Libraries@Random

February 2007

Random Reads Your Library Needs

In This Issue:

- ALA Midwinter 2007 and Random House Titles!

- National Jewish Book Award Winner

- Chance to Win an Autographed Copy of House of Meetings by Martin Amis

ALA Midwinter 2007 and Random House Titles!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by at ALA Midwinter in Seattle and to those who attended our Spring Preview. We always enjoy meeting with you and displaying our exciting new titles. Hopefully you saw some of the activity at our booth - most notably the Star Wars® characters in our booth during the Opening Night Reception!

Midwinter is also where we find out which of our titles have been honored with awards from ALA committees. We'd like to note a special title that won three separate awards: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell!

Winner of each of the following 2007 ALA Awards:

ALA Notable Books
Alex Awards
Best Books for Young Adults

Here are the 2007 Random House, Inc. winning titles:

ALA Notable Books 2007
The Notable Books Council of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of ALA, released its list of outstanding books for the general reader. The titles are selected for their significant contribution to the expansion of knowledge and for the pleasure they can provide to adult readers.

Nonfiction

Horne, Jed: Breach of Faith

Fiction

Khadra, Yasmina: The Attack
McCarthy, Cormac: The Road
Mitchell, David: Black Swan Green
Murakami, Haruki: Blind Willow

BCALA Literary Awards 2007
Sponsored by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association

Fiction winner

Golden, Marita: After

Nonfiction winner

Obama, Barack: The Audacity of Hope

Nonfiction Honor Books

Brown, Cupcake: A Piece of Cake
Washington, Harriet A.: Medical Apartheid

Outstanding Contribution of Publishing Citation

Battle, Thomas and Wells, Donna: Legacy: Treasures of Black History

Sophie Brody Award 2007
The award is funded by Arthur Brody and the Brodart Foundation, and is given to encourage, recognize and commend outstanding achievement in Jewish literature.

Sophie Brody Medal Honorable Mention

Zusak, Markus: The Book Thief

Stonewall Book Awards 2007
Sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table. For more information on this award, visit the Stonewall Book Award website.

Nonfiction Honor Book

Yoshino, Kenji: Covering

YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Awards:

Alex Awards 2007*
The YALSA committee selects ten adult books that will appeal to teen readers. The awards are co-sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist.

Mitchell, David: Black Swan Green

Best Books for Young Adults 2007*

Fiction

Mitchell, David:Black Swan Green
Lynch, Scott: Lies of Locke Lamora

Nonfiction

Hubner, John: Last Chance in Texas

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2007*

Alvarado, Melissa, Meng, Hope and Rannels, Melissa:
Sew Subversive

Universal Studios:
Monsters

Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2007*

Kibuishi, Kazu (editor): Flight Volume Three

*These listings include titles from the adult imprints of Random House, Inc. To view the complete lists of YALSA award-winning books including titles published by our Children's division, please visit the YALSA website.

National Jewish Book Award Winner

Wonderful news for Rabbi Joseph Telushkin! He has been awarded the 2006 Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award for A Code Of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1.

About the National Jewish Book Awards:
The National Jewish Book Awards is the longest running North American awards program of its kind in the field of Jewish literature and is recognized as the most prestigious. The awards, presented by category, are designed to give recognition to outstanding books, to stimulate writers to further literary creativity and to encourage the reading of worthwhile titles.

Chance to Win An Autographed Copy of House of Meetings by Martin Amis! "Amis has said that he's never been to Russia, but you'd never know that by reading House of Meetings, which stares into that country's soul deeply enough to convince anyone who's ever read its novels, at least . . . The grim story builds with a Dostoyevskian sense of doom and a Nabokovian dark wit, [about] a man who's done terrible things and is able to look at them philosophically—a perfect character for a fearless writer like Amis." —Keir Graff, Booklist, Starred Review A FREE autographed copy of House of Meetings could be yours when you answer the following question: From what publication is the following quote?: “Amis is a stone-solid genius . . . a dazzling star of wit and insight.” You can find the answer in the About this Book section at RandomHouse.com. E-mail us with your answer at library@randomhouse.com, subject “Contest – Amis" for your chance to win. Winners will be selected from all entries received by February 20, 2007. Please be sure to include your mailing address (sorry, no P.O. boxes). Offer open only to librarians in the U.S. and Canada. Congratulations to all of the winners who will recieve an autographed copy of Challenger Park by Stephen Harrigan!
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