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<\/span><\/span>Writers\u2019 League of Texas announces winners and finalists of its 2016 book awards, Discovery Prize winners<\/h1>\n

Honoring books published by texas authors in 2016<\/h1>\n

AUSTIN — The Writers\u2019 League of Texas has announced the winners and finalists<\/span> of the 2016 Writers\u2019 League of Texas Book Awards, recognizing outstanding books of 2016, written by Texas authors, in five categories. Here is the full list of 2016 honors.<\/p>\n

FICTION<\/h1>\n

Winner:<\/span>\u00a0 News of the World<\/span> by Paulette Jiles <\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: <\/span> The Last Painting of Sara de Vos<\/span> by Dominic Smith<\/span><\/p>\n

The Association of Small Bombs<\/span> by Karan Mahajan<\/span><\/p>\n

The Regional Office is Under Attack<\/span> by Manuel Gonzales<\/span><\/p>\n

Pull Me Under<\/span> by Kelly Luce<\/span><\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner:<\/span>\u00a0 The Tombstone Race<\/span> by Jos\u00e9 Skinner<\/span><\/p>\n

NONFICTION<\/h1>\n

Winner:<\/span> The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/span> The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War by H.W. Brands<\/p>\n

Who Killed These Girls? Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders by Beverly Lowry<\/p>\n

The Glamor of Strangeness: Artists and the Last Age of the Exotic by Jamie James<\/p>\n

Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story by John Bloom<\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner: <\/span> Amado Muro and Me: A Tale of Honesty and Deception by Robert L. Seltzer<\/p>\n

POETRY<\/h1>\n

Winner: <\/span> Hammer is the Prayer by Christian Wiman<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/span>\u00a0 Plenty by Corinne Lee<\/p>\n

Her, Infinite by Sawnie Morris<\/p>\n

Ultra-Cabin by Kimberly Lambright<\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner: <\/span> Take to the Highway: Arabesques for Travelers by Bryce Milligan<\/p>\n

PICTURE BOOK<\/h1>\n

Winner:<\/span>\u00a0 Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton<\/p>\n

Lucy by Randy Cecil<\/p>\n

Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus<\/p>\n

Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies by Carmen Oliver<\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner:<\/span>\u00a0 The Tale of Lucky the Dog by Lynn G. Abrams<\/p>\n

MIDDLE GRADE \/ YOUNG ADULT<\/h1>\n

Winner: <\/span> Somewhere Among by Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu<\/p>\n

Finalists: <\/span> A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry<\/p>\n

The Radiant Road by Katherine Catmull<\/p>\n

Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History by Karen Blumenthal<\/p>\n

Time Zero by Carolyn Cohagan<\/p>\n

Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt and Alison McGhee<\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Bloodline by Joe Jim\u00e9nez<\/p>\n

The Writers\u2019 League of Texas, a statewide nonprofit founded in 1981 and currently with more than 1300 members, launched its annual book awards, originally known as the Violet Crown Awards, in 1991.\u00a0 A few years later, the Teddy Children\u2019s Book Awards, honoring outstanding books for young readers, were established.\u00a0 In 2008, the two awards were renamed the Writers\u2019 League of Texas Book Awards and the Discovery Prize was added to each category in 2013. For more information, visit writersleague.org.<\/p>\n

(From organization\u2019s press release)<\/p>\n

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Texas Teen Book Festival announces 2017 lineup<\/h1>\n

Young Adult book festival will Feature award-winning authors Francisco X. Stork, E. Lockhart, Adam Silvera, and More<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span>AUSTIN \u2014 The Texas Teen Book Festival has announced its 2017 lineup,<\/span> featuring New York Times bestselling authors E. Lockhart, Francisco X. Stork, Adam Silvera, Stephanie Perkins, Zac Brewer, <\/span>and more. The 2017 Festival will take place on Saturday, October 7, at St. Edward\u2019s University in Austin. TTBF is in its ninth year and remains free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

“From high fantasy to high tech to high drama, TTBF’s Class of \u201917 offers a little something for everyone,\u201d says Meghan Goel,<\/span> TTBF Programming Director. \u201cWith thirty-eight featured authors, terrific programming partners like We Need Diverse Books, and a brand-new interactive space, this is shaping up to be our best Festival yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s slate will feature a wide array of notable and award-winning authors. Among others, New York Times<\/span> bestselling author Adam Silvera<\/span> will present his book They Both Die at the End, <\/span>and E. Lockhart<\/span> will discuss her latest psychological suspense novel, Genuine Fraud,<\/span> which tells the story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life.<\/p>\n

Francisco X. Stork,<\/span> author of Marcelo in the Real Word<\/span> and winner of the Schneider Family Book Award for Teens, will join the lineup to discuss his new fiction work, Disappeared.<\/span> TTBF will also showcase international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins<\/span> and her novel There\u2019s Someone Inside Your House,<\/span> as well as bestselling author of The Slayer Chronicles Zac Brewer<\/span> and his latest novel, Madness.<\/span><\/p>\n

YA-genre enthusiasts will be able to enjoy sessions and panels throughout the one-day Festival, including a panel presented by Fierce Reads, the Young Adult initiative launched by Macmillan Children\u2019s Publishing Group. The Fierce Reads panel will feature authors Mitali Perkins, Caleb Roehrig, Anna-Marie McLemore,<\/span> and Jennifer Mathieu.<\/span><\/p>\n

TTBF authors will join previously announced keynote speakers Mayim Bialik, <\/span>actress, neuroscientist, and author of Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular, <\/span>and Marie Lu,<\/span> author of the #1 New York Times<\/span> bestselling series The Young Elites and the blockbuster bestselling Legend series. At TTBF, Lu will present her latest work, Warcross. <\/span>Author Jason Reynolds<\/span> will be the closing keynote speaker. Reynolds will launch his narrative verse novel, Long Way Down,<\/span> at the 2017 Festival.<\/p>\n

The full lineup of authors and their featured books for the 2017 Texas Teen Book Festival is available on the organization\u2019s website, www.texasteenbookfestival.org<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

A program of the Texas Book Festival, the TTBF is presented in collaboration with BookPeople, a dedicated team of librarians, and venue sponsor St. Edward\u2019s University. The program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The 2016 TTBF boasted more than 4,000 attendees and an all-star lineup representing the best in literature for teens with more than 25 celebrated authors including New York Times<\/span> bestselling authors Sabaa Tahir, A.J. Hartley, Ally Carter, Leigh Bardugo,<\/span> and celebrity author, actress, and comedian Mindy Kaling.<\/span><\/p>\n

The one-day TTBF will take place on October 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at St. Edward\u2019s University, 3001 South Congress Avenue. TTBF remains free and open to the public thanks to generous donors, sponsors, and dozens of committed volunteers. For more information, please visit www.texasteenbookfestival.org and keep up with announcements at Facebook.com\/TexasTeenBookFestival, and on\u00a0 Twitter and Instagram @TXTeenBookFest.<\/p>\n

About the Texas Teen Book Festival<\/p>\n

The Texas Teen Book Festival is a one-day event that celebrates the teen reading experience by inviting fans to visit with some of the most popular and critically acclaimed young adult authors in the country. The Texas Teen Book Festival was born as the Austin Teen Book Festival in 2009, when librarian Heather Schubert partnered with BookPeople to organize a gathering at Westlake High School. Five hundred guests and sixteen authors attended the first year and the event grew every year thereafter. From 2011 to 2013, the Festival was sponsored by the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation, and in 2014, the Festival became a program of Texas Book Festival and was renamed the Texas Teen Book Festival. One of the largest gatherings of its kind anywhere, the annual TTBF takes place in the fall on the campus of St. Edward\u2019s University.<\/p>\n

(Information from organization\u2019s press release<\/span>)<\/p>\n

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Frisco library\u2019s 2nd annual Grow-a-Reader Workshop slated for August 12<\/h1>\n

Free day of training for parents and teachers of young children<\/h1>\n

FRISCO\u2014The Frisco Public Library\u2019s second annual Grow-a-Reader Day<\/span> will help participants learn how to plant the seeds of successful early literacy education. The event, on Sat., Aug. 12 from 9 am\u20135 pm offers participants the chance to earn up to six hours of Continuing Professional Education Credit (CPE) at no charge.<\/p>\n

A panel of experts will lead seminars on important subjects that today\u2019s parents and educators deal with daily:<\/p>\n