Posts tagged “awards”
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Rebel Bookseller named ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year finalist
April 3, 2012
” In Rebel Bookseller: How To Improvise Your Own Indie Store And Beat Back The Chains, Laties tells how he got started, how he kept going, and what his beliefs are of the future of independent bookselling. It’s a great primer for those looking to start their own independent bookstore, and is a must-read for anyone in the book industry.”
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Tea of Ulaanbaatar named Best Small Press Wonder by Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
January 6, 2012
“A brilliant juxtaposition of old-timey Mongolia, with flashback snippets of marauding hordes overtaking everything in their path, and modern-day Mongolia — a devastated victim of Soviet rule and withdrawal, desperately trying to claw its way into the twentieth century.”
Tags: awards, CCLAP Center, chris howard, tea of ulaanbaatar
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Howard Zinn wins 2010 Ridenhour Prize for Courage
March 16, 2010
Howard Zinn has been posthumously awarded the 2010 Ridenhour Prize for Courage, “presented to an individual in recognition of his or her courageous and life-long defense of the public interest and passionate commitment to social justice.” Past recipients have included Gloria Steinem, Bill Moyers, Daniel Ellsberg, and former President Jimmy Carter. From the Ridenhour website:
Howard Zinn is awarded The Ridenhour Courage Prize for his determination to showcase the hidden heroes of social movements throughout history, his refusal to accept the history of only the powerful and victorious, his steadfast belief in the potential for a better world, his unflinching moral stance on fighting whatever he perceived was wrong in society, his fight to inspire students to believe that together they could make democracy come alive, and, in the words of his former student Alice Walker, “his way with resistance.”
Again — forever — congratulations to Howard Zinn for his life and work.
Tags: awards, howard zinn, ridenhour prize, voices of a people's history
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10,000 Dresses named a Stonewall Honor Book
January 20, 2010
Hearty congratulations to Marcus Ewert, Rex Ray, and young Bailey for 10,000 Dresses, which has just been named a Stonewall Honor Book in the Children’s and Young Adult Literature category by the American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Awards Committee. See the press release here — and if you haven’t already, take a look at the book itself from Seven Stories.
Tags: 10000 dresses, awards, lgbt, marcus ewert, rex ray, stonewall award, ya
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Assia Djebar among top three contenders for 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
October 2, 2009
According to Reuters, Assia Djebar is among the top three contenders for the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, along with Israeli novelist Amos Oz and American novelist and short story writer Joyce Carol Oates. The prize will be announced next Thursday.
For those not already acquainted with Assia Djebar, start with her titles published by Seven Stories Press:
Algerian White — A blend of fiction and memoir, tracing the history of radicalism in Algeria through the eyes of writers and thinkers murdered, but not silenced, by the regime.
The Tongue’s Blood Does Not Run Dry — Conversations between Djebar and ordinary Algerians encountered on the streets of Paris grow into intensely-detailed stories that blend the anti-female violence of modern fundamentalist Algeria with the rich, heightened themes of classical Arab literature.
So Vast the Prison — The story of a modern Algerian woman in a male-dominated society, played against the bloody history of Carthage in its decline.
Tags: algerian white, assia djebar, Authors, awards, nobel literature, so vast the prison, tongue's blood does not run dry
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All You Can Eat named finalist for 2008 Harry Chapin Media Awards
April 29, 2009
Joel Berg’s All You Can Eat has just been named a finalist for the 2008 Harry Chapin Media Awards.
Tags: All You Can Eat, awards, harry chapin media awards, Joel Berg, world hunger year
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Project Censored’s Peter Phillips named recipient of the 2009 Dallas Smythe Award
April 23, 2009
Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored since 1996 and co-editor with Dennis Loo of Impeach the President, has just been named the recipient of the 2009 Dallas Smythe Award from the Union for Democratic Communications.
Tags: Authors, awards, censored 2009, censored 2010, dallas smythe award, impeach the president, peter phillips, project censored, union for democratic communications
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Voice Over shortlisted for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
April 2, 2009
In the inevitable sequel to this news item, Céline Curiol’s Voice Over has just been shortlisted for the UK’s Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
Tags: Authors, awards, celine curiol, independent foreign fiction prize, sam richard, translators, voice over
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Field Guide for Female Investigators shortlisted for the T R Fyvel Book Award
March 17, 2009
Coco Fusco’s A Field Guide for Female Investigators has been shortlisted for the T R Fyvel Book Award, one of Index on Censorship‘s five Freedom of Expression Awards for 2009.
Tags: awards, coco fusco, field guide for female investigators, index on censorship
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10,000 Dresses and Live Through This named finalists for the 21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards
March 17, 2009
10,000 Dresses and Live Through This have both been listed as finalists in the Lambda Literary Foundation‘s 21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Congratulations to Marcus, Rex, Sabrina, and every one of the contributors to Live Through This, and we’ll be waiting to toast your victory at the awards ceremony on the 26th of May.
Tags: 10k dresses, awards, lambda awards, live through this, marcus ewert, rex ray, sabrina chapadjiev