CBDF Releases Raising a Reader!

How Comics & Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love To Read!

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to release Raising a Reader! How Comics & Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love To Read!, a new resource for parents and educators about the learning benefits of comics! This new resource is written by Dr. Meryl Jaffe, with an introduction by three-time Newbery Award honoree Jennifer L. Holm (Babymouse, Squish) and art by Eisner Award winner Raina Te…   read more

Announcing the Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation

According to Shelf Awareness, Spencer Ruchti and Justin Walls are launching the Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation, which will be the only literary prize for translation led entirely by a committee of independent booksellers. The winning translator will receive a prize of $1,000, an amount the group hopes to expand in the future.Quoting from the Cercador Prize website:'Now in its in…   read more

2022 Lammy Awards Announced

The winners of the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced on June 11, 2022. The 'Lammy' award winners were selected by a panel of over 60 literary professionals from more than 1,300 book submissions from over 300 publishers. 'For over 30 years, Lambda Literary has championed LGBTQ books and authors. No other organization in the world serves LGBTQ writers and readers more compr…   read more

Eric Carle Museum Announces 2022 Carle Honors Honorees

Celebrating exceptional individuals and organizations in children’s literature

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announces the 2022 Carle Honors Honorees, to be awarded at the Benefit Gala and Art Auction at Guastavino's in New York City on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. Now in its 16th year, the annual gala and fundraiser celebrates individuals and organizations whose creative vision and long-term dedication have had a profound effect on picture books an…   read more

2021 EPPY Award Winners Announced

Honoring the best in digital media

 E&P announced the winners of the 26th annual EPPY Awards on Nov. 1 at EditorandPublisher.com. 'This year's EPPY Awards received more than 400 entries. Winners were selected from an international list of nominations to honor the best in digital media across more than 40 diverse categories. Entries came from media companies large and small worldwide, including local news publishing, b…   read more

2021 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The story of a remarkable ski journey across northwest Canada is one of thewinners in this year's National Outdoor Book Awards.Written by Anders Morley and titled This Land of Snow, the book took top honors in the Journeys category. The Journeys category is new this year and is one of ten highly competitive categories that make up the National Outdoor Book Awards.A total of 15 books were chosen as…   read more

2021 Robert F. Kennedy Book and Journalism Awards Now Open for Submissions

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has announced that it has opened its 2021 RFK Book and Journalism Awards for submissions. The deadline for all entries is February 1, 2021. The annual competition highlights the best work across student and professional categories on issues that reflect Robert Kennedy's concerns, including human rights, social justice, and the power of individual action. Last ye…   read more

Librarians Throughout the Midwest to Judge Midwest Book Awards

For the first time in the Midwest Independent Publishers Association's thirty-year history, the judging panel for the 2020 Midwest Book Awards is comprised almost entirely of librarians.This year's judges are approximately 95 percent librarians or library directors, 3 percent independent booksellers and 2 percent university staff (who were hand-picked for their subject matter expertise). The libra…   read more

2020 Audie Award Winners Announced

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners for its 2020 Audie Awards® competition, the only awards program in the United States devoted entirely to honoring audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Winners will be announced at the Audies Gala on March 2, 2021.This year's Audiobook of the Year went to The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11.See a listing of all…   read more