Book Awards Seek a Bigger Splash, Red Carpet and All

November 11, 2012

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The National Book Awards ceremony is getting the Oscars treatment, reports the New York Times. In addition to adding a red carpet, hiring a DJ and inviting celebs like, ahem, Molly Ringwald, the awards board appears to be making a push toward higher-profile nominees, noting, as per the report: “Fame or obscurity, small press or large, should have no bearing on your deliberations."

In addition, as per the Times' Leslie Kaufman, the finalists (Junot Díaz, Dave Eggers, Louise Erdrich, Ben Fountain and Kevin Powers) were announced on Morning Joe. —Brian Howard

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Source: New York Times

Companies Mentioned:

The Perseus Books Group

People Mentioned:

Molly Ringwald	Brooklyn D. J.	Darkside
David Steinberger	Morgan Entrekin	Louise Erdrich
Dave Eggers	Harold Augenbraum	Dan Stevens
Matthew Crawley on Downton Abbey	Fiona Shaw	Harry Potter
Waldorf-Astoria	Eleanor Roosevelt	John V. Lindsay
John Updike	Philip Roth	Paul Bogaards
Knopf Doubleday	Lynn Nesbit	Tom Wolfe
Gore Vidal	Robert Caro	Neko Case
Thomas Sayers Ellis	Anna Wintour	Candace Bushnell

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