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2022 National Book Award Longlists

The 2022 National Book Award longlists have just been announced.  The finalists will be named on 4 October.  In the meantime, check out these contenders in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature, and translated literature.
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Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize Longlist

The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize was created in 2006 to honor the best debut fiction of the year.  The longlist for this year's prize has just been announced.  Check out these exciting new first novels from our collection.
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Favorite Reads of The Teen Center Creative Writing Club

Enjoy some fond favorite reads from members of the Teen Center's creative writing club, known as Prompt & Circumstance. Science fiction, horror, fantasy, manga, poetry, Russian literature, and picture books collide in this fun mash-up of influences. You are sure to find a great read or even inspiration in this list.
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New in Biography and Memoir

Liz Scheier’s Never Simple, about her difficult upbringing as the child of a mother with Borderline Personality Disorder, has been getting a lot of notice, as has Mary Laura Philpott’s Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives, a set of
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2022 Pulitzer Prizewinners

The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes have just been announced.  Check out the following prizewinners and finalists in the categories of fiction, biography, general nonfiction, history, and poetry.
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Kids in Print 2022

Congratulations to the illustrators and writers featured in this year's edition of Kids in Print 2022!

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2022 International Booker Prize

The long list and short list titles were announced this month for the 2022 International Booker Prize.  This prize was created in 2004 to recognize works of fiction that weren't eligible for the regular Booker Prize (awarded to books by authors hailing from anywhere in the British Commonwealth).  The winner will be announced on 26 May, but in the meantime, check out these nominees from our collection.
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In Defense of Short Stories

Short stories sometimes get a bad rap - but these collections just might change your mind about the writing form.

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Publishers In South Carolina

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