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How I Live Now Wins Awards

Jan 19 2005: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (Random/Wendy Lamb) won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature for young adults.

The Newbery and Caldecott Awards are the most prestigious children's literature awards in the USA.  They are awarded by the ...

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Americans Enjoy Reading

Jan 19 2005: According to the Harris Pollreading is America's favorite leisure-time activity with 35% of adults saying that reading was their favorite past time (up over 10% on the previous years - a rise that does raise credibility concerns in my mind - ...

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Clive Cussler To Write Book For Younger Readers

Jan 19 2005: Clive Cussler has signed a deal with Penguin Publishing's Philomel imprint to write a book for younger readers.  Vin Fiz is about a pair of siblings who can transform their toys into the real thing and fly around the country helping children in...

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Dan Brown Tops Record-Breaking 31 Weeks In Bestseller Books

Jan 19 2005: Dan Brown topped the US fiction bestseller lists for 31 weeks in 2004.  Only 13 other titles reached #1, and none lasted more than two or three weeks.  With three books on the Publisher Weekly Top 15 bestseller lists, Brown commanded 10% of all hardcover ...

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Newbery, Caldecott Winners Announced

Jan 19 2005: The Newbery, Caldecott Winners are:

• The 2005 John Newbery Medal: Cynthia Kadohata for Kira-Kira (Atheneum).
• The 2005 Randolph Caldecott Medal: Kevin Henkes for Kitten's First Full Moon (Greenwillow)

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Paradies Shops bookstores To Create New York Times Branded Airport Bookstores

Jan 19 2005: You may remember a few weeks ago I told you that the airport chain, Paradies, (with more than 390 stores) was testing a 'Read & Return' program where passengers could buy a book and return it to one of their bookstores at a later date for a 50...

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Susan Brockmann's Latest Book To Feature Gay Romance

Jan 19 2005: According to her publisher, Ballantine, Susan Brockmann's latest bestseller, Hot Target, is 'the first high-profile mainstream contemporary romance novel to feature an in-depth romance between gay characters.  Brockmann, whose son is gay, says ...

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Whitbread Book Awards Winners Announced

Jan 19 2005: The 2004 Whitbread Book Awards are: 

• First Novel: Eve Green by Susan Fletcher (Norton)
• Novel: Small Island by Andrea Levy (Picador)
• Biography: My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots by John Guy (Fourth Estate) ...

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