Denver Public Library - book awards https://www.denverlibrary.org/taxonomy/term/2283/0 en Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/bobby/andrew-carnegie-medal-excellence <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/bullypulpit.jpg" rel="lightbox[][The Bully Pulpit]" class="imagefield imagefield-lightbox2 imagefield-lightbox2-thumbnail imagefield-field_blog_image imagecache imagecache-field_blog_image imagecache-thumbnail imagecache-field_blog_image-thumbnail"><img src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/imagecache/thumbnail/bullypulpit.jpg" alt="The Bully Pulpit" title="" width="100" height="152"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-multiple-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="948" height="1458" alt="The Goldfinch" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/goldfinch.jpg?1404329008" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="948" height="1400" alt="Americanah" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/americanah.jpg?1404329023" /> </div> </div> </div> <p>The <a href="http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult">Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction</a> recognizes the best fiction and nonfiction books published in the previous year.&nbsp; The winners are selected by a committee of seven distinguished library professionals and chaired by Nancy Pearl (who has <a href="http://www.mcphee.com/laf/">her own action figure</a>!).</p> <p>Last week, winners were announced at the annual American Library Association conference.&nbsp; They receive $5000 and finalists receive $1500 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.&nbsp; Here they are for your reading pleasure:</p> <p><strong>Fiction</strong><br /> <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1074723, 1088314, 1111959, 1117090, 1118048, 1121351"><em>The Goldfinch</em> by Donna Tartt</a><br /> In the wake of his nefarious father’s abandonment, Theo, a smart, 13-year-old Manhattanite, is extremely close to his vivacious mother—until an act of terrorism catapults him into a dizzying world bereft of gravity, certainty, or love. Tartt writes from Theo’s point of view with fierce exactitude and magnetic emotion.</p> <p><strong>Nonfiction</strong><br /> <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1113920, 1118104, 1118828"><em>The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism</em> by Doris Kearns Goodwin</a><br /> This masterful study examines the complex relationship between two presidents, Roosevelt and Taft, who played major roles in the Progressive movement of the early twentieth century. Acclaimed historian Goodwin offers a superb re-creation of a period when many politicians, journalists, and citizens of differing political affiliations viewed government as a force for public good.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult/short-lists"><strong>Other Finalists</strong></a><br /> <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1046277, 1048600, 1069156"><em>Americanah</em></a> by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<br /> To the women in the hair-braiding salon, Ifemelu seems to have everything a Nigerian immigrant in America could desire, but the culture shock, hardships, and racism she’s endured have left her feeling like she has “cement in her soul.” Americanah is a courageous novel of independence, integrity, community, and love.</p> <p><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1068448, 1069157, 1072345, 1074281"><em>Claire of the Sea Light</em> by Edwidge Danticat</a><br /> In interlocking stories moving back and forth in time, Danticat weaves a beautifully rendered portrait of longing in the small fishing town of Ville Rose in Haiti. The stories flow seamlessly one into another and are distinguished by Danticat’s luminous prose.</p> <p><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1202517"><em>On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History</em> by Nicholas A. Basbanes</a><br /> Combining crisp technical explanations with vivid historical and contemporary profiles, Basbanes unfolds the two-thousand-year story of paper, revealing in the process that paper is nothing less than an embodiment of humanity.</p> <p><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1068133, 1068181, 1072251, 1072966, 1074861, 1204417"><em>Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital </em>by Sheri Fink</a><br /> As the floodwaters rose after Hurricane Katrina, patients, staff, and families who sheltered in New Orleans’ Memorial Hospital faced a crisis far worse than the storm itself. Fink’s breathtaking account of the storm and what happened at Memorial offers a fascinating look at how people behave in times of crisis.</p> <p>(Summaries obtained from <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/">Booklist</a>)</p> https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/bobby/andrew-carnegie-medal-excellence#comments Books Blog book awards Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:56:46 +0000 Bobby 16451 at https://www.denverlibrary.org The Most Enjoyable Book of the Year -- The Costa Book Awards for 2013 https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/seeking-most-enjoyable-book-year-costa-prize-2013 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/shockfall.jpg" rel="lightbox[][Front Jacket Cover for Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer]" class="imagefield imagefield-lightbox2 imagefield-lightbox2-thumbnail imagefield-field_blog_image imagecache imagecache-field_blog_image imagecache-thumbnail imagecache-field_blog_image-thumbnail"><img src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/imagecache/thumbnail/shockfall.jpg" alt="Front Jacket Cover for Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer" title="" width="100" height="142"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-multiple-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="259" height="400" alt="Front Jacket Cover for Life After Life by Kate Atkinson" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/life%20after%20life%20by%20kate%20atkinson.jpg?1389041097" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="294" height="448" alt="Front Jacket Cover for The Pike ... by Lucy Hughes-Hallett" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/pike.jpg?1389197937" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="310" height="475" alt="Front Jacket Cover for Drysalter by Michael Simmons Roberts" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/Drysalter%20by%20Michael%20Simmons.jpg?1389041330" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="365" height="500" alt="Front Jacket Cover for Ghost Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/Ghost%20Girl%20by%20Riddell.jpg?1389041461" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>It all began in 1919, when the University of Edinburgh presented the James Tait Black Prize to Hugh&nbsp;Walpole for his novel, Secret City and, in the biography category, to H. Festing Jones for his memoir of Samuel Butler.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>The James Tait Black has the distinction of being Britain's oldest literary award and, with it, a&nbsp;trend was born. Over the years, book awards have proved wildly popular, with prizes for individual genres, first books, etc. You name it, there's a prize. Typically, recognition is given for the "best" book in a given category -- novel, biography, poetry, science fiction/fantasy, mystery, graphic novel, children's book, young adult -- which seems a tall-enough order to judge. The <a href="http://www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards/welcome/">Costa&nbsp;Book Awards</a>, however, take complexity to a new level, aiming to reward books of high literary merit, published in the UK and Ireland, that the general public would find satisfying. A tall order indeed, and an ambitious one because, while the Costa Book of the Year ultimately goes to one worthy book, its judges first must create and consider short lists from six literary genres: First Novel, Biography, Poetry, Children's Book and Short Story. Each category, except Short Story,* has three <a href="http://www.costa.co.uk/media/111715/2013-previous-judges.pdf">judges</a>, typically an author, a bookseller and a journalist, who select four books from the hundreds entered. Of these four, one becomes the category winner. Then, <a href="http://www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards/faqs/">according to Costa</a>, "A nine-member judging panel, including the author from each of the original category judging panels, together with the Chairman and three other people in the public eye who love reading, then read the five winners and select one of them as the overall Costa Book of the Year." Are you still with me?</p> <p>The Costa Book Awards were launched in 1971, when they were known as the Whitbread Literary Awards. <a href="http://www.costa.co.uk/about-us/">Costa Coffee</a>, a UK corporation, took over in 2006 and, from the get go, the objective was to celebrate the most well-written, enjoyable books published in a given year. The question naturally arises, "Enjoyable to whom?" Further, would a loyal biography reader be content with a collection of poems as winner? One also wonders if children's books ever win? (Well, yes, in 2001, Philip Pullman's <em><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=386217">The Amber Spyglass</a> </em>took the top prize. For more information on the evolution of the Children's Book Award, click <a href="http://www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards/faqs/">here</a>.) This dilemma, surely, is the reason for the category winners. And the prize itself? Winning authors in each category receive £5000 (about $8000), with the overall winner taking home an additional £30.000 (about $49,000). The four-book <a href="http://www.costa.co.uk/media/114188/2013-CBA-Shortlists.pdf">short list</a> for each category was announced on November 26, 2013, and the category winners were revealed on January 6, 2014. They include:</p> <p>First Novel:&nbsp;<a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1082456"><em>The Shock of the Fall</em> by Nathan Filer</a>. Note: the US title for this book is&nbsp;<em>Where the Moon Isn't: &nbsp;A Novel</em>.</p> <p>Novel:&nbsp;<a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1037865"><em>Life after Life&nbsp;</em>by Kate Atkinson</a>.</p> <p>Biography: <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1082482"><em>The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War</em> by Lucy&nbsp;Hughes-Hallett.</a></p> <p>Poetry:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/drysalter/9780224093590"><em>Drysalter&nbsp;</em>by Michael Symmons&nbsp;Roberts</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Children's Book:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.panmacmillan.com/book/chrisriddell/gothgirl"><em>Goth Girl: And the Ghost of a Mouse&nbsp;</em>by Chris Riddell</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Costa Book of the Year will be announced in London on January 28, 2014. Until then, you can peruse a list of past winners <a href="http://www.costa.co.uk/media/111169/2013-cba-complete-past-winners-list.pdf">here</a>, with Hilary Mantel's fine <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=967872"><em>Bring Up the Bodies</em></a>, taking the overall prize in 2012. For a list of winners from the past 20 years in Denver Public Library's collection, click <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Boolean&amp;term=brs=59050&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=&amp;query=&amp;page=0">here</a>.</p> <p>*In an effort to be even more populist, Costa has made the contenders for its Short Story Prize available for anyone, anywhere, to download and read or listen to via its <a href="http://www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards/costa-short-story-award/">website</a>. Once you've done that, you can vote for your favorite.</p> https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/seeking-most-enjoyable-book-year-costa-prize-2013#comments Books Blog book awards Costa Whitbread Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:16:31 +0000 CJ 13490 at https://www.denverlibrary.org Annual Children's Book Awards https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/childrens-book-awards <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/more.jpg" rel="lightbox[][More ]" class="imagefield imagefield-lightbox2 imagefield-lightbox2-thumbnail imagefield-field_blog_image imagecache imagecache-field_blog_image imagecache-thumbnail imagecache-field_blog_image-thumbnail"><img src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/imagecache/thumbnail/more.jpg" alt="More " title="" width="100" height="82"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-multiple-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="374" height="400" alt="Fifty Cents and a Dream" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/fifty%20cents.jpg?1359148632" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="274" height="400" alt="The Wild Book" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/wild%20book.jpg?1359148645" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="343" height="400" alt="Martin de Porres" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/martin.jpg?1359148927" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="360" height="400" alt="Starry River of the Sky" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/starry.jpg?1359149208" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Looking for book suggestions for your child? You’re in luck; it’s award season. Every year the American Library Association chooses the best books for children in a variety of categories. The staff here at the library held our own mock award sessions to see if we could predict this year's winners. Here are our results...</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>This year marks the 75th anniversary for the <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal"><strong>Caldecott Medal</strong></a>. Named for nineteenth-century English children's book illustrator, Randolph Caldecott, this award is given "to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children."<br /> <strong>Medal Winner:</strong> <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=951132"><em>More </em></a> by I.C. Springman, illustrated by Brian Lies<br /> <strong>Honor Books: </strong><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=969530"><em>Chloe</em></a> by Peter McCarty and <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=941736"><em>The Camping Trip that Changed America</em></a> by Barbara Rosenstock, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein</p> <p>"The <a href="http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards"><strong>Coretta Scott King Book Awards</strong></a> are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults. The winners must demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King."<br /> <strong>Author Award Winner: </strong><em><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=964242">It </a><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=964242">Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw</a></em> by Don Tate, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie<br /> <strong>Illustrator Award Winner:</strong> <em><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1012224">Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington</a></em> by Jabari Asim, illustrated by Bryan Collier<br /> <strong>Illustrator Honor:</strong> <em><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=999728">I Have a Dream</a></em> by Martin Luther King, Jr., illustrated by Kadir Nelson</p> <p>"The <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal"><strong>Pura Belpré Award</strong></a> is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth." The Pura Belpré award is named after the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library.<br /> <strong>Author Award Winner:</strong> <em><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=951841">The Wild Book</a></em> by Margarita Engle<br /> <strong>Author Honor:</strong> <em><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1005594">Summer of the Mariposas</a></em> by Guadalupe Garcia McCall<br /> <strong>Illustrator Award Winner:</strong> <em><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=975888">Martín de Porres: The Rose in the Desert</a></em> by Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by David Diaz<br /> <strong>Illustrator Honor Winner:</strong> <em><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1006489">The Poet Upstairs</a></em> by Judith Ortiz Cofer, illustrated by Oscar Ortiz</p> <p>John Newbery, eighteenth-century British bookseller, is the namesake of the <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal"><strong>Newbery Medal</strong></a>, an award given "to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."<br /> <strong>Medal Winner:</strong> <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=1002270"><em>Starry River of the Sky</em></a> by Grace Lin<br /> <strong>Honor Book: </strong><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=967448"><em>One for the Murphys</em></a> by Lynda Mullaly Hunt and <a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?cn=985876"><em>Liar &amp; Spy</em></a> ​by Rebecca Stead</p> <p>We’ll find out how close our selections were to the official winners on Monday morning! You can follow the results in real-time by logging on to the ALA Youth Media Awards Facebook page, or via Twitter by following hashtag #ALAyma.</p> https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/childrens-book-awards#comments Books Blog book awards books kids children's books children's literature Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:33:52 +0000 Rachel 8738 at https://www.denverlibrary.org Colorado Blue Spruce YA Book Award Announced! https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/colorado-blue-spruce-ya-book-award-announced <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/laststraw.jpg" rel="lightbox[][Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw]" class="imagefield imagefield-lightbox2 imagefield-lightbox2-thumbnail imagefield-field_blog_image imagecache imagecache-field_blog_image imagecache-thumbnail imagecache-field_blog_image-thumbnail"><img src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/imagecache/thumbnail/laststraw.jpg" alt="Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw" title="" width="100" height="150"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-multiple-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="215" height="216" alt="Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/bluespruce.jpg?1329316196" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_multiple_images" width="264" height="400" alt="Maximum Ride: Fang" src="https://www.denverlibrary.org/files/fang_1.jpg?1329317529" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The 2012 winner of the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award was recently announced:</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?isbn=0810970686">Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw</a>, by Jeff Kinney</p> <p>Runners up:</p> <p><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?isbn=9780385737944">The Maze Runner</a>, James Dashner</p> <p><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?isbn=9781416914303">City of Glass</a>, Cassandra Clare</p> <p><strong>What is the Blue Spruce Award?</strong> Colorado is unique in that our young adult book award is nominated and voted on ONLY by teens! This book award is a true reflection of what middle and high school students throughout Colorado are reading and loving!</p> <p>Public and school libraries throughout the state send in their votes, along with nominations for next year's award, every January. What did teens who voted through the Denver Public Library pick as their winner?</p> <p><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?isbn=9780316036191">Maximum Ride: Fang</a>, James Patterson</p> <p>Runner up:</p> <p><a href="http://catalog.denverlibrary.org/view.aspx?isbn=9780803734616">Fire</a>, Kristin Cashore</p> <p>The Blue Spruce nominees and winners reflect the diversity of the teens of Colorado, with a range of reading levels, subject matter, genres, and often a combination of fiction and nonfiction titles being nominated. See the 2013 nominees on <a href="http://teens.denverlibrary.org/find/genre/blue.html">DPL's Blue Spruce page</a> (<strong>and remember, you need to read at least 3 of the nominees to vote, so start reading now</strong>!). Learn more about the Blue Spruce Award on their <a href="http://www.coloradobluespruceaward.org/">web site</a>, or like their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BlueSpruceAward">Facebook page</a> so you can keep up on all the Blue Spruce news! <strong>This is YOUR book award, teens! Get involved!</strong></p> https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/colorado-blue-spruce-ya-book-award-announced#comments Books Blog book awards Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award Teens ya Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:33:09 +0000 Becker 4450 at https://www.denverlibrary.org
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