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PNBA Announces
2009 Pacific Northwest Book Awards
Eugene, Oregon - January 9, 2009 - The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association is proud to announce the winners of its 2009 Book Awards, which were selected by a committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The committee chose the following five books from nearly 200 nominees, all of which were written by Northwest authors and published in 2008. The committee also chose to give Alexandra Day a Lifetime Achievement Award. Guernica: A Novelby Dave Boling of Tacoma, Washington Bloomsbury 978-1-59691-563-3 Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867-1957John Laursen and the late Terry Toedtemeier of Portland, OR The Northwest Photography Archive & Oregon State University Press 978-0-87071-418-4 American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Iconby Steven Rinella of Anchorage, Alaska Spiegel & Grau 978-0-385-52168-0 William Stafford Memorial Poetry Award to:Selected Poems: 1970-2005by Floyd Skloot of Portland, OR Tupelo Press 978-1-932195-59-0 The Art of Racing in the Rain: a NovelGarth Stein of Seattle, WA Harper 978-0-06-153793-6 Lifetime Achievement Award to:Alexandra Day, author of the Good Dog, Carl series, et als, of Seattle, WA Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
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2009 Book Awards Party
PNBA is also excited to announce that we will celebrate these authors at an exclusive reception for PNBA members at the Heathman Hotel in Portland on the evening of Saturday, March 28, 2009.
PNBA will provide more information about this event in the coming weeks. Media interested in attending the event should contact the PNBA office.
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About Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
The PNBA is a non-profit trade association that supports independent bookselling, literacy and free
speech in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Each year since 1965, the Pacific Northwest Book Awards
have celebrated exceptional books written by Northwest authors.
The
Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List, a weekly list of the
bestselling books in the independent bookstores of our five-state
region, can be reprinted for free in any publication. For information
about the list, contact PNBA. See this week's list at www.pnba.org.
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About the Award-Winning Books
descriptions by the PNBA Book Awards Committee
Guernica by Dave Boling
In
a fictional epic based on the very real tragedy of an extraordinary
place devastated during the Spanish Civil War, debut novelist Dave
Boling has written the kind of rich, compelling and utterly
unforgettable novel all too rarely attempted and even more rarely
realized. Boling's remarkably researched book is
a humane and thoughtful narrative of genuinely good people in
impossible circumstances.
Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge 1867 - 1957
by John Laursen and Terry Toedtemeier
The writers/editors have selected some 130 images from dozens of photographers,
covering 90 years of natural and man-made history, and, in so doing,
have recreated an otherwise lost history of a truly awe-inspiring
wonder of the West. This book is a beautiful and breathtaking work of
research and rediscovery, to be appreciated and treasured by anyone
with an interest in photography, history and the majesty of landscape.
American Buffalo by Steven Rinella
Steven Rinella brings a contemporary sensibility and a breathtaking grasp of the history of the buffalo in America with him on the hunt of a lifetime. In the process, he redeems the tradition of great writing by American outdoorsmen. Few books of this or any year offer such an immediate and lasting connection with the reality of our long and often tragic interaction with the natural world.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
As a novelist, Garth Stein has already shown a remarkable talent and sensitivity. In this, his third novel, the author has set himself the almost impossible task of telling his story from the perspective of the one participant whose faith in the protagonist can never be doubted: his dog. In so doing, Stein has created, in Enzo, an aging and surprisingly wise mutt, who is perhaps the most memorable narrator of the year.
Selected Poems 1970 - 2005 by Floyd Skloot
In this selection from a long and accomplished career, the poet and memoirist Floyd Skloot has established his place as one of the nation's premier poets. Across a wide range of moods, Skloot offers us his deeply moving and--ultimately--celebratory enthusiasm for the common moment.
Alexandra Day: Lifetime Achievement Award
Alexandra Day, the nom de plume of author, illustrator and publisher Sandra Louis Woodward Darling, has achieved, in her lifetime, the rare status of being widely and rightly accepted as the creator of a series of now classic children's books. In the ongoing adventures of the very good dog, Carl, Day has quietly and delightfully entertained millions of children. In her books, Day has conjured, in a largely wordless, beautifully rendered world of bright colors and blissful days, the perfect fantasy of innocent exploration. In making such a perfect place for children to visit and revisit, Alexandra Day has contributed immeasurably to the pleasure of books for our youngest customers.
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| For more information, please contact Thom Chambliss at 541-683-4363 or visit www.pnba.org. |
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