October 19, 2024
Right to Read Rally
PEN America reported MCB’s participation in the Right to Read Rally at the Boston Public Library, Oct 19th.
October 17, 2024
The 2024 Massachusetts Book Awards ceremony at the State House
Publishers Weekly’s In Brief column featured a “book-tastic” photo taken at the October 8th celebration.
September 4, 2024
The 24th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards are announced
See the press release here.
See The Boston Globe’s New England Literary News here.
U Mass Amherst announced Peter Gizzi’s Poetry Award and Crystal Maldonado’s Award in the Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature category.
Emerson College announced Professor Kimberly McLarin’s Honor in Nonfiction.
Salem News published the 2024 Mass Book Awards announcement.
Amherst Bulletin announced the six Valley writers named in the awards.
July 9, 2024
Mass Center for the Book celebrates 25th Massachusetts Book Awards cycle with launch of two new categories
See the press release here.
Publishers Weekly spreads the word about the expanded book award categories.
See the announcement in The Boston Globe’s New England Literary column here.
May 29, 2024
The 2024 Letters About Literature honorees were celebrated at a May 21 State House ceremony
See the press release here.
A Northampton student traveled to the State House to be honored. See The Reminder article.
Two Beacon Hill students were honored at the State House ceremony. See the article here.
Second place 7th grader from Wilbraham read his letter at the ceremony. Read more here.
May 14, 2024
Mass Center for the Book announces the 2024 Massachusetts Book Awards longlists
See the press release here.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette highlighted the Pioneer Valley authors named in the longlists here.
The Somerville Times reported about four Somerville authors among the longlists.
The Salem News announced two North Shore writers named to the poetry longlist.
Beacon Hill Times announces the inclusion of a local author on the 2024 fiction longlist.
April 29, 2024
MCB’s Mass Kids Lit Fest to debut in the Pioneer Valley during Children’s Book Week, May 6-12
Read the Daily Hampshire Gazette coverage.
See The Boston Globe announcement.
Amherst Bulletin announced the Mass Kids Lit Fest.
Publishers Weekly made note of the inaugural Mass Kids Lit Fest.
April 11, 2024
Mass Center for the Book partners with Tufts Library in Weymouth to present a graphic novel author event
See The Boston Globe notice here.
March 8, 2024
Northeastern University’s global campuses partner with Mass Center for the Book on the 2024 Reading Challenge
See the story here.
October 2, 2023
The 24th Annual Letters About Literature program for Massachusetts students is launched
See the announcement in The Boston Globe’s New England Literary News.
September 2023
2023 Massachusetts Book Awards Announced
See press release here.
See The Boston Globe’s New England Literary News.
Pioneer Valley awardees noted in the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
Cape Cod Times report on Cape & Islands honorees.
2023 honorees from J. P. reported in the Jamaica Plain Gazette.
August 2, 2023
Massachusetts Center for the Book at Thoreau Birthplace with Author Ben Shattuck
Ben Shattuck leads a nature walk and reading of Six Walks, his 2023 Must-Read and Massachusetts selection for Great Reads from Great Places at the 2023 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Read more here.
June 2023
Mass Center for the Book Celebrates 2023 Letters About Literature Student Honorees
The virtual ceremony honored 15 students from across the commonwealth. See press release.
See The Boston Globe’s New England Literary News here.
The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners reported about the program here.
A Jamaica Plain student was honored at the ceremony. Read more here.
A Methuen High School student was honored in Level 3 of the program. Details here.
Two Marblehead students were Letters About Literature honorees. See press.
A Canton student, an eighth grader at Montrose School, was honored in Level 2. Read more here.
May 15, 2023
Massachusetts Center for the Book Announces New Executive Director
Dr. Courtney Andree joins MCB on May 15. Read more here.
May 2023
2023 Massachusetts Book Awards “Must Reads” Announced
The long-listed titles were announced at the 2023 conference of the Massachusetts Library Association. See press release.
The Pioneer Valley is well-represented in the Must Reads. Read more here.
The work of North Shore authors and an illustrator are among the long-listed titles. See press.
Jamaica Plain writers are named in the 2023 Must Reads. Read more here and here.
A Cape Cod poet’s collection is long-listed. See press.
January 2023
Mass Center for the Book celebrated Three Years of Massachusetts Book Awards at the State House on January 18, 2023
Enzo Silon Surin was honored for the 2021 Award in Poetry. Read more here.
The 2022 Award in the Picture Book category was presented to Illustrator Ekua Holmes. Read more here.
Andrew Krivak received the 2021 Fiction Award, while Buki Papillon received 2022 Honors in Fiction. See press.
The 2021 Award in Nonfiction was presented to Jerald Walker. Details here.
Lynda Mulally Hunt received the 2020 Mass Book Award in the Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature category. Read more here.
J. Albert Mann received 2021 Honors in the Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature category. More here.
Ethan Murrow and Vita Murrow were presented 2021 Honors in the Picture Book category. Read more here.