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.
Reed Calls It Quits for Quills
by Staff
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.
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Some Changes in Store for Third Annual Quill Awards
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.
For the third annual Quill Book Awards, the public will only vote for the winner in the twentieth category: book of the year. Quills founder Gerry Byrne told the Associated Press yesterday that organizers wanted to streamline the process and "add to the credibility of those who are named winners."
The Quills will again be presented at a star-studded, televised ceremony in the fall—at Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on October 22—but the event will be shorter than in previous years. Last fall's ceremony, held at the American Museum of Natural History, lasted three hours. Some winners didn't attend, and many people left before it was over. This year, winners in every category except Book of the Year will be announced a month in advance.
The finalists in each category will be announced on June 2. Winners in the first nineteen categories will be announced on September 9.
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