Though we were almost grounded in San Diego, the LLF team has safely returned to New York, bringing tidings of great awards wins. Check out the full list of our honored titles!
Over the Rainbow Project
http://www.glbtrt.ala.org/overtherainbow/
THE BUCOLIC PLAGUE by Josh Kilmer Purcell
MAD WORLD by Paula Byrne
MORNINGS WITH MAILER by Dwayne Raymond
THE PROFESSOR AND OTHER WRITINGS by Terry Castle
THE GREAT LOVER by Jill Dawson
MORE OF THIS WORLD OR MAYBE ANOTHER by Barb Johnson
Black Caucus of the ALA Award recognizes excellence in adult fiction and nonfiction by African American authors published in 2010. WENCH by Dolen Perkins Valdez won the BCALA First Novelist Award!
The Notable Books Council recognizes 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader.
CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER by Tom Franklin
JUST KIDS by Patti Smith were both named Notable Books
For a complete list go to:
http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2011/01/09/2011notablebooks/
The Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award, the Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award and the Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award are presented to English language works published the year prior to the announcement date.. The award winners each receive a commemorative plaque and $1,000.
MORE OF THIS WORLD OR MAYBE ANOTHER by Barb Johnson won the Stonewall Book Award for Literature
JUST KIDS by Patti Smith won the Stonewall/Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Honor Award
For a complete list go to:
www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/glbtrt/stonewall/honored/index.cfm.
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.
BREAKING NIGHT by Liz Murray was one of the 10 books to receive an Alex Award this year.
For a complete list go to:
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex.
The Rainbow Project promotes books for young readers that reflect gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/questioning experiences
Workin’ It! by RuPaul was included in this list.
The Reading List annually recognizes the best books in eight genres: adrenaline (including suspense, thriller and adventure), fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and women’s fiction. We had three honor books mentioned:
A FIERCE RADIANCE by Lauren Belfer and THE REBELLION OF JANE CLARKE by Sally Gunning both made the Reading List short list for Historical Fiction
HORNS by Joe Hill made the Reading List short list for Horror
For a complete list:
http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2011/01/09/2011readinglist/
The ALA Quick Picks list suggests books that teens, ages 12-18, will pick up on their own and read for pleasure; it is geared to the teenager who, for whatever reason, does not like to read. The 2011 list includes 87 titles, both nonfiction and fiction, from a variety of genres, including biography, pop culture, fantasy, street lit, and more.
The following books were chosen as ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers.
***The asterisked titles made the Top Ten List!***
* THIS IS WHY YOU’RE FAT: Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks by Jessica Amason and Richard Blakeley.
*THE TATTOO CHRONICLES by Kat Von D with Sandra Bark.
KODOMO MANGA: SUPER CUTE! Kamikaze Factory Studio.
THE WORD MADE FLESH: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide, 2010 by Eve Talmadge and Justin Taylor.
Like most of you, we consider ourselves to be Nancy Pearl devotees. And though we go to bat for all of our titles, there's an extra-special thrill when Nancy loves something we publish. This was just the case at the ALA Midwinter conference in San Diego, when Nancy tweeted about Caribou Island, one of our hottest titles: "Reading David Vann's gorgeously crafted Caribou Island broke my heart. Wow." Moments after Nancy's tweet went out, librarians filed into our booth and–happily–discovered a pile of hardcovers that we handed to the masses.
