[OPLINLIST] FW: Just Announced! First Finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals

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From: Don Wood [mailto:dwood at ala.org]
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Finalists announced for first Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction-co-sponsored by Booklist/RUSA


Watch selection committe chair Nancy Pearl announce the six finalists<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkwOTc/index.html> for the first annual Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

This is the first time the ALA has offered single-book awards for adult trade fiction and nonfiction. The awards are made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York and are co-sponsored by Booklist and RUSA.

The winning fiction title and nonfiction title will be announced at a special event at ALA Annual Conference on Sunday, June 24, in Anaheim, CA-get your ticket now<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkwOTg/index.html> if you will be attending the conference. The authors of the two winning titles will each receive a $5,000 cash prize, while the four remaining finalists will each receive $1,500.


Here are the 2012 finalists:

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction:

The Forgotten Waltz<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkwOTk/index.html>, by Anne Enright,
published by W. W. Norton & Company

Lost Memory of Skin<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDA/index.html>, by Russell Banks,
published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Swamplandia!<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDE/index.html>, by Karen Russell,
published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.


Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction:

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDI/index.html>, by Robert K. Massie, published by Random House, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDM/index.html>, by James Gleick, published by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMzY5MTczJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY2MDcwMzImbGk9MTE2NjkxMDQ/index.html>, by Manning Marable,
published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA)

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