National Book Foundation, Presenter of the National Book Awards

Our two lifetime achievement awards will be presented at the 75th National Book Awards Ceremony on November 20, 2024. Barbara Kingsolver, Pulitzer Prize winning author, will be recognized with the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL), presented by Sam Stoloff, President & Principal of the Frances Goldin Literary Agency. W. Paul Coates, publisher and founder of Black Classic Press, will receive the Foundation’s Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, presented by Walter Mosley, author and recipient of the 2020 DCAL Medal. Unfortunately, Ta-Nehisi Coates will be unable to join as a presenter due to a conflict with his book tour schedule. These honors recognize a lifetime of achievement in writing and serving readers, respectively. Please join us in celebrating Barbara Kingsolver, and W. Paul Coates! ??: Barbara Kingsolver | Evan Kafka; Sam Stoloff | Kirstin Boncher Photography ??: W. Paul Coates | The Washington Post; Walter Mosley | Marcia Wilson

Each year, the National Book Award Finalists for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works. The 2024 National Book Awards Finalist Reading will be hosted by Brittany Luse, an award-winning journalist, cultural critic, and host of It’s Been a Minute from NPR. We hope you can join us for this special, open-to-the-public event presented in partnership with the NYU Creative Writing Program. The event will be livestreamed for readers everywhere via the Foundation’s YouTube channel. For in-person tickets, visit: https://lnkd.in/eSXnhEEG

The National Book Foundation’s next chapter starts with you! ?? Did you know that monthly donors play an important role in helping us reach readers all year long? Your support helps us bring writers to readers all across the country, provide free, diverse books to children and families living in public housing communities, and ensure that books have a prominent place in our culture. Please consider becoming a monthly donor—it’s the most effective and sustainable way to support the National Book Foundation’s work year-round. To show our thanks, everyone that starts a monthly donation of $20/month or more between now and the 75th National Book Awards will receive a Team Book tote bag, while supplies last! Even better, your support goes twice as far thanks to a generous donor who is matching all new monthly donations! To learn more, and to become a monthly donor, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/e7z4vq-S?

Announcing the 2024 National Book Award Finalists for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature! Join us in congratulating all of the honored writers, translators, and publishing teams! https://lnkd.in/eb8wrfvx

The 25 Finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature will be announced next week with the New York Times. Winners will be announced live at the 75th National Book Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. To join the celebration virtually, register to watch the livestream at nationalbook.org/awards.

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the National Book Awards, we invited past National Book Award honored authors to reflect on our history—decade by decade. Visit our website to read all of the essays in the series, published online and in-print in collaboration with The Washington Post. https://lnkd.in/e6PHqKiz

The National Book Foundation is happy to share the 2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction with our exclusive announcement partner The New Yorker! Join us in congratulating everyone on the list! https://lnkd.in/eK7hb6a2

The National Book Foundation is excited to announce the 2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction with our exclusive announcement partner The New Yorker! Congratulations to everyone on the list! #NBAwards https://lnkd.in/eK7hb6a2

The National Book Foundation is pleased to share the 2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Poetry with our exclusive announcement partner The New Yorker! Congratulations to all of the poets on the list! #NBAwards https://lnkd.in/eK7hb6a2

The National Book Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Translated Literature with our exclusive announcement partner The New Yorker! Congratulations to all of the authors and translators on the list! #NBAwards https://lnkd.in/eK7hb6a2