National Book Awards wise up
How America's annual literary prize plans to be less insular and esoteric in the future
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 6:40 PM UTCEntertainment Literary Prizes
How America's annual literary prize plans to be less insular and esoteric in the future
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 6:40 PM UTCThe rewrite is the most extensive changes to the rules since the mid-1990s
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 3:30 PM UTCContrary to reports, the U.S. literary prize ceremony isn't "glamorous" but it is poised to engage more readers
Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 3:19 PM UTCThe National Book Awards name five worthy finalists but ignore "Gone Girl" and 2012's top crime, sci-fi and fantasy
Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 23Jesmyn Ward's "Salvage the Bones" wins fiction prize at ceremony held blocks from Occupy Wall Street
Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 8:10 AM UTCA National Book Award judge -- and a terrible Barnes & Noble clerk -- suggests adding a booksellers' perspective
Monday, Oct 31, 2011 10:20 AM UTCLauren Myracle's YA novel sounded similar to the book the judges selected. So she withdrew, like a real winner
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 7:45 PM UTCThe rocker's nonfiction win takes her by surprise, while Jaimy Gordon's "Lords of Misrule" is an upset in fiction
Thursday, Nov 18, 2010 1:33 PM UTC 10Humanity's favorite stories are punished for their vaguely disreputable origins
Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 1:20 AM UTC 18He won the prestigious prize nine years ago for "The Corrections," but highly touted "Freedom" is not a finalist
Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 4:12 PM UTC 16Britain's book prize rewards Howard Jacobson's "The Finkler Question" and could teach its American cousins a lesson
Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 1:10 PM UTC 13Want to win some props for your masterpiece? We can do that -- for a price
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 12:18 AM UTC 32Surprised gasps greet wins by Sontag and Philbrick.
Thursday, Nov 16, 2000 9:14 AM UTCUnlike 1998, no egos run amok.
Friday, Nov 19, 1999 5:00 PM UTCOprah's Book Club introduces readers to people they already know -- themselves.
Friday, Nov 12, 1999 5:00 PM UTCIn fiction, the trend away from big names continues.
Thursday, Oct 14, 1999 4:00 PM UTC