NBCC 2009 Award Winners

Fiction: Roberto Bolaño, 2666

General Nonfiction: Dexter Filkins, The Forever War

Biography: Patrick French, The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul

Autobiography: Ariel Sabar, My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq

Criticism: Seth Lerer, Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry Potter

Poetry: August Kleinzahler, Sleeping It Off in Rapid City, and Juan Felipe Herrera, Half the World in Light: New and Selected Poems

Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing: Ron Charles

Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award: Pen American Center

Book Expo - New York

The annual gathering of the book industry was predicted to be perhaps the slowest and least productive in recent memory, but dominant issues such as the poor economy and the implications of the digital revolution made it a vibrant gathering despite downsizing.  Many of the public panel discussions addressed issues such as the future of the printed book and how the publishing industry would face a future dominated by electronic format books. 

Tom Standage, journalist from the Economist and author of An Edible History of Humanity, participating in an author panel, Do Publishers Still Hold the Keys to the Kingdom?, where the future usefulness of publishers was discussed.

 Authors On-Site

New Yorker cartoon editor, Robert Mankoff, signing copies of the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Book

Marvel editorial director and X-Men writer, Chris Claremont, with X-Men Forever.

Peter Yarrow singing Puff the Magic Dragon (a recent children's bestseller) was at the Sterling booth to promote his new upcoming title also based on a song, Day Is Done. 

Nannie Diaries co-authors, Emma Mclaughlin and Nicola Kraus, with their most recent title, a young adult novel entitled The Real Deal.

Prolific author of both childrens and adult trade titles, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, signing copies of Little Oink. 

Actress Donna Murphy reading Kim Mak's My Chinatown. 

The New York Times'

Great Children's Read

held at Columbia University, has become an essential stop for families each October.  Set-up outside in the quad under the no doubt approving eye of The Low Memorial Library, the event is a series of readings by celebrity readers, performances, and activity centers catering to the interests of grade school students.   Check back for updates for 2010!