Update: The line item (7000-9508) to fund Massachusetts Center for the Book, funded at 50% of what we requested, has passed. We thank you for your enthusiastic support of the Center, and trust this is the beginning of the process of regularizing funding for our Commonwealth affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. More details to follow. |
Massachusetts Book Awards
Fiction: News from Heaven, Jennifer Haigh (Harper) You can download a listing of the award winners and must-reads HERE. More information to follow after the conclusion of the MLA Conference. |
Letters About Literature 2014The judges are reading the finalists' letters in Mass LAL 2014. Their decisions will be finalized on 10 April, and we shall begin contacting schools/individuals on 11 April. Great letters this year! Massachusetts was, once again, among the top three to four states writing this year. We won't be able to make announcements of awardees until May owing to the need to get permission releases, but we will do our best to keep you all up to date on the process with announcements here and at our Facebook page. |
The Biennial Celebration of Massachusetts Book Awards
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Massachusetts Book Awards 2013
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Letters About Literature 2013
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Massachusetts Book Awards 2012Fiction: Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington 11th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards Celebration |
Letters About Literature 2011
Access the event photos by clicking -- HERE--.
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10th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards Read more about it and get details on all the "Must Read" books HERE.
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National Book Festival 2010
Massachusetts authors were well represented, with M.T. Anderson, Jules Feiffer, Julia Glass, Allegra Goodman, Norton Juster, Anita Silvey, and E. O. Wilson participating. Read more about it and look for photos and web links soon! See Photos of the 2009 Festival.
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The Literary Map of Massachusetts |
Quote of Note:'When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equaliser. -- Keith Richards (Yes, THAT Keith Richards. Thanks to Nancy Anthony, Salem State College, for the alert.) Read more.
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What We Are Reading, City by City, in the United StatesCheck out this slide show at The Daily Beast. -- Go to Slide Show -- |
The award winners in the annual Massachusetts Book Awards were announced during the gala awards dinner at Massachusetts Library Association's annual conference, held this year at the DCU Center in Worcester. 
Massachusetts Letters About Literature, a program of the Massachusetts Center for the Book and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress received nearly 3,400 letters letters from students in Grades 4 through 12. We celebrated the award winners on Tuesday, May 14th, in the Gardner Auditorium at the Massachusetts State House. Updates to the website will be completed soon. 
We had a great day at the State House on May 3rd as students, teachers, librarians, parents, relatives, and supporters joined legislators in celebrating the Honors and Top Honors award winners in LAL 2011. Rep. Kate Hogan gave the leglislative welcome, M.T. Anderson was the featured speaker, the Library of Congress was represented, and we were able to announce a National Award for one of our Top Honors writers! Read the letters 
It was a terrific summer day in DC on Saturday, September 25, 2010, when well over 100,000 people gathered for the 10th annual National Book Festival, sponsored by the Library of Congress and co-hosted by President and Mrs Obama.
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