisto Merit Awards
Cliodhna Cussen and Cormac Ó Snodaigh An Eala Dubh Coiscéim
Maeve Friel The Lantern Moon Poolbeg Press
Gerard Whelan The Guns of Easter O'Brien Press
Eilís Dillon Award
Gerard Whelan The Guns of Easter O'Brien Press
Shortlist Dan Kissane
Aileen Johnston (illustrator)
The Eagle Tree O'Brien Press
P.J. Lynch (illustrator) The King of Ireland's Son Poolbeg Press
Ré Ó Laighléis Gafa Comhar
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh Drochlá Ruairí Cló Mhaigh Eo
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh Róisín ar Strae An Gúm
Mark O'Sullivan More than a Match Wolfhound Press
1995 - 1996 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
P.J. Lynch The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
The Bisto Merit Awards
Mary Beckett Hannah or Pink Balloons Marino Books
Ré Ó Laighléis Sceoin sa Bhoireann Cló Iar-Chonnachta
Frank Murphy Lockie and Dadge O'Brien Press
Eilís Dillon Award
Frank Murphy Lockie and Dadge O'Brien Press
Shortlist Marita Conlon McKenna Safe Harbour O'Brien Press
Benedict Kiely The Trout in the Turnhole Wolfhound Press
Paul Muldoon The Last Thesaurus Faber and Faber
Siobhán Parkinson All Shining in the Spring O'Brien Press
Gabriel Rosenstock Piet Sluis (illustrator) Naomh Pádraig agus Crom Dubh An Gúm
Martin Waddell John Joe and the Big Hen An Gúm
1994 - 1995 Bisto Awards
In 1994 the Eilís Dillon Award was established for an author or illustrator of an outstanding first book.
The Bisto Book of the Year
Elizabeth O'Hara Blaeberry Sunday
The Bisto Merit Awards
Rose Doyle Goodbye Summer, Goodbye Attic Press
P.J. Lynch Catkin Poolbeg Press
Ré Ó Laighléis Ecstasy agus Scéalta Eile Cló Iar-Chonnachta
Eilís Dillon Award
Mark O'Sullivan Melody for Nora Wolfhound Press
Shortlist Maeve Friel Distant Voices Poolbeg Press
Tom McCaughren In Search of the Liberty Tree Children's Press
Kate Thompson Switchers Aran
1993 - 1994 Bisto Awards
In 1993 the Bisto Merit Awards replaced the category awards.
The Bisto Book of the Year
Jane Mitchell When Stars Stop Spinning
The Bisto Merit Awards
Sam McBratney The Chieftain's Daughter O'Brien Press
Elizabeth O'Hara The Hiring Fair Poolbeg Press
Máirín Johnston The Pony Express Attic Press
Shortlist Mary Arrigan Lá le Mamo An Gúm
Siobhán Parkinson Amelia O'Brien Press
Maria Quirk-Walshe Searching for a Friend Attic Press
1992 - 1993 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Marita Conlon-McKenna The Blue Horse
Information Book
Mairin Uí Chomain
Deiri and Bébhinn Ó Meadhra (illustrators) Tamall sa Chistin An Gúm
Teenage Fiction Sam McBratney Put a Saddle on the Pig Methuen
Historical Fiction Morgan Llywelyn Strongbow O'Brien Press
Shortlist June Considine View from a Blind Bridge Poolbeg Press
Margrit Cruickshank A Monster called Charlie Poolbeg Press
Maeve Friel The Deerstone Poolbeg Press
Mairéad Ní Nuadháin Cois Trá An Gúm
1991 - 1992 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
John Quinn The Summer of Lily and Esme
Historical Fiction
Marita Conlon-McKenna Wildflower Girl O'Brien Press
Picture Book Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick The Sleeping Giant Brandon Books
First Children's Novel Yvonne MacGrory The Secret of the Ruby Ring Children's Press
No shortlist was complied in 1991
1990 - 1991 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Eilís Dillon The Island of Ghosts
Best Emerging Author Morgan Llywelyn Brian Boru O'Brien Press
Book for Young Readers Martin Waddell Grandma's Bill Simon and Schuster
Illustration P.J. Lynch Fairy Tales of Ireland Collins
Shortlist Marita Conlon-McKenna Under the Hawthorn Tree O'Brien Press
Don Conroy The Celestial Child Kildanore
Michael Mullins The Long March Poolbeg Press
Eilís Ní Dhuibhne The Uncommon Cormorant Poolbeg Press
Joan O'Neill The Daisy Chain War Attic Press
Finola Sumner Double the Boys Poolbeg Press
Bisto Book of the Decade Award 1980 - 1990
Fiction Category
Run with the Wind; Run to Earth; Run Swift, Run Free by Tom McCaughren, Jeanette Dunne (illustrator)
Information Books Category:
Exploring the Book of Kells; Brendan the Navigator by George Otto Simms, David Rooney (illustrator)
Irish Language Category:
An Chanáil Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Bernadine Nic Ghiolla Phádraig (translator) An Gúm
The shortlist for the 2011 Children's Books Ireland Bisto Children's Book of the Year:
A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton
Dancing in the Dark by Peter Prendergast
Mac Rí Éireann by Caitríona Hasting and Andrew Whiton
Prim Improper by Deirdre Sullivan
Taking Flight by Sheena Wilknson
The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers
The Lunatics Curse by F. E. Higgins
The Owl and the Pussycat, illustrated by Kevin Waldron
Tiny Little Fly, illustrated by Kevin Waldron
Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers
The winner will be announced May 16 in Dublin.
2010 info from Children's Books Ireland accessed 3/25/10
Bisto Book of the Year Awards Shortlist 2010
* An Greasaí Bróg agus na Síoga- Caitríona Hastings and Andrew Whitson
* Chalkline - Jane Mitchell
* Colm and The Lazarus Key - Kieran Mark Crowley
* Gluaiseacht - Alan Titley
* Lincoln and His Boys - Pj Lynch
* Solace of the Road- Siobhan Dowd
* The Eyeball Collector- FE Higgins* The Gates- John Connolly
* The Third Pig Detective Agency- Bob Burke
* There - Marie Louise Fitzpatrick-- Winner! [Picture Book]
The Bisto Children's Book of the Year Awards, in partnership with CBI are presented annually in recognition of excellence in writing and/or illustration of books for young people. The awards are administered by CBI, the national organisation for children's books and sponsored by Bisto gravy. The awards are open to any children's book by an author and/or illustrator born or resident in Ireland, written in Irish or English and published between 1st January and 31st December each year.
Past Winners
The Bisto Awards began in 1990 when Bisto Book of the Decade Awards were given to authors Tom McCaughren, George Otto Simms and illustrators Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Jeanette Dunne and David Rooney. This led to the establishment of an annual award made by The Irish Children's Book Trust, later to become Children's Books Ireland.
In the early years of The Bisto Awards, prizes were also given for certain categories, however in 1993 the categories were replaced by The Bisto Merit (Honour) Awards.
Bisto Book of the Year Award Winners and Shortlist 2009
Siobhan Dowd Bog Child
Eilís Dillon Award
Mary Finn Anila's Journey
Honour Award for Illustraton
Oliver Jeffers The Great Paper Caper
Honour Award for Fiction
Kate Thompson Creature of the Night
Judges' Special Recognition Award
Kate Thompson Highway Robbery
Also Shortlisted
Eoin Colfer Airman
Ré O'Laighléis, Susan Edwards and Emily Colenso
Moinín Áine Ní Ghlinn and Carol Betara Briongloidi
Roddy Doyle Her Mother's Face
Pj Lynch (illustrator) The Gift of the Maji
Bisto Book of the Year Award Winners and Shortlist 2008
Siobhan Dowd The London Eye Mystery
Eilís Dillon Award
Tom Kelly The Thing with Finn
Honour Awards
Oliver Jeffers The Way Back Home
F.E. Higgins The Black Book of Secrets
Roddy Doyle Wilderness
Also Shortlisted
Michael Scott The Alchemyst
Jessica O'Donnell Discover Art
Caitriona Nic Sheain agus Andrew Whitson Gaiscíoch na Beilte Uaine An Snathaid Mhor
Kate Thompson The Last of the High Kings
Colin Bateman Titanic 2020
Bisto Book of the Year Awards Winners and Shortlist 2006/2007
John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Eilís Dillon Award
Siobhan Dowd A Swift Pure Cry
Honour Awards
Oliver Jeffers The Incredible Book Eating Boy
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Hurlamaboc Cois Life
Siobhán Parkinson Something Invisible
Also Shortlisted
Jon Berkeley The Palace of Laughter
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl & the Lost Colony
Illustrator P.J.Lynch A Christmas Carol
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh agus The Cartoon Saloon An Táin
Kate Thompson The Fourth Horseman
Bisto Book of the Year Award Winners and Shortlist 2005-2006
Kate Thompson The New Policeman
Eilís Dillon Award
Deirdre Madden Snakes’ Elbows
Honour Awards
Oliver Jeffers Lost and Found
Kevin Kiely A Horse called ElDorado
Eileen O'Hely (author) and Nicky Phelan (illustrator) Penny the Pencil
Also Shortlisted
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception
Adrienne Geoghan (illustrator) Fancy That!
Oisin Mc Gann Under Fragile Stone
Dairíne Ní Dhonnchú agus Maria Murray Bríona ag Brionglóideach An Gúm
2004- 2005 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Kate Thompson Annan Water
Eilís Dillon Award
Siobhán Ní Shíthigh
Illustrator: Seán Seosamh Mac an tSíthigh
AN BHÓ RIABHACH An Gúm
The Bisto Merit Awards
Illustrators: Corrina Askin, Alan Clarke and Emma Byrne SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH P.
Oliver Jeffers (author/ Illustrator) HOW TO CATCH A STAR
Oisín McGann THE GODS AND THEIR MACHINES O'Brien Press
Shortlist
Ré Ó Laighléis GOIMH AGUS SCÉALTA EILE Móinín
Kate MacLachlan LOVE MY ENEMY Andersen Press
Olwyn Whelan THE STAR CHILD Chrysalis
Sam McBratney & Anita Jeram (Illustrator) YOU'RE ALL MY FAVOURITES Walker Books
2003 - 2004 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Aubrey Flegg Wings Over Delft
Eilís Dillon Award
Alan Titley Amach An Gúm
The Bisto Merit Awards
Kate Thompson Origins
Anita Jeram You Can do it
Niamh Sharkey (author/ Illustrator) The Ravenous Beast Walker Books
Shortlist
Carlo Gebler August '44
PJ Lynch (illustrator) The Been Man of Orn Walker Books
Mary Murphy (author/ illustrator) I Kissed the Baby Walker Books
Siobhan Parkinson Kathleen and the Celtic Knot
Mary Murphy (author/ illulstrator) Little Owl and the Star Walker Books
2002 - 2003 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year - Joint Winners
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick You, Me and the Big Blue Sea
Kate Thompson The Alchemist's Apprentice
The Bisto Merit Awards
Matthew Sweeney Colmán Ó Raghallaigh Fox Bloomsbury
The Cartoon Saloon (illustrators) An Tóraíocht Cló Mhaigh Eo
Gerard Whelan War Children O'Brien Press
Eilís Dillon Award Grace Wells Gyrfalcon O'Brien Press
Shortlist Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident Puffin Books
Malachy Doyle Who is Jesse Flood? Bloomsbury
Siobhán Parkinson The Love Bean O'Brien Press
2001 - 2002 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Kate Thompson The Beguilers
The Bisto Merit Awards Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl Puffin
Carlo Gébler Caught on a Train Egmont
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh The Cartoon Saloon (illustrators) An Sclábhaí Cló Mhaigh Eo
Eilís Dillon Award Gillian Perdue Adam's Starling O'Brien Press
Shortlist Trevor J. Colgan The Stretford Enders Away Red Fox
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (author / illustrator) I'm A Tiger Too
P.J.Lynch (illustrator) Ignis
Austin McQuinn (author / illustrator) This Will Take Forever Zero to Ten
Martin Waddell Give it to Joe! Walker Books
2000 - 2001 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick Izzy and Skunk
The Bisto Merit Awards
Eoin Colfer The Wish List O'Brien Press
Martina Murphy Dirt Tracks Poolbeg Press
Martin Waddell The Orchard Book of Ghostly Stories Orchard Press
Eilís Dillon Award Patrick Deeley The Lost Orchard O'Brien Press
Shortlist Malachy Doyle
Niamh Sharkey (illustrator) Tales from Old Ireland Barefoot Books
Jim Halligan and John Newman Fowl Deeds Wolfhound Press
Adrienne Kennaway (illustrator) This is the Tree Frances Lincoln
Michael Mullen An Bóthar Fada Coiscéim
Siobhán Parkinson Call of the Whales O'Brien Press
1999 - 2000 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Marilyn Taylor Faraway Home
The Bisto Merit Awards
Mary Arrigan Siúloid Bhreá An Gúm
Marilyn McLaughlin Fierce Milly Mammoth/Egmont
Mark O'Sullivan Silent Stones Wolfhound Press
Eilís Dillon Award Marilyn McLaughlin Fierce Milly Mammoth/Egmont
Shortlist
Eoin Colfer Benny and Babe O'Brien Press
Louise Lawrence The Crowlings Collins
Larry O'Loughlin Is Anybody Listening? Wolfhound Press
Gabriel Rosenstock
Piet Sluis (illustrator) Paidín Mháire Mhuigín An Gúm
Niamh Sharkey Jack and the Beanstalk Barefoot Books
Bill Wall The Boy Who Met Hitler Mercier Press
Gerard Whelan Out of Nowhere O'Brien Press
1998 - 1999 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Niamh Sharkey Tales of Wisdom and Wonder
The Bisto Merit Awards
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick The Long March Wolfhound Press
Siobhán Parkinson The Moon King O'Brien Press
Gabriel Rosenstock
Piet Sluis (illustrator) An Rógaire agus a Scáil An Gúm
Eilís Dillon Award Caitríona Hastings Dea-Scéala Cló Iar-Chonnachta
Shortlist
Pat Boran
Stewart Curry (illustrator) All the Way from China Poolbeg Press
Sam McBratney Bert's Wonderful News Walker Books
Tom McCaughren Ride a Pale Horse Anvil Press
Mary Murphy Please Be Quiet Methuen
Niamh Sharkey (illustrator) The Gigantic Turnip Barefoot Books
1997 - 1998 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Gerard Whelan Dream Invader
The Bisto Merit Awards
Soinbhe Lally The Hungry Wind Poolbeg Press
P.J. Lynch When Jessie Came across the Sea Poolbeg Press
Siobhán Parkinson Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (maybe) O'Brien Press
Eilís Dillon Award Ed Miliano It's a Jungle Out There Wolfhound Press
Shortlist Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald
Stephen Hall (illustrator) The World of Colmcille, also known as Columba O'Brien Press
Dan Kissane Angela Clarke (illustrator) Jimmy's Leprechaun Trap O'Brien Press
Dan Kissane Angela Clarke (illustrator) The Eagle Tree O'Brien Press
Larry O'Loughlin John Leonard (illustrator) The Gobán Saor Blackwater Press
Mark O'Sullivan Angels Without Wings Wolfhound Press
Mark O'Sullivan White Lies Wolfhound Press
1996 - 1997 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Siobhán Parkinson Sisters ... No Way !
The Bisto Merit Awards
Cliodhna Cussen and Cormac Ó Snodaigh An Eala Dubh Coiscéim
Maeve Friel The Lantern Moon Poolbeg Press
Gerard Whelan The Guns of Easter O'Brien Press
Eilís Dillon Award
Gerard Whelan The Guns of Easter O'Brien Press
Shortlist Dan Kissane
Aileen Johnston (illustrator)
The Eagle Tree O'Brien Press
P.J. Lynch (illustrator) The King of Ireland's Son Poolbeg Press
Ré Ó Laighléis Gafa Comhar
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh Drochlá Ruairí Cló Mhaigh Eo
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh Róisín ar Strae An Gúm
Mark O'Sullivan More than a Match Wolfhound Press
1995 - 1996 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
P.J. Lynch The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
The Bisto Merit Awards
Mary Beckett Hannah or Pink Balloons Marino Books
Ré Ó Laighléis Sceoin sa Bhoireann Cló Iar-Chonnachta
Frank Murphy Lockie and Dadge O'Brien Press
Eilís Dillon Award
Frank Murphy Lockie and Dadge O'Brien Press
Shortlist Marita Conlon McKenna Safe Harbour O'Brien Press
Benedict Kiely The Trout in the Turnhole Wolfhound Press
Paul Muldoon The Last Thesaurus Faber and Faber
Siobhán Parkinson All Shining in the Spring O'Brien Press
Gabriel Rosenstock Piet Sluis (illustrator) Naomh Pádraig agus Crom Dubh An Gúm
Martin Waddell John Joe and the Big Hen An Gúm
1994 - 1995 Bisto Awards
In 1994 the Eilís Dillon Award was established for an author or illustrator of an outstanding first book.
The Bisto Book of the Year
Elizabeth O'Hara Blaeberry Sunday
The Bisto Merit Awards
Rose Doyle Goodbye Summer, Goodbye Attic Press
P.J. Lynch Catkin Poolbeg Press
Ré Ó Laighléis Ecstasy agus Scéalta Eile Cló Iar-Chonnachta
Eilís Dillon Award
Mark O'Sullivan Melody for Nora Wolfhound Press
Shortlist Maeve Friel Distant Voices Poolbeg Press
Tom McCaughren In Search of the Liberty Tree Children's Press
Kate Thompson Switchers Aran
1993 - 1994 Bisto Awards
In 1993 the Bisto Merit Awards replaced the category awards.
The Bisto Book of the Year
Jane Mitchell When Stars Stop Spinning
The Bisto Merit Awards
Sam McBratney The Chieftain's Daughter O'Brien Press
Elizabeth O'Hara The Hiring Fair Poolbeg Press
Máirín Johnston The Pony Express Attic Press
Shortlist Mary Arrigan Lá le Mamo An Gúm
Siobhán Parkinson Amelia O'Brien Press
Maria Quirk-Walshe Searching for a Friend Attic Press
1992 - 1993 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Marita Conlon-McKenna The Blue Horse
Information Book
Mairin Uí Chomain
Deiri and Bébhinn Ó Meadhra (illustrators) Tamall sa Chistin An Gúm
Teenage Fiction Sam McBratney Put a Saddle on the Pig Methuen
Historical Fiction Morgan Llywelyn Strongbow O'Brien Press
Shortlist June Considine View from a Blind Bridge Poolbeg Press
Margrit Cruickshank A Monster called Charlie Poolbeg Press
Maeve Friel The Deerstone Poolbeg Press
Mairéad Ní Nuadháin Cois Trá An Gúm
1991 - 1992 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
John Quinn The Summer of Lily and Esme
Historical Fiction
Marita Conlon-McKenna Wildflower Girl O'Brien Press
Picture Book Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick The Sleeping Giant Brandon Books
First Children's Novel Yvonne MacGrory The Secret of the Ruby Ring Children's Press
No shortlist was complied in 1991
1990 - 1991 Bisto Awards
The Bisto Book of the Year
Eilís Dillon The Island of Ghosts
Best Emerging Author Morgan Llywelyn Brian Boru O'Brien Press
Book for Young Readers Martin Waddell Grandma's Bill Simon and Schuster
Illustration P.J. Lynch Fairy Tales of Ireland Collins
Shortlist Marita Conlon-McKenna Under the Hawthorn Tree O'Brien Press
Don Conroy The Celestial Child Kildanore
Michael Mullins The Long March Poolbeg Press
Eilís Ní Dhuibhne The Uncommon Cormorant Poolbeg Press
Joan O'Neill The Daisy Chain War Attic Press
Finola Sumner Double the Boys Poolbeg Press
Bisto Book of the Decade Award 1980 - 1990
Fiction Category
Run with the Wind; Run to Earth; Run Swift, Run Free by Tom McCaughren, Jeanette Dunne (illustrator)
Information Books Category:
Exploring the Book of Kells; Brendan the Navigator by George Otto Simms, David Rooney (illustrator)
Irish Language Category:
An Chanáil Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Bernadine Nic Ghiolla Phádraig (translator) An Gúm
NAACP Image Awards (2010-11)
2011 info from NAACP Image Awards accessed 1/13/11
2011 Nominees
Literature Nominees
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
A Taste of Honey Jabari Asim
Getting to Happy Terry McMillan -- Winner!
Glorious Bernice L. McFadden
Till You Hear From Me Pearl Cleage
Wench Dolen Perkins
Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority Tom Burrell
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC
Editors: Faith S. Holsaert, Judy Richardson, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, Dorothy M. Zellner
Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History Dr. Julianne Malveaux
The History of White People Nell Irvin Painter
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander -- Winner!
Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
Wench Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky Heidi Durrow
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson -- Winner!
Beneath the Lion's Gaze Maaza Mengiste
Forest Gate Peter Akinti
Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-BographyConversations with Myself
Ruth Hobday, Nelson Mandela
Decoded Jay-Z
Extraordinary, Ordinary People Condoleezza Rice
I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen - My Journey Home Shoshana Johnson
You Don't Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson, Jr. -- Winner!
Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life Antwone Fisher -- Winner!
Diet-Free for Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness and Mindset Makeover to Maximize Fat Loss Robert Ferguson
If it Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too Malaak Compton-Rock
The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms Kirk Franklin
The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women Elaine Meryl Brown, Rhonda McLean, Marsha Haygood
Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
100 Best African-American Poems Nikki Giovanni -- Winner!
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing Alice Walker (Author), Shiloh McCloud (Illustrator)
Holding Company Major Jackson
Suck on the Marrow Camille T. Dungy
White Egrets Derek Walcott
Outstanding Literary Work - Children
Grandma's Gift Eric Velasquez
Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya Donna Jo Napoli (Author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
My Brother Charlie Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete -- Winner!
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar ChavezMonica Brown (Author), Joe Cepeda (Illustrator)
The Great Migration: Journey to the North Eloise Greenfield (Author), Jan Pivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
Condoleezza Rice A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me Condoleezza Rice -- Winner!
Lockdown Walter Dean Myers
Malcolm X: I Believe in the Brotherhood of Man, All Men Jeff Burlingame
Out of My Mind Sharon Draper
One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia
The winners of the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards (2010), announced last Friday, include (via the New York Times):
Literary work, fiction: The Long Fall by Walter Mosley
Literary work, non-fiction: In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Literary work, debut author: A Question of Freedom by R. Dwayne Betts
Literary work, biography/autobiography: Michelle Obama by Deborah Willis
Literary work, instructional: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
Literary work, poetry: Bicycles by Nikki Giovanni
Literary work, children: Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change by Michelle Cook
Literary work, youth/teens: Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady by David Bergen Brophy
Motion picture: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Actress in a motion picture: Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Supporting actress in a motion picture: MoNique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Independent motion picture: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Writing in a motion picture: Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Directing in a motion picture: Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2011 Nominees
Literature Nominees
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
A Taste of Honey Jabari Asim
Getting to Happy Terry McMillan -- Winner!
Glorious Bernice L. McFadden
Till You Hear From Me Pearl Cleage
Wench Dolen Perkins
Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority Tom Burrell
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC
Editors: Faith S. Holsaert, Judy Richardson, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, Dorothy M. Zellner
Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History Dr. Julianne Malveaux
The History of White People Nell Irvin Painter
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander -- Winner!
Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
Wench Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky Heidi Durrow
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson -- Winner!
Beneath the Lion's Gaze Maaza Mengiste
Forest Gate Peter Akinti
Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-BographyConversations with Myself
Ruth Hobday, Nelson Mandela
Decoded Jay-Z
Extraordinary, Ordinary People Condoleezza Rice
I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen - My Journey Home Shoshana Johnson
You Don't Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson, Jr. -- Winner!
Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life Antwone Fisher -- Winner!
Diet-Free for Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness and Mindset Makeover to Maximize Fat Loss Robert Ferguson
If it Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too Malaak Compton-Rock
The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms Kirk Franklin
The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women Elaine Meryl Brown, Rhonda McLean, Marsha Haygood
Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
100 Best African-American Poems Nikki Giovanni -- Winner!
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing Alice Walker (Author), Shiloh McCloud (Illustrator)
Holding Company Major Jackson
Suck on the Marrow Camille T. Dungy
White Egrets Derek Walcott
Outstanding Literary Work - Children
Grandma's Gift Eric Velasquez
Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya Donna Jo Napoli (Author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
My Brother Charlie Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete -- Winner!
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar ChavezMonica Brown (Author), Joe Cepeda (Illustrator)
The Great Migration: Journey to the North Eloise Greenfield (Author), Jan Pivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
Condoleezza Rice A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me Condoleezza Rice -- Winner!
Lockdown Walter Dean Myers
Malcolm X: I Believe in the Brotherhood of Man, All Men Jeff Burlingame
Out of My Mind Sharon Draper
One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia
The winners of the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards (2010), announced last Friday, include (via the New York Times):
Literary work, fiction: The Long Fall by Walter Mosley
Literary work, non-fiction: In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Literary work, debut author: A Question of Freedom by R. Dwayne Betts
Literary work, biography/autobiography: Michelle Obama by Deborah Willis
Literary work, instructional: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
Literary work, poetry: Bicycles by Nikki Giovanni
Literary work, children: Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change by Michelle Cook
Literary work, youth/teens: Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady by David Bergen Brophy
Motion picture: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Actress in a motion picture: Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Supporting actress in a motion picture: MoNique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Independent motion picture: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Writing in a motion picture: Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Directing in a motion picture: Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Arthur C. Clarke Award (2009-11)
2011
Finalists for the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award, which honors the best science fiction published in the U.K., are:
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Generosity by Richard Powers
Declare by Tim Powers
Lightborn by Tricia Sullivan
The winner will be announced April 27 [2011] at theSCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. The Guardianreported that one of this year's judges, Jon Courtenay Grimwood of the British Science Fiction Association, said, "I think this is one of the most interesting lists in the last 25 years. I think it's a good snapshot of SF as a whole, and I'd have said it shows SF in rude and diverse health."
2010
The City and the City by China Miéville won the Arthur C. Clarke award, the U.K.'s prestigious science fiction prize, becoming the first author ever to win three times, the Guardian reported. Miéville said he was "absolutely gobsmacked" and "incredibly honoured" to win.
"It's very different from most of my other books," Miéville observed of The City and the City. "It was very much written in an effort to be absolutely faithful to works of crime fiction. Crime readers will denounce a book because it has 'cheated,' and I wanted to write a book that didn't cheat, that was faithful to crime rules and that if you'd never read any fantasy you could pick up."
Shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2009
Song of Time by Ian R. MacLeod -- winner!
The Quiet War by Paul McAuley
House of Suns (Gollancz) by Alastair Reynolds
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper
Martin Martin's on the Other Side by Mark Wernham
The winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 29, at an award ceremony held on the opening night of the Sci-Fi-London Film Festival.
Finalists for the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award, which honors the best science fiction published in the U.K., are:
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Generosity by Richard Powers
Declare by Tim Powers
Lightborn by Tricia Sullivan
The winner will be announced April 27 [2011] at theSCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. The Guardianreported that one of this year's judges, Jon Courtenay Grimwood of the British Science Fiction Association, said, "I think this is one of the most interesting lists in the last 25 years. I think it's a good snapshot of SF as a whole, and I'd have said it shows SF in rude and diverse health."
2010
The City and the City by China Miéville won the Arthur C. Clarke award, the U.K.'s prestigious science fiction prize, becoming the first author ever to win three times, the Guardian reported. Miéville said he was "absolutely gobsmacked" and "incredibly honoured" to win.
"It's very different from most of my other books," Miéville observed of The City and the City. "It was very much written in an effort to be absolutely faithful to works of crime fiction. Crime readers will denounce a book because it has 'cheated,' and I wanted to write a book that didn't cheat, that was faithful to crime rules and that if you'd never read any fantasy you could pick up."
Shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2009
Song of Time by Ian R. MacLeod -- winner!
The Quiet War by Paul McAuley
House of Suns (Gollancz) by Alastair Reynolds
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper
Martin Martin's on the Other Side by Mark Wernham
The winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 29, at an award ceremony held on the opening night of the Sci-Fi-London Film Festival.
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (International) 1987-2011
2011 info from Commonwealth Foundation accessed 3/14/11
The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, which recognizes "ground-breaking works of fiction from across the globe," has named its 2011 regional prize winners. The overall Best Book and Best First Book choices will be honored at the Sydney Writers’ Festival on May 21. The regional prize winners are:
Africa
Best Book: The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (Sierra Leone)
Best First Book: Happiness is a Four-letter Word by Cynthia Jele (South Africa)
Caribbean and Canada
Best Book: Room by Emma Donoghue (Canada)
Best First Book: Bird Eat Bird by Katrina Best (Canada)
South Asia and Europe
Best Book: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoetby David Mitchell (U.K.)
Best First Book: Sabra Zoo by Mischa Hiller (U.K.)
South East Asia and Pacific
Best Book: That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Australia)
Best First Book: A Man Melting by Craig Cliff (New Zealand)
2010
British author Rana Dasgupta's novel Solo won the £10,000 (US$15,485) Commonwealth Writers' prize, the Guardian reported. Judges praised Dasgupta's "innovation, ambition, courage and effortlessly elegant prose," and chair of judges Nicholas Hasluck placed the author "at the cutting edge of responding to the chaos of our times."
The best first novel prize went to Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest, who was praised by Hasluck for her innovative use of magical realism in the Australian outback.
2010 Shortlist
Best Book:
Africa: The Double Crown by Marie Heese
The Caribbean and Canada: Galore by Michael Crummey
S. Asia and Europe: Solo by Rana Dasgupta -- Winner!
S.E. Asia and Pacific: The Adventures of Vela by Albert Wendt
Best First Book:
Africa: I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Caribbean and Canada: Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell
S. Asia and Europe: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
S.E. Asia and Pacific: Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest -- Winner!
2009
Australian Christos Tsiolkas has won the £10,000 (US$15,337) 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Slap, "his edgily controversial novel about the consequences of hitting someone else's child," the Guardian reported. The £5,000 first book award went to Mohammed Hanif of Pakistan for A Case of Exploding Mangoes.
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, is presented annually by the Commonwealth Foundation with the support of the Macquarie Group Foundation. The Prize aims to reward the best Commonwealth fiction written in English, by both established and new writers, and to take their works to a global audience, thereby increasing appreciation of and building understanding between cultures.
The Prize is fully international in its character, administration and judging. The Prize covers the Commonwealth regions of Africa, the Caribbean and Canada, Europe and South Asia and South East Asia and Pacific. It is a prize that is both regional and global.
In each of the four regions, two prizes of £1,000 are awarded: one for the Best Book and one for the Best First Book. By offering prizes of Best First Book and Best Book, not only are some of the finest writers on the planet rewarded, but new writers are encouraged to find their footing in the literary world.
The eight winners that emerge from the regional judging are announced in March and then go through to the final phase of the competition, to decide the overall Commonwealth winners for Best Book and Best First Book, with prizes of £10,000 and £5,000 respectively.
In addition, the overall winner of the Best Book Prize is customarily invited to London for an audience The Head of the Commonwealth, HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Previous Winners:
Best Book Winners 1987-2008
* 1987 - Olive Senior, Summer Lightning
* 1988 - Festus Iyayi, Heroes
* 1989 - Janet Frame, The Carpathians
* 1990 - Mordecai Richler, Solomon Gursky Was Here
* 1991 - David Malouf, The Great World
* 1992 - Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
* 1993 - Alex Miller, The Ancestor Game
* 1994 - Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy
* 1995 - Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin
* 1996 - Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
* 1997 - Earl Lovelace, Salt
* 1998 - Peter Carey, Jack Maggs
* 1999 - Murray Bail, Eucalyptus
* 2000 - John Maxwell Coetzee, Disgrace
* 2001 - Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
* 2002 - Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish
* 2003 - Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe
* 2004 - Caryl Phillips, A Distant Shore
* 2005 - Andrea Levy, Small Island
* 2006 - Kate Grenville, The Secret River
* 2007 - Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip
* 2008 - Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes [3]
* 2009 - Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap
2010 - Rana Dasgupta's, Solo
Best First Book Winners 1987-2008
* 1989 - Bonnie Burnard, Women of Influence
* 1990 - John Cranna, Visitors
* 1991 - Pauline Melville, Shape-Shifter
* 1992 - Robert Antoni, Divina Trace
* 1993 - Gita Hariharan, The Thousand Faces of Night
* 1994 - Keith Oatley, The Case of Emily V
* 1995 - Adib Khan, Seasonal Adjustments
* 1996 - Vikram Chandra, Red Earth, Pouring Rain
* 1997 - Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees
* 1998 - Tim Wynveen, Angel Falls
* 1999 - Kerri Sakamoto, The Electrical Field
* 2000 - Jeffrey Moore, Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain
* 2001 - Zadie Smith, White Teeth
* 2002 - Manu Herbstein, Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
* 2003 - Sarah Hall, Haweswater
* 2004 - Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
* 2005 - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus
* 2006 - Mark McWatt, Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement
* 2007 - D. Y. Béchard, Vandal Love
* 2008 - Tahmima Anam, A Golden Age[3]
The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, which recognizes "ground-breaking works of fiction from across the globe," has named its 2011 regional prize winners. The overall Best Book and Best First Book choices will be honored at the Sydney Writers’ Festival on May 21. The regional prize winners are:
Africa
Best Book: The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (Sierra Leone)
Best First Book: Happiness is a Four-letter Word by Cynthia Jele (South Africa)
Caribbean and Canada
Best Book: Room by Emma Donoghue (Canada)
Best First Book: Bird Eat Bird by Katrina Best (Canada)
South Asia and Europe
Best Book: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoetby David Mitchell (U.K.)
Best First Book: Sabra Zoo by Mischa Hiller (U.K.)
South East Asia and Pacific
Best Book: That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Australia)
Best First Book: A Man Melting by Craig Cliff (New Zealand)
2010
British author Rana Dasgupta's novel Solo won the £10,000 (US$15,485) Commonwealth Writers' prize, the Guardian reported. Judges praised Dasgupta's "innovation, ambition, courage and effortlessly elegant prose," and chair of judges Nicholas Hasluck placed the author "at the cutting edge of responding to the chaos of our times."
The best first novel prize went to Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest, who was praised by Hasluck for her innovative use of magical realism in the Australian outback.
2010 Shortlist
Best Book:
Africa: The Double Crown by Marie Heese
The Caribbean and Canada: Galore by Michael Crummey
S. Asia and Europe: Solo by Rana Dasgupta -- Winner!
S.E. Asia and Pacific: The Adventures of Vela by Albert Wendt
Best First Book:
Africa: I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Caribbean and Canada: Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell
S. Asia and Europe: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
S.E. Asia and Pacific: Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest -- Winner!
2009
Australian Christos Tsiolkas has won the £10,000 (US$15,337) 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Slap, "his edgily controversial novel about the consequences of hitting someone else's child," the Guardian reported. The £5,000 first book award went to Mohammed Hanif of Pakistan for A Case of Exploding Mangoes.
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, is presented annually by the Commonwealth Foundation with the support of the Macquarie Group Foundation. The Prize aims to reward the best Commonwealth fiction written in English, by both established and new writers, and to take their works to a global audience, thereby increasing appreciation of and building understanding between cultures.
The Prize is fully international in its character, administration and judging. The Prize covers the Commonwealth regions of Africa, the Caribbean and Canada, Europe and South Asia and South East Asia and Pacific. It is a prize that is both regional and global.
In each of the four regions, two prizes of £1,000 are awarded: one for the Best Book and one for the Best First Book. By offering prizes of Best First Book and Best Book, not only are some of the finest writers on the planet rewarded, but new writers are encouraged to find their footing in the literary world.
The eight winners that emerge from the regional judging are announced in March and then go through to the final phase of the competition, to decide the overall Commonwealth winners for Best Book and Best First Book, with prizes of £10,000 and £5,000 respectively.
In addition, the overall winner of the Best Book Prize is customarily invited to London for an audience The Head of the Commonwealth, HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Previous Winners:
Best Book Winners 1987-2008
* 1987 - Olive Senior, Summer Lightning
* 1988 - Festus Iyayi, Heroes
* 1989 - Janet Frame, The Carpathians
* 1990 - Mordecai Richler, Solomon Gursky Was Here
* 1991 - David Malouf, The Great World
* 1992 - Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
* 1993 - Alex Miller, The Ancestor Game
* 1994 - Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy
* 1995 - Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin
* 1996 - Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
* 1997 - Earl Lovelace, Salt
* 1998 - Peter Carey, Jack Maggs
* 1999 - Murray Bail, Eucalyptus
* 2000 - John Maxwell Coetzee, Disgrace
* 2001 - Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
* 2002 - Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish
* 2003 - Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe
* 2004 - Caryl Phillips, A Distant Shore
* 2005 - Andrea Levy, Small Island
* 2006 - Kate Grenville, The Secret River
* 2007 - Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip
* 2008 - Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes [3]
* 2009 - Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap
2010 - Rana Dasgupta's, Solo
Best First Book Winners 1987-2008
* 1989 - Bonnie Burnard, Women of Influence
* 1990 - John Cranna, Visitors
* 1991 - Pauline Melville, Shape-Shifter
* 1992 - Robert Antoni, Divina Trace
* 1993 - Gita Hariharan, The Thousand Faces of Night
* 1994 - Keith Oatley, The Case of Emily V
* 1995 - Adib Khan, Seasonal Adjustments
* 1996 - Vikram Chandra, Red Earth, Pouring Rain
* 1997 - Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees
* 1998 - Tim Wynveen, Angel Falls
* 1999 - Kerri Sakamoto, The Electrical Field
* 2000 - Jeffrey Moore, Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain
* 2001 - Zadie Smith, White Teeth
* 2002 - Manu Herbstein, Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
* 2003 - Sarah Hall, Haweswater
* 2004 - Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
* 2005 - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus
* 2006 - Mark McWatt, Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement
* 2007 - D. Y. Béchard, Vandal Love
* 2008 - Tahmima Anam, A Golden Age[3]
* 2009 - Mohammed Hanif, A Case of Exploding Mangoes
2010 - Glenda Guest, Siddon Rock
National Book Critics Circle Award (2009-10)
2010 Awards information from Critical Mass accessed 1/24/11
Fiction
Jennifer Egan, A Visit From The Goon Squad --Winner!
Jonathan Franzen. Freedom.
David Grossman, To The End Of The Land
Hans Keilson.Comedy In A Minor Key.
Paul Murray. Skippy Dies
Biography
Sarah Bakewell. How To Live, Or A Life Of Montaigne --Winner!
Selina Hastings. The Secret Lives Of Somerset Maugham: A Biography
Yunte Huang. Charlie Chan: The Untold Story Of The Honorable Detective And His Rendezvous With American History
Thomas Powers. The Killing Of Crazy Horse
Tom Segev. Simon Wiesenthal: The Lives And Legends.
Autobiography
Kai Bird, Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978
David Dow, The Autobiography of an Execution,
Christopher Hitchens Hitch-22: A Memoir
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Hiroshima in the Morning
Patti Smith, Just Kids
Darin Strauss, Half a Life --Winner!
Criticism
Elif Batuman. The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
Terry Castle, The Professor and Other Writings
Clare Cavanagh. Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West --Winner!
Susie Linfield. The Cruel Radiance
Ander Monson. Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir
Nonfiction
Barbara Demick. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
S.C. Gwynne. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in America
Jennifer Homans. Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet
Siddhartha Mukherjee. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Isabel Wilkerson. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration --Winner!
Poetry
Anne Carson. Nox
Kathleen Graber. The Eternal City
Terrance Hayes. Lighthead
Kay Ryan. The Best of It
C.D. Wright. One with Others: [a little book of her days] --Winner!
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974 at the Algonquin, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization consisting of some 600 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns. It is managed by a 24-member all-volunteer board of directors. For more information, go to www.bookcritics.org.
from Critical Mass the blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors accessed 1/25/10.
On Saturday, January 23, 2010, the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its book awards for the publishing year 2009 at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York.
Autobiography:
Diana Athill, Somewhere Towards the End -- Winner!
Debra Gwartney, Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love
Mary Karr, Lit
Kati Marton, Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America
Edmund White, City Boy
Biography:
Blake Bailey, Cheever: A Life -- Winner!
Brad Gooch, Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor
Benjamin Moser, Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector
Stanislao G. Pugliese, Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone
Martha A. Sandweiss, Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line
Criticism:
Eula Biss, Notes From No Man's Land: American Essays -- Winner!
Stephen Burt, Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry
Morris Dickstein, Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression
David Hajdu, Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture
Greg Milner, Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music
Fiction:
Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage
Marlon James, The Book of Night Women
Michelle Huneven, Blame
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (Holt) -- Winner!
Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite
Nonfiction:
Wendy Doniger, The Hindus: An Alternative History (Penguin Press)
Greg Grandin, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Richard Holmes, The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science -- Winner!
Tracy Kidder, Strength in What Remain
William T. Vollmann, Imperial
Poetry:
Rae Armantrout, Versed (Wesleyan) -- Winner!
Louise Glück, A Village Life
D.A. Powell, Chronic
Eleanor Ross Taylor, Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems, 1960–2008
Rachel Zucker, Museum of Accidents
Fiction
Jennifer Egan, A Visit From The Goon Squad --Winner!
Jonathan Franzen. Freedom.
David Grossman, To The End Of The Land
Hans Keilson.Comedy In A Minor Key.
Paul Murray. Skippy Dies
Biography
Sarah Bakewell. How To Live, Or A Life Of Montaigne --Winner!
Selina Hastings. The Secret Lives Of Somerset Maugham: A Biography
Yunte Huang. Charlie Chan: The Untold Story Of The Honorable Detective And His Rendezvous With American History
Thomas Powers. The Killing Of Crazy Horse
Tom Segev. Simon Wiesenthal: The Lives And Legends.
Autobiography
Kai Bird, Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978
David Dow, The Autobiography of an Execution,
Christopher Hitchens Hitch-22: A Memoir
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Hiroshima in the Morning
Patti Smith, Just Kids
Darin Strauss, Half a Life --Winner!
Criticism
Elif Batuman. The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
Terry Castle, The Professor and Other Writings
Clare Cavanagh. Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West --Winner!
Susie Linfield. The Cruel Radiance
Ander Monson. Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir
Nonfiction
Barbara Demick. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
S.C. Gwynne. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in America
Jennifer Homans. Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet
Siddhartha Mukherjee. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Isabel Wilkerson. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration --Winner!
Poetry
Anne Carson. Nox
Kathleen Graber. The Eternal City
Terrance Hayes. Lighthead
Kay Ryan. The Best of It
C.D. Wright. One with Others: [a little book of her days] --Winner!
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974 at the Algonquin, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization consisting of some 600 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns. It is managed by a 24-member all-volunteer board of directors. For more information, go to www.bookcritics.org.
from Critical Mass the blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors accessed 1/25/10.
On Saturday, January 23, 2010, the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its book awards for the publishing year 2009 at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York.
Autobiography:
Diana Athill, Somewhere Towards the End -- Winner!
Debra Gwartney, Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love
Mary Karr, Lit
Kati Marton, Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America
Edmund White, City Boy
Biography:
Blake Bailey, Cheever: A Life -- Winner!
Brad Gooch, Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor
Benjamin Moser, Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector
Stanislao G. Pugliese, Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone
Martha A. Sandweiss, Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line
Criticism:
Eula Biss, Notes From No Man's Land: American Essays -- Winner!
Stephen Burt, Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry
Morris Dickstein, Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression
David Hajdu, Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture
Greg Milner, Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music
Fiction:
Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage
Marlon James, The Book of Night Women
Michelle Huneven, Blame
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (Holt) -- Winner!
Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite
Nonfiction:
Wendy Doniger, The Hindus: An Alternative History (Penguin Press)
Greg Grandin, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Richard Holmes, The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science -- Winner!
Tracy Kidder, Strength in What Remain
William T. Vollmann, Imperial
Poetry:
Rae Armantrout, Versed (Wesleyan) -- Winner!
Louise Glück, A Village Life
D.A. Powell, Chronic
Eleanor Ross Taylor, Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems, 1960–2008
Rachel Zucker, Museum of Accidents
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