Awards

SIBA Announces 2009 Book Award Winners

On July 4, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) announced the winners of the 2009 SIBA Book Awards as selected by a jury of SIBA booksellers. This year's winners are:

ABFFE Welcomes New Board Members

The two newest members of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Board of Directors are Becky Anderson and Dan Cullen. Anderson was elected to a one-year term as ABFFE vice president. She is part of the fifth generation of Andersons at the helm of Anderson's Bookshops in Naperville, Aurora, and Downers Grove, Illinois. Anderson is also the vice president of the American Booksellers Association.

Here's a recap of recent book award announcements.

The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

Presented annually since 1967, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards reward excellence in children's and young adult literature and are given in three categories: Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction, and Picture Book.

The 2009 winners are:

Children's Choice Book Award Winners Announced

On May 13, the winners of the second annual Children's Choice Book Awards were announced by the Children's Book Council (CBC) in association with Every Child a Reader, Inc. (the CBC Foundation). More than 220,000 votes were cast by children via the Children's Book Week website at www.BookWeekOnline.com to choose the winners.

This year's Children's Choice Book Award winners are:

The Women's National Book Association has announced the winners of the 2009 WNBA Pannell Awards, given annually since 1983, to two bookstores that excel in contributing to their communities in ways that bring books and young people together.

Justice Department Launches Inquiry Into Google Book Search Copyright Settlement

After more than four weeks of voting by booksellers at independent bookstores across the country, the American Booksellers Association today announces the first three inductees to the Indies Choice Book Awards Picture Book Hall of Fame.

From a list of 13 finalists, the owners and staff at ABA member stores cast votes for three favorites. The 2009 inductees into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame, as chosen by indie booksellers, are:

Books & Books Observes Genocide Prevention Month

Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida, is observing Genocide Prevention Month with a sneak preview of The Last Survivor, a documentary to be released this fall that follows the stories of four genocide survivors who have become anti-genocide advocates. The screening will be held Friday, April 24, at 8:00 p.m.