The Book Awards Committee of the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association (the pro-indie bookstore professional organization behind this blog) announced the six 2014 PNBA Book Award winners today!
Over the next month, nwbooklovers.org will publish essays from the winning authors and local independent northwest stores will host the winners for celebrations. Committee comments for the winners (as well as printable recommendation shelf-talkers for bookstores) are available online.
Volunteer bookseller judges chose these books from more than 250 nominated books. Congratulations, authors!
Here are the 2014 Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association Book Award Winners:
Ruth Ozeki (Whaletown, British Columbia)
A Tale for the Time Being
Viking Books
Award Presentation: Jan. 29, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
Langdon Cook (Seattle, WA)
The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America
Ballantine Books
Award Presentation: Feb. 8, Elliott Bay Book Co., Seattle, WA
Jess Walter (Spokane, WA)
We Live in Water: Stories
Harper Perennial
Award Presentation: Feb. 13, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA
Robert Wrigley (Moscow, ID)
Anatomy of Melancholy and Other Poems
Penguin Books
Award Presentation: TBA, BookPeople of Moscow, Moscow, ID
Emily Winfield Martin (Portland, OR)
Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey
Random House
Award Presentation: TBD
Joe Sacco (Portland, OR)
The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme
W.W. Norton & Co.
Award Presentation: TBD