Many, many book awards are given out every year, but here are three unique awards you might want to add to your bookmarks.On the whole, U.S. citizens have very little awareness of non-English language literature; for this reason alone the Best Translated Book Award deserves your attention. The award is offered through the website Three Percent and they recently announced the longlist for the 2014 award. Over the next few weeks theyll be posting arguments for why each longlisted contender should win. The shortlist will be announced April 15th and the award on April 28th.EPL currently owns 13 of the 25 BTBA contenders.Another award that rewards a daily check on the action is the Tournament of Books, now in its tenth year. As described on their About page, The ToB is an annual springtime event… where 16 or so of the previous years best works of fiction enter a March Madness-style battle royale. At the end of the month, the winner of the Tournament is blessed with the Rooster, our prize named after David Sedariss brother (because why not). This years tourney is now in the quarterfinals, but even if youre late joining in, you can still revisit each bout in the links on the sidebar. In addition to the renowned individual judges who preside over each match, youll find great color commentary from the event hosts and a fan base commentariat that engages in lively extended discussions of the books.EPL currently owns 14 of the 17 ToB contenders.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:34:07 +0000
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