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HarperCollins' Kate McCune Honored as Rep of the Year
 Several independent bookstores, as well as one regional booksellers association, are among the winners of the 2007 James Patterson PageTurner Awards. Created and funded by bestselling author James Patterson, the awards recognize individuals, companies, schools, and other institutions that find original and effective ways to promote the excitement of books.
The Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA) has announced the winners of its 2007 Regional Book Awards. The awards honor outstanding books set in the MPIBA region, which includes Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Texas, Montana, Kansas, Arizona, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.
Presentation of the awards will be a highlight of the MPIBA banquet at the Doubletree Hotel in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 30, 2007. The banquet is open to the public.
The winners are:
On Monday, January 22, the American Library Association announced the winners of the 2007 John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals, as well as honor books in each category. The announcements were made at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. A number of other award winners were also announced.
 The owners and staff of all ABA member bookstores can now cast their ballots for the 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards.
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Pat Kehde and Mary Lou Wright, founders and co-owners of 19-year-old The Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas, were recently named the recipients of the 2006 Phoenix Award in the category of Literary Arts by the Lawrence Arts Commission. The Phoenix Awards have been presented annually since 1996 in eight categories, and the Literary Arts Award is customarily granted to a writer.
Osondu Booksellers Makes Progress in Oprah Campaign
This past July, Margaret Osondu of Osondu Booksellers in Waynesville, North Carolina, launched a campaign to bring her store, and independent booksellers as a whole, to the attention of Oprah Winfrey. Her persistence has finally garnered a response: According to Shelf Awareness, an employee of Harpo Entertainment, Winfrey's production company, contacted Osondu and requested that she send a video of the store and town.
 The Women's National Book Association (WNBA) is seeking nominations for the Lucile Micheels Pannell Awards, honoring bookstores that excel at inspiring interest in reading and creatively bringing books and young people together. WNBA will present the awards to two bookstores -- one general and one children's specialty bookstore -- at BookExpo America 2007 in New York City.
 Kiran Desai, Kate Grenville, M.J. Hyland, Hisham Matar, Edward St Aubyn, and Sarah Waters are the six authors shortlisted for the U.K.'s 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. The shortlist was announced by the chair of judges, Hermione Lee, at a press conference in London on Thursday, September 14. The winner will be announced on October 10 at an awards ceremony at the Guildhall, London.
James Patterson, the bestselling author is, for the second year, awarding cash prizes to those promoting a passion for reading -- booksellers, teachers, festival organizers, philanthropic groups, and others -- through the 2006 James Patterson PageTurner Awards. For 2006, however, he has dramatically upped the ante.
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Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.
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