California poet laureate Al Young will receive the Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement when the 27th annual Northern California Book Awards are given out at a gala celebration at the San Francisco Public Library on Sunday afternoon.

Young's most recent books are "Coastal Nights and Inland Afternoons: Poems 2001-2006" and "Something About the Blues."

The Fred Cody Award is named for the beloved bookseller who founded Cody's Books with his wife, Pat, in Berkeley in 1956.

At the ceremony, all the award winners, in six categories, will be announced.

Since 1981, the Northern California Book awards have been bestowed by the Northern California Book Reviewers, a volunteer group of book reviewers and book review editors (formerly known as BABRA), who each year choose the best published books written by Northern California authors.

The 2008 nominees are:

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Fiction: "Sacred Games" by Vikram Chandra, "The Great Far Away" by Joan Frank, "A Handbook to Luck" by Cristina García, "A Far Country" by Daniel Mason and "Locke 1928" by Shawna Yang Ryan.

General nonfiction: "The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance" by Fritjof Capra, "Oil on the Brain: Adventures From the Pump to the Pipeline" by Lisa Margonelli, "Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution" by Thomas McNamee, "Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life" by Robert B. Reich and "Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race" by Richard Rhodes.

Creative nonfiction: "Ticket to Exile: A Memoir" by Adam David Miller, "Back on the Fire: Essays" by Gary Snyder, "Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics" by Rebecca Solnit, "Poor People" by William T. Vollmann and "The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific" by Julia Whitty.

Poetry: "Frail-Craft" by Jessica Fisher, "Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005" by Robert Hass, "Expectation Days" by Sandra McPherson, "The Second Person" by C. Dale Young and "Embryoyo" by Dean Young.

Translation: "The Book of Psalms: A Translation With Commentary," translated from Hebrew by Robert Alter; "The Palestinian Lover" by Sélim Nassib, translated from French by Alison Anderson; "Driftwood" by Lo Fu, translated from Chinese by John Balcom; "Exile and the Kingdom" by Albert Camus, translated from French by Carol Cosman; and "Closed for Repairs" by Nancy Alonso, translated from Spanish by Anne Fountain.

Children's literature: "Penguins, Penguins Everywhere!" by Bob Barner, "The Apple Doll" by Elisa Kleven, "Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra" by Wendy Lichtman, "The Hound of Rowan: Book One of The Tapestry" by Henry H. Neff and "Why War Is Never a Good Idea" by Alice Walker, illustrated by Stefano Vitale.

Special Recognition Award:River of Words, the annual environmental poetry and art contest, which is conducted in affiliation with the Library of Congress Center for the Book.

The awards are sponsored by Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash magazine, the Center for the Art of Translation, San Francisco Public Library & Friends of San Francisco Public Library, Mechanics' Institute and PEN West.

Northern California Book Awards Ceremony is 1 p.m. Sunday at Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. After the ceremony, a book signing and reception with the authors will be held in the library's Latino/Hispanic Room.

For information about the free event, call (510) 525-5476 or go to www.poetryflash.org.
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