Billy Collins, David Mitchell, Joan Didion Among Nominees for Second Annual Quills
by Staff
On August 22, at a Borders Books and Music store in New York City, NBC weatherman Al Roker announced the nominees for the second annual Quill Book Awards. The prizes, given in nineteen categories for adult and children's literature, are sponsored by NBC Universal Television Stations and Reed Business Information. The public will determine the winners by voting at the Quill Web site. The awards, which carry no cash value, will be handed out at a televised ceremony on October 10 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Some Changes in Store for Third Annual Quill Awards
by Staff
Heading into its third year of pomp and literary circumstance, the Quills Book Awards program is getting an overhaul by its organizers, NBC Universal and Reed Business Information. The awards program will still feature five finalists in nineteen categories—everything from poetry and fiction to biography/memoir and best debut author—but instead of the public voting for each winner, booksellers and librarians will decide who takes home a Quill.
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Reed Calls It Quits for Quills
Reed Business Information announced yesterday that it plans to suspend the Quills, the awards program it sponsored along with NBC Universal. The Quills, which were created in 2005, carried no cash value, relying instead on high-profile coverage and celebrities such as former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber, weatherman Al Roker, and actress Brooke Shields to honor the best in book publishing and promote literacy. The annual black-tie awards ceremony, held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, was televised on NBC.
"On behalf of Reed Business Information, we wish to thank our publishing colleagues, including the publishing houses, booksellers, librarians, and our sponsors for their support of the Quill Awards program," program director William McGorry told Publishers Weekly, which is published by Reed.
Last year the Quills were overhauled to eliminate the public voting that had been a part of the slection process for ninteen categories of finalists. (The public was still allowed to vote for the twentieth category, book of the year, won in 2007 by Nora Roberts for Angels Fall.)
The Quills Literacy Foundation, which was established to oversee the awards program, will donate its remaining funds to First Book and to Literacy Partners.
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