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24th Annual Minnesota Book Award Winners Announced

On April 14th, nearly 800 people attended the Minnesota Book Awards Gala. During the event, winners in eight categories were selected and acknowledged, along with the Readers’ Choice Award. The nine winners include: BookSpeak! Poems about Books by Laura Purdie Salas for Children’s Literature, Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Lawsuit on Science in America by Shawn Lawrence Otto for General Nonfiction, Big Wheat by Richard A. Thompson for Genre Fiction, A Song at Twilight: Of Alzheimer’s and Love by Nancy Paddock for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction, Pioneer Modernists: Minnesota’s First Generation of Women Artists by Julie L’Enfant for the Award for Minnesota, The Law of Miracles and Other Stories  by Gregory Blake Smith for Novel & Short Story, Whorled by Ed Bok Lee for Poetry, With or Without You by Brian Farrey for Young People’s Literature, and The Tanglewood Terror by Kurtis Scaletta for the Readers’ Choice Award.

More information about the award winners and finalists can be found at http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists.html.

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees!

Happy reading, Minnesota!

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Finalists Named for the 24th Annual Minnesota Book Awards

The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library have announced the finalists for the 24th annual Minnesota Book Awards! To see a list of all the finalists by category, please visit http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/mba_author_news.html#24thfinalists. The categories include: Children’s Literature, General Nonfiction, Genre Fiction, Memoir & Creative Nonfiction, Minnesota, Novel & Short Story, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature.

 Also of note, the 24th Annual Minnesota Book Awards Gala, when the winners will be announced, will be held on Saturday, April 14th. Visit the main Minnesota Book Awards site http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards.html for additional information and resources.

Keep your eyes peeled for another blog post from us during the month of March about how you can play a part in selecting the Readers’ Choice Award winner!

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Minnesota Book Award Winners Announced

On Saturday, April 16th, the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library held their 23rd annual Minnesota Book Awards Gala, with around 750 people in attendance. During the event, winners from eight categories were announced, along with one winner of the Readers’ Choice Award. The winning titles include:

Award for Children’s Literature

Michael Hall – My Heart Is Like a Zoo

 Award for General Nonfiction

Michael Nordskog and Aaron W. Hautala, photography – The Opposite of Cold: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition

 Award for Genre Fiction

Wendy Webb – The Tale of Halcyon Crane

 Award for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

Bonnie J. Rough – Carrier: Untangling the Danger in My DNA

 Award for Minnesota

Mary Lethert Wingerd – North Country: The Making of Minnesota

 Award for Novel & Short Story

John Reimringer – Vestments

 Award for Poetry

Lightsey Darst – Find the Girl

 Award for Young People’s Literature

Pete Hautman – Blank Confession 

The Readers’ Choice Award

Laurie Hertzel – News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist

Be sure to check out the books in more detail here.

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Minnesota Book Awards Readers’ Choice Award

Voting for the Minnesota Book Awards Readers’ Choice Award is open now through the end of March! This is your chance to select your favorite book from the list of 32 finalists. Here’s the link to vote http://twincities.upickem.net/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=27674.

Free bookmarks listing all 32 finalist books can be ordered by contacting Ann Nelson, Minnesota Book Awards Coordinator, at mnbookawards@thefriends.org. Be sure to place your order soon since Readers’ Choice voting closes March 31.

When requesting bookmarks, please provide your mailing address and the number of bookmarks requested.

To learn more about the Minnesota Book Awards visit www.thefriends.org.

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Finalists Named for the 23rd Annual Minnesota Book Awards

The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library have announced the finalists for the 23rd annual Minnesota Book Awards! To see a list of all the finalists by category, please visit http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists.html. The categories include: Children’s Literature, General Nonfiction, Genre Fiction, Memoir & Creative Nonfiction, Minnesota, Novel & Short Story, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. All nominated titles appear towards the bottom of the page. Lots of great stuff here!

Also of note, the 23rd Annual Minnesota Book Awards Gala, when the winners will be announced, will be held on Saturday, April 16th. Visit the main Minnesota Book Awards site http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards.html  for additional information and resources.

Keep your eyes peeled for another blog post from us during the month of March about how you can play a part in selecting the Readers’ Choice Award winner!