Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: Books
- Minnesota Book Awards ceremony is canceled
Tuesday - 03/17/2020 - 05:19 PMThe coronoavirus will keep participants home but the Friends of the Library are working on a plan for a festive announcement of winners.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kay Sexton Award goes to James Lenfestey
Thursday - 02/27/2020 - 04:21 PMThe poet and editor will be honored at the annual Minnesota Book Awards ceremony in April.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Novel by Minneapolis writer Kate DiCamillo to be a musical in London
Tuesday - 02/04/2020 - 03:24 PM"The Magician's Elephant" will be staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company for Christmas.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Twin Cities writers honored with American Library Association Youth Media Awards
Monday - 01/27/2020 - 01:03 PMBrenda J. Child, Junauda Petrus and Dawn Quigley are honored for their debut novels for young people.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - It takes a village
Friday - 12/13/2019 - 06:28 AMThe group of artists behind the John Coy book, "My Mighty Journey" will win the 2020 Minnesota Book Artist award.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Minn. Book Awards moves toward more inclusion
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 04:09 PMBy changing venues and paying the judges, they hope to involve more emerging writers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Club Book announces fall schedule, with Nora McInerny, Thrity Umrigar and more
Thursday - 08/29/2019 - 11:32 AMIt's free! It's the ultimate book club.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lesley Nneka Arimah wins the Caine Prize for African Writing
Tuesday - 07/09/2019 - 05:10 PMA Star Tribune "artist of the year" and a former Minnesotan, Arimah has been a finalist for the prize twice before.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Writer Anna Quindlen lights up the library
Tuesday - 04/30/2019 - 03:20 PMSpeaking about her new memoir, "Nanaville," at Talk of the Stacks, the Pulitzer Prize-winner addressed the broader world of books and writing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Minneapolis publisher Milkweed Editions a finalist for Pulitzer -- twice
Tuesday - 04/16/2019 - 11:05 AM"Rising" by Elizabeth Rush and "feeld" by Jos Charles were finalists in nonfiction and poetry.
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- Danticat, Keefe win NBCC awards
Thursday - 03/12/2020 - 07:00 PMThe National Book Critics Circle announces its winners in six categories.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - William Green wins 2nd history award
Wednesday - 02/19/2020 - 03:15 PMGreen wins his second Hognander award for his book about civil rights after the Civil War.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Johnny's Pheasant' by Ojibwe writer Cheryl Minnema wins prestigious picture book award
Thursday - 01/30/2020 - 12:32 PMPicture book by Kao Kalia Yang also honored.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Marlon James trash-talks dead writers in new podcast
Friday - 01/24/2020 - 10:03 AMThe Minnesota writer and his editor discuss their favorite--and least-favorite--dead authors.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Winners announced in Minnesota Author Project awards
Friday - 09/20/2019 - 07:59 AMSteve South and Sarah Hanley take top honors, will receive $1,000 each.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Minnesota writer David Treuer on National Book Award long list
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 11:21 AM"The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee" one of ten finalists.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 2 Minnesota poets win national awards
Tuesday - 08/06/2019 - 03:52 PMBooks by Heid E. Erdrich and Michael Torres will be published by Penguin Books and Beacon Press.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Award-winning Minneapolis writer recounts harrowing Lyft ride in viral tweets
Friday - 05/10/2019 - 01:05 PMWas Kelly Barnhill's Houston Lyft driver trying to run up the bill? Or something else?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Minnesota author Marlon James named one of Time's 100 most influential people
Wednesday - 04/17/2019 - 11:38 AMJames, who teaches at Macalester College in St. Paul, was named one of the 100 most influential people of 2019 by Time magazine.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mpls publisher Milkweed Editions a finalist for Pulitzer--twice!
Tuesday - 04/16/2019 - 10:57 AM"Rising" by Elizabeth Rush and "feeld" by Jos Charles were finalists in nonfiction and poetry.
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- Club Book cancels remainder of spring season
Friday - 03/13/2020 - 04:41 PMThe free reading series is canceling events through early May
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gish Jen, Laila Lalami to appear at Club Book
Thursday - 02/06/2020 - 07:54 AMThe spring lineup of the free authors series also includes Benjamin Percy and others.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Johnny's Pheasant' by Ojibwe writer Cheryl Minnema wins prestigious picture book award
Thursday - 01/30/2020 - 12:32 PMPicture book by Kao Kalia Yang also honored.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NBCC Finalists announced, including Ronan Farrow and Colson Whitehead
Monday - 01/13/2020 - 12:24 PMThe finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards were announced in New York.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Book review: You might never look at insects the same way
Thursday - 10/03/2019 - 01:21 PM'Buzz Sting Bite' makes it clear: They're woven into modern life more than people realize.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Coffee House Press is a finalist for Kirkus Prizes in so many ways
Tuesday - 09/17/2019 - 12:40 PMCoffee House writers and former writers are on the list of the prestigious prize.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Finalists announced for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Wednesday - 08/28/2019 - 12:30 PMA dozen writers--six each in fiction and nonfiction--have been nominated for the international award.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tommy Orange, Ann Patchett coming to Pen Pals
Thursday - 05/02/2019 - 01:43 PMThe 2019-2020 lecture series will also include Susan Orlean, Esi Edugyan and Reza Aslan.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Minneapolis writer Pete Hautman wins Edgar for best juvenile novel
Friday - 04/26/2019 - 01:53 PM"Otherwood" took the prize at the Mystery Writers of America ceremony.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mpls publisher Graywolf Press to publish new Claudia Rankine book
Tuesday - 03/26/2019 - 11:57 AMThe essay collection "Just Us: An American Conversation" will be published in 2020.
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