Northern California Book AwardsStarting in 1981, the awards honor the work of Northern California authors in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation, and children’s Literature. “This is a very heartfelt, volunteer effort to celebrate the best of Northern California writing and publishing,” says Joyce Jenkins, director of Poetry Flash and chairwoman of the Northern California Book Reviewers Association, which organizes the event. “We also seek to recognize t The 2009 awards are sponsored by the Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash , the San Francisco Public Library, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, The Center for the Art of Translation, PEN West and Mechanics’ Institute Library. Northern California Book Awards 2010 (for 2009 books) Winners of the 29th annual Northern California Book Awards — given for the best 2009 books by California writers and editors, and for lifetime achievement — were announced Sunday in a program at the San Francisco Public Library.
The fiction winner was Catherine Brady for "The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories  ," her third collection of stories, set mostly in and around San Francisco.Tamin Ansary won the general nonfiction prize for a sweeping history of the world from the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the present, "Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes  ." Dave Eggers received the creative nonfiction award for "Zeitoun  ," about the experiences of a Syrian-born contractor in New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina. D.A. Powell won for "Chronic: Poems ," his fourth poetry volume about living with HIV.Nina LaCour was honored for her young-adult novel "Hold Still  ," about the feelings and experiences of a young woman who loses her best friend to suicide. And Camille T. Dungy won special recognition for editing the anthology "Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry ." Receiving the Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement was Nancy J. Peters, co-owner and former publisher of City Lights Booksellers and Publishers in San Francisco's North Beach. source: Silicon Valley Mercury News.com 2009 Awards | Fiction | Poetry | General Nonfiction | Creative Nonfiction | Translation | Children's Literature 2009 Winners for book Published in 2008- April 19, 2009 (Winners and finalists cover art slideshow. Click on cover for more information from Amazon's data-base)
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2009 Northern California Book Award Commentary Award Tragic BlogFiction2009 NCBA Winner- The Delivery Room: A Novel Finalists Lady Lazarus Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein No One You Know Poetry2009 NCBA Winnerthe true keeps calm biding its story Lucky Break The Date Fruit Elegies Inverse Sky (Kuhl House Poets) Sleeping It Off in Rapid City: Poems, New and Selected |
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2009 NCBA Winner A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts Finalists Steinbeck's Ghost Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book Facts of Life: Stories The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island |
2009 NCBA Winner Senselessness Odes and Elegies (Wesleyan Poetry) State of Exile (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) (Spanish Edition) Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World (Scala Translation) |
Special Recognition Award Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to In Search of Lost Time |
Fred Cody Award For Lifetime Achievement Community & Literature Novelist, publisher, and playwright Dorothy Bryant 2009 NCBA Winner |
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