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This morning the national book foundation has announced the finalists for the 2017 national book awards in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young peoples literature selected from these lists of five finalists in each category, the winners will be named at the annual national book awards ceremony on november 15, 2017. The national book foundation announced this years national book awards wednesday night, which. Specsavers national book award for uk author of the year 2014. Monique truong on behalf of yoko tawada and margaret mitsutani accept the. Congratulations to adam kay this is going to hurt voted overall book of the year. The echo maker, the enigmatic novel by richard powers, won the national book award for fiction on wednesday night. Neal shusterman full speech 2015 national book awards ceremony wednesday, november 18, 2015, cipriani wall street, new york, ny.
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