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On Saturday, January 24, Penguin Random House CEO and National Book Foundation board member Markus Dohle will be making #TimeToRead in support of National Readathon Day. From noon to 4pm, book lovers across the country will read and raise funds to support the Foundation’s education efforts.
What will you be reading?
Tag and share a selfie of yourself with a book to show your support for National Readathon Day. We’ll collect and share your photos on our feeds. And don’t forget to pledge to be a part of National Readathon Day! Visit nationalbook.org for details and some incredible fundraising incentives (like, tickets to the 2015 National Book Awards ceremony!).
-Jason Reynolds, 2017 Longlist Author
Harold Augenbraum directs the National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. He’s on Reddit right now answering questions about American Lit, Awards, and even Marcel Proust until 4:30pm EST
Bestselling author Neil Gaiman’s speech— in its entirety– on the lasting impact of Ursula K. Le Guin’s writing before presenting her with the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters November 19, 2014 at the 65th National Book Awards Ceremony.
Here’s a sneak peek of the video of Neil Gaiman presenting literary giant Ursula K. Le Guin with the National Book Foundation’s 2014 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Says Neil: “…reading Ursula opens up your head, it peels it, it changes…it."
Full video coming soon!
Frank Bidart, Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers)
Chen Chen, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, Ltd.)
Leslie Harrison, The Book of Endings (University of Akron Press)
Marie Howe, Magdalene: Poems (W. W. Norton & Company)
Laura Kasischke, Where Now: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press)
Layli Long Soldier, WHEREAS (Graywolf Press)
Shane McCrae, In the Language of My Captor (Wesleyan University Press)
Sherod Santos, Square Inch Hours (W. W. Norton & Company)
Danez Smith, Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems (Graywolf Press)
Looking for a good fall book to read? Check out our 2017 Finalist List at http://www.nationalbook.org/
Mashable, National Book Foundation, and Penguin Random House employees pose at the Mashable offices in New York City on January 24, National Readathon Day. That’s our executive director Harold Augenbraum sitting on the bottom step at left; assistant director Leslie Shipman on the right, third row from the top; and program manager Benjamin Samuel at the top of the pyramid.
This week, we were thrilled to announce the Longlists for the 2019 National Book Awards. These titles in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature represent some of the best writing of the year. The Finalists will be announced October 8, all in the lead up to the 70th National Book Awards on November 20.
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Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.
Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.
But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”
that’s a fantastic plan, honestly? i would 100% go sit at a bookshop, buy a glass of wine, and pick up the newest biography. 50/50 i’d decide to buy it after a couple chapters, and even if i don’t, that’s still money i spent at B&N!
They could host book clubs with food and drinks where one of the employees shares their experiences with a book of their choice and tries to convince the guests to buy it.
Barnes and noble realizing the only reason people go to brick and mortar stores is for the experience and access to an enjoyable physical space they can socialize in (sure isnt for the price) and capitalizing on that is a stroke of genius and a really refreshing approach to the dilemma of competing with online stores
