Awards

Portland, Maine, to welcome Print: A Bookstore; Talking Leaves celebrates 15th anniversary; Mystery Loves Company marks 25 years; Quail Ridge Books plans for grand reopening; Branches Books & Gifts on the move; Brookline Booksmith named Boston’s best bookstore

Story House bookmobile to launch in Maryland; Queens Bookshop Initiative looks to pop-ups; Trident Booksellers & Café named best of Boston

We Need Diverse Books announces 2016 internship grant winners; BookCon expands to New York Comic Con; Salvador, Brazil, indie raising funds to remain open; Perseus moves Seal Press from Avalon to Da Capo Press; Hastings Entertainment files for bankruptcy; Finalists announced for Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award

Rakuten to close marketplaces in U.K., Spain; Ian Hudson named CEO of DK; James Patterson launches BookShots; HarperCollins produces Facebook Live daily programming; National Book Foundation elects two new members; Griffin Poetry Prize, Lambda Literary Award winners announced

ASTRA honors Steven Aarons of Barston’s Child’s Play; Books & Books pops up in Wynwood, Florida; Eagle Harbor Book Company changes hands; Auntie’s Bookstore ownership update; Sandi Torkildson of A Room of One’s Own to retire; Novel Books celebrates five years

Lerner Publisher Services to distribute Lorimer Children & Teens; Macmillan buys e-book platform Pronoun; 2016 Children’s Choices List announced; Ostrovsky receives Orwell Prize; Suzanne Collins wins Author’s Guild Award for Distinguished Service

IPG to import Cuban books; University of Georgia Press to outsource distribution to Longleaf; Bloomsbury to restructure, shift focus to non-consumer books; Isabel Allende to receive PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award; 2016 O. Henry Prize stories announced

The award for this year’s Children’s Book Week display contest goes to Wild Rumpus bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for its creative garden-themed window design inspired by the exciting new children’s books springing up each season.

In accepting the Indie Champion Award at BookExpo America, bestselling author Richard Russo praised the vitality of indie bookstores and recognized the indispensability of hand-selling to book discovery.

We Need Diverse Books to host master class on writing, publishing for children and young adults; James Patterson honored with BEA Industry Ambassador Award; NYU Press joins Ingram Publisher Services; Next Generation Indie Book Award winners honored; HarperCollins Book Studio 16 launches shelfie video contest; 2016 Firecracker Award finalists unveiled; Nebula Award winners announced; Winner of 2016 Man Booker International Prize revealed

The 16th annual Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch honored the authors and illustrators who have helped to make bookselling fulfilling and fun for independent booksellers over the past year.

On Friday, May 6, the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader announced the winners of the 2016 Children’s Choice Book Awards, a highlight of the annual celebration of Children’s Book Week.

2016 Edgar Award winners announced; Lambda Literary emerging writer award winners named; IPG adds 27 publishers; B&N to operate UConn bookstore

Cabot Street Books and Cards to open in June; Queens Bookshop Initiative makes progress; Open Books to welcome new owner; Cellar Door Books honored by assemblymember

Here are some of the literary award winners and shortlists announced in the last week.