The 2008 National Book Awards ceremony was held Wednesday night at Cipriani on Wall Street in downtown New York City. Cipriani was a new location for the awards. Host Eric Bogosian opened the ceremony by noting that Barack Obama’s win in the Presidential election is good news for many, including those attending the awards ceremony because he “is a reader and a writer.” Obama’s election was, in fact, a recurring theme among the evening speakers.
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BEYOND HER BOOK Barbara Vey, Contributing Editor, Publishers Weekly November 18, 2008 WW Ladies Book Club Blurbs
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SARA NELSON Sara Nelson, Editor-in-Chief, November 18, 2008 The Fussy Man Feted
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GENREVILLE Rose Fox, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Horror Reviews Editor, Publishers Weekly November 17, 2008 Nuts & Bolts: David Palumbo
This week's Nuts & Bolts interviewee is illustrator David Palumbo, whose highly d... More
MIST PLACE Rick Simonson, Bookseller, November 7, 2008 Reconstituting
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THE BOOK MAVEN Bethanne Patrick, The Book Maven - Contributing Editor, October 24, 2008 Hail and Farewell
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“To get pleasure out of Christmas shopping, begin early and make your selections gradually. It is quite time to begin now. There are no gifts so satisfactory and lasting as well-chosen books, and none so flattering to the taste and intelligence of the recipient.” Reading these words, you might be forgiven for thinking they've come from the folks at IndieBound, who just this week lau... read on
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