BOOK AWARDS

Each year dozens of national, state, and local organizations evaluate and honor writers with literary prizes, recognizing outstanding work in a broad variety of categories for all ages and interests.  FOSEL brought you the highlights by selecting relevant, timely, and interesting awards and displaying the winning books in the Park window to the left of the Library entrance.  A new award was chosen every six to eight weeks.  All displayed books were available in the BPL collection, and could be borrowed through BPL TO GO www.bpl.org/news/bpl-to-go/.  Not currently possible with the library closed, FOSEL will revisit this program when the new building opens.

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IACP Cookbook Awards

The 2021 Winners

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The Bram Stoker Awards

Quintessential Horror

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The PEN/Bellwether Awards

For Socially Engaged Fiction

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The Lammy's

Created by LAMBDA Literary over 30 years ago, the Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.

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Nebula Awards

The Mystery Writers of America recognize the best mystery writing of the year.

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The Edgar Awards

The Mystery Writers of America recognize the best mystery writing of the year.

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The Massachusetts Book Awards

The Massachusetts Center for the Book recognizes significant works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s and young adults’ literature published by Commonwealth residents or about Massachusetts subjects.

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The YALSA Book Awards

New Book Award Winner Window Installation Showcases the 2020 Young Adults Library Services Association (YALSA) Awards

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The 2019 Lambda Awards

Newly Installed National Book Awards Window Showcases the 2019 Lambda Awards

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The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Awards

The August Book Awards Featured in the SE Library's Parkside Window Celebrate the 2019 Winners of the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Prizes for Children's Literature

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Nominations and Previous Winners of the U.K.'s Women's Prize

The New "Book Award Winners" Window Display Features 2019 Nominations and Previous Winners of the U.K.'s Women's Prize for Fiction, Formerly Known as the Orange Awards

2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards
2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Award Winning Books Display in the Library's Parkside Window Features the 2018 Edgar Awards Given by the Mystery Writers of America.

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The 2018 Massachusetts Book Awards

Award-winning Books by Massachusetts Authors on Display in a New Project Sponsored by FOSEL Featuring the Best Authors and Illustrators Selected by Different Organizations in a Range of Subjects