Wed, July 15th, 2009
2009 Best Thriller of the Year Winners Announced
Posted by: Courtney Jones
Members of International Thriller Writers, Inc. gathered together on Monday to hand out awards at the awesomely named Thrillerfest in New York. David Morrell, author of The Shimmer (2009) and Scavenger (2007), received the lifetime achievement -esque ”ThrillerMaster” Award. Brad Meltzer (The Book of Lies, 2008) took home the Silver Bullet Award for contributions to the advancement of literacy. Other [...]
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Wed, July 8th, 2009
Launch Party in Chicago for Bill Ott’s Back Page Book
Posted by: Keir Graff
Everyone coming to Chicago for ALA’s Annual Conference this week undoubtedly has a full schedule already–but here’s a late-breaking, must-attend event: a launch party, sponsored by Time Out Chicago, for Bill Ott’s brand-new book, The Back Page. Bill, who is of course Editor and Publisher of Booklist, will be interviewed live on stage by Frank Sennett, Editor-in-Chief of Time [...]
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Wed, July 1st, 2009
Military Award for Peace
Posted by: Donna Seaman
Kudos and thanks to the judges for the W. Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction: Chair Robert Schnare, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.; Lawrence Clemens, United States Naval Academy, Nimitz Library, Annapolis, Md., James Schenkel, Library of Congress, Washington DC; Nancy Davenport, Washington, D.C.; Maxine Reneker, Monterey, Calif.; and Ronald Steensland, Panama City, [...]
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