[Libs-Or] 2011 National Book Award Finalists to be Announced on Oregon Public Radio

[Katie Anderson]

I just received the National Book Foundation's September eNewsletter.  Below is an article of particular interest to Oregon librarians, readers, and writers.  If you would like to read the full newsletter, please go to: http://tiny.cc/gdn20

Enjoy!
Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us>, 503-378-2528


2011 National Book Award Finalists to be Announced on Oregon Public Radio

The twenty Finalists for the 62nd National Book Awards will be announced on Oregon Public Broadcasting's morning radio program, Think Out Loud, in front of a live audience at the new Literary Arts Center in Portland, Oregon from 9:06 to 9:59 a.m. PST on Wednesday, October 12. The announcement will also be streamed live on Oregon Public Broadcasting's website, www.opb.org<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp9Gqer20PsyF8gKYLfbsAwFzXJsXAw1jOfECBwSlM4j4L1pTXLIDkWMHP00AELtMsNb5ftkcxuHEuJh2fIPSdPYuWAcBh9Dn_s=>. Past NBA Winners, Finalists, and Judges will announce this year's Finalists by category:

  *   Virginia Euwer Wolff<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp_3z2SBmIkTyDrPmelsl330Wr6vbzZOP_grPRGxsT3BoDpZDxYg4sZh3ON4c_jydzYRim8KzBz0hi7HR3QlqDlp2QWGt_FjqyjP_0esRnWv8OWtiV1_ixLwoT4LCXjAQLjOC2YGSPfqGKIQWJhLTWFh>, National Book Award Winner in 2001, will announce the Young People's Literature Finalists.

  *   Vern Rutsala<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp8N7Tih3yDbInN5OOQIGAZm7ZiN06zjVjqMeHSZaqOG7r3m1tsIAtOtWn7w7oaDpomXLJq5VsAbx4emDdWCsR6sSoZvq3gHHwj0LoXGZUzKWQrR6JkPtivVDxb-sdN6wF_69S08U_aq0WHWo4XMmbIU>, National Book Award Finalist in 2005, will announce the Poetry Finalists.

  *   Sallie Tisdale<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp9rNMH0Fr5nT7bUpC69u0MVBmAWoMflj4BF41Egz9vicUrDdyf0FHslv9VWobcj7DzF2d1uqyCDQZ69L5fXUsERfvvzxVfHTBMsrOvFbq28G9HeZOOaH4kn3jZx_zeOJiWuNTELS8rXDc8fQ6VwJ1uF>, National Book Award Judge in 2010, will announce the Nonfiction Finalists.

  *   Charles Johnson<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp8_5id7NKnuXmVzpxHA5BDIQ3Svl9KRkgVpZjsY08yIxfbhdTu6Js9H6S8nX1CECB2K33K8RLihqxmMQVtNi-aldKi4rOKxWvvib3kjJ-AsuymmaHLoWKYE0WndO9I7PZtv0zHo50KaqlLBbDOeLpSDGIUUt-nBsgY=>, National Book Award Winner in 1990 and Judge in 1999 and 2009, will announce the Fiction Finalists.

Think Out Loud host David Miller will interview each of the four guests, as well as National Book Foundation Executive Director Harold Augenbraum, about their own National Book Award experiences.



For more information about the 2011 National Book Award Finalists Announcement, visit www.nationalbook.org<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp82eg5ojfxfnWCMrxcBy8v6y1IYigNE65T7Ew5lQNhb4eG2H63bD1fKMyHCSrAJHpB3qEuvfF2iFQ_e3UjDSqw4UuxR77EZfAE3wrQt0O4f_g==>.


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