Revisiting the book awards of 2020

Posted on 12/21/2020 at 09:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you're setting any sort of reading goal for yourself next year, you may find Literary Hub's latest book list...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Literary Hub

Nominees for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen and 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Awards

Posted on 12/10/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Eager to think about the future? Here are two awards to transport you there. The longlist for the 2021 Joyce...

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Tagged As: Awards, Children's literature

Congrats to the Goodreads Choice Awards winners of 2020!

Posted on 12/08/2020 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The winners of the 12th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards were revealed today. Congratulations to the following authors, whose books made...

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Judges cancel the 2020 Bad Sex in Fiction Award

Posted on 12/08/2020 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The latest victim of 2020: the Bad Sex in Fiction Award. You might think that humor is exactly what we...

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Tagged As: Awards, Just for fun

Kirkus Prize-winning "Luster" takes home another award

Posted on 12/04/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Raven Leilani’s first novel has won its second award of the year. Last month, Luster was given the Kirkus Prize...

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Tagged As: Awards, Literary Hub, Women in literature

Awards from abroad: The Prix Goncourt and Waterstones book of the year

Posted on 12/02/2020 at 08:47 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

2020 hasn’t been a total loss for author Maggie O'Farrell. Her novel Hamnet, which already won the Women’s Prize for...

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Tagged As: Awards, Historical fiction, Literature in translation, Science fiction, The Guardian, Thriller

"A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path" wins weird-title award

Posted on 11/30/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This year’s winner of the oddest book title was “a perfect Venn diagram of an ideal winner,” in the words...

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Beatles biography wins the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize

Posted on 11/24/2020 at 02:16 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The judges loved this book, yeah, yeah, yeah. One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time has won this year's...

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"Shuggie Bain" wins the 2020 Booker Prize

Posted on 11/19/2020 at 03:19 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel, Shuggie Bain. Stuart wrote the semiautobiographical novel as...

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Congratulations to the 2020 National Book Award winners!

Posted on 11/19/2020 at 07:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The 2020 National Book Award winners have been revealed! They are: Fiction: Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu. Nonfiction: The Dead...

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