 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Garrison Keillor to host book awards ceremony
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Garrison Keillor, the humorist and best-selling author, will host
this year's National Book Awards ceremony.
"I am thrilled to be the emcee of the National Book Awards
ceremony, a big night in the book world, when you get to see
distinguished authors feign nonchalance though they're all giddy and
sweaty and their hearts are pounding," Keillor said in a statement
Monday released by the awards...
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Stephen King to receive lifetime achievement award.(National Book Awards)(Brief Article)
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A look at the National Book Awards nominees/ Young People.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
The Christian Science Monitor
; To the National Book Foundation, there's nothing little about young-adult books. Indeed, the YA judges are the only ones free to consider books in any genre. Their fellow judges for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry must stay within the boundaries. Books for young people win recognition in other
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National Book Critics Circle announces awards nominees.(Brief Article)
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; M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The National Book Critics Circle has announced a rebellious nominations list for the awards ceremony on 4 March 2004. The Circle ignored expected nominees such as Nobel Laureate JM Coetzee for 'Elizabeth Costello', 'Fortress of Solitude' by Jonathan
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Awards ceremony on TV
National Dragster
; Awards ceremony on TV: ESPN2 will televise coverage of the 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony Nov. 27 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern.
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BEHIND THE SCENES Writer Hessler nominated for National Book Award
Columbia Daily Tribune
; Peter Hessler, Columbia's favorite Beijing correspondent, was named last week as one of five finalists for a National Book Award in nonfiction writing for his book "Oracle Bones." Hessler, the son of Richard and Anne Hessler, is facing stiff competition, but if you've read his book about China's
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