Great Lakes Book Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2002 Great Lakes Book Awards were recently announced. They are:
Fiction: The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer (Knopf)
General: Lake Effect by Rich Cohen (Knopf)
Children's Medal Winner: Fair Weather by Richard Peck (Dial Press)
Children's Honor Book: The Shoe Tree of Chagrin by J. Patrick Lewis, illustrated by Chris Sheban (Creative Editions)
The 2002 Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) Fall Trade Show will be held from October 4 - 6 at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, California. NCIBA's goal for the upcoming show is to provide booksellers with a show experience that is "energizing, informative, and enjoyable," said Hut Landon, executive director for NCIBA.