November 24, 2010
The booksellers of the Northwest offer their sincere congratulations to the authors of these Shortlist books, which were chosen by a committee of hard-reading indie booksellers. Ask for these books at your local store.
PNBA’s Award Committee is comprised of nine volunteer booksellers from our member stores in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Committee members considered more than 200 nominated titles published during 2010 for a 2011 award. The winners, a maximum of six books, will be determined by the committee in late December. We’ll announce them in January.
Since 1965, our annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, Ursula LeGuin, David James Duncan, David Guterson, Jon Krakauer, Chuck Palahniuk and Sherman Alexie. A history of past winners of the Pacific Northwest Book Award is available here.
