Awards

Watermark’s Sarah Bagby selected as National Book Awards judge; Tattered Cover to open in Aspen Grove this weekend; DIESEL celebrates Poetry Month with audio newsletter

PEN to honor Charlie Hebdo staff, Penguin Random House CEO, and Tom Stoppard; James Beard Foundation announces Book Award nominees; Diversity, free speech discussed at Annual Meeting of Association of American Publishers; Winners of 2015 Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction announced; Ingram Publisher Services adds five new clients

Booksellers at all ABA member stores are invited to cast their ballots to choose the winners of the 2015 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud awards. Up to three booksellers per member store can make a reservation for the Celebration of Bookselling Lunch.

Mitchell Kaplan’s Books & Books has won this year’s Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year Award, and HarperCollins’ Jennifer Sheridan has been named Rep of the Year.

With the announcement today of the finalists for the 2015 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, booksellers at American Booksellers Association member stores across the country will begin voting to choose the winners in eight categories.

Man Booker International Prize finalists announced; HarperCollins unveils Go Set a Watchman cover; Ferguson librarian to receive Lemony Snicket Noble Librarians Prize; English PEN Hessell-Tiltman 2015 shortlist announced; Russian publisher to receive International Freedom to Publish Award

Longlists for 2015 PEN Literary Awards announced; National Book Critics Circle names 2015 award winners; Louise Erdrich wins Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction; Grateful American Book Prize established for American history books for children; Richard Russo to receive NAIBA Legacy Award; NAIBA issues Bookstore Visit Challenge; Rakuten buys OverDrive

In celebration of the 96th annual Children’s Book Week, running this year from May 4 to 10, booksellers are once again invited to participate in the Children’s Book Week Display Contest.

Andrew Solomon elected president of PEN American Center board; Delegation from China to attend BookExpo America; PEN/Faulkner Award finalists announced; Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist revealed; HarperCollins launches Spanish-language imprints with Harper Lee novels; NACS CEO Brian E. Cartier to retire; Consortium to distribute Third Man Books

Elizabeth McCracken’s Thunderstruck wins annual Story Prize; Finalists announced for 27th Annual Lambda Literary Awards; SIBA releases 2015 Book Award longlist; CBC names Jon Colman new executive director; HuffPo publishes list of nine studies that say print beats e-books

Publishers Weekly has released the shortlists for its 2015 PW Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year Awards. This year’s five finalists for Bookstore of the Year include general indies from the West, Midwest, and South.

NYT article on indie bookstores shared with millions of Twitter followers; SFWA announces 2014 Nebula Award nominees; Poets & Writers introduces mobile app; PEN releases 2015 Literary Awards calendar; Young people prefer print books to digital, Washington Post reports; May 2 announced as first Canadian Authors for Indies Day; Lerner Publishing Group acquires Egmont USA’s list

The winners of the 2015 WNBA Pannell Award will be chosen by the Pannell Awards jury from 18 nominees in the general bookstore category and eight in the children’s category.

2014 Carla Furstenberg Cohen Literary Prize goes to Lish, Stevenson; Poet Amy King to receive 2015 WNBA Award; Fujii sales rep Ted Heinecken to retire; Chronicle Books launches Third Great Tumblr Book Search; Council Oak Books signs distribution deal with IPG 

On Monday, February 2, at its Midwinter Meeting in Chicago, the American Library Association announced its 2015 Youth Media Award winners and honorees in print, video, and audio books for children and young adults.