The invitation-only Awards Ceremony is the culminating event of National Book Awards Week. The celebration begins on November 12 with 5 Under 35, the Foundation’s seventh annual invitation-only celebration of emerging fiction writers selected by National Book Award Winners and Finalists. On November 13, the National Book Awards Teen Press Conference will take place at Brooklyn Public Central Library, with young-adult author Coe Booth as host, giving students the chance to play the role of reporters as they direct questions to the five Finalists for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. Also on November 13, the five winners of the Foundation’s fourth Innovations in Reading Prize will gather for a luncheon at The Ford Foundation. That evening, all Finalists will read from their nominated works at the National Book Award Finalists Reading at The New School. The Finalists Reading is open to the public; tickets are $10 and are available through The New School box office by calling 212-229-5488 or by emailing boxoffice@newschool.edu.
The Twenty National Book Award Finalists Revealed
The invitation-only Awards Ceremony is the culminating event of National Book Awards Week. The celebration begins on November 12 with 5 Under 35, the Foundation’s seventh annual invitation-only celebration of emerging fiction writers selected by National Book Award Winners and Finalists. On November 13, the National Book Awards Teen Press Conference will take place at Brooklyn Public Central Library, with young-adult author Coe Booth as host, giving students the chance to play the role of reporters as they direct questions to the five Finalists for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. Also on November 13, the five winners of the Foundation’s fourth Innovations in Reading Prize will gather for a luncheon at The Ford Foundation. That evening, all Finalists will read from their nominated works at the National Book Award Finalists Reading at The New School. The Finalists Reading is open to the public; tickets are $10 and are available through The New School box office by calling 212-229-5488 or by emailing boxoffice@newschool.edu.