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43rd Annual Northern California Book Awards
Northern California's vibrant literary scene will celebrate Saturday, September 7, 2024, 2:00 pm, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, Civic Center, San Francisco, when the 43rd annual Northern California Book Awards will recognize published works of 2023 by Northern California authors and California translators, selected by the Northern California Book Reviewers, and presented by Poetry Flash and the San Francisco Public Library, with our community partners Mechanics' Institute Library and Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter. The event is free and open to the public.
Winning authors will accept their awards and briefly present remarks on their books. Nominated and honored books will be available for sale and signing. A reception will follow in the SFPL’s Latino/Hispanic Community Room.
The Fred Cody Award for Lifetime Achievement and Service is presented for lifetime achievement and distinguished service to the literary community. The NCBA Recognition Award is presented to a book or literary project that falls outside of NCBA categories. The NCBA Groundbreaker Award is presented to pioneering and innovative works. The California Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose honor works of translation by translators who live anywhere in California.
Northern California reviewers and editors, as well as members of Northern California Book Reviewers, select the awards. Membership is open to eligible Northern California reviewers and editors. All of the nominated books, the Recommended Reading List, will be acknowledged and celebrated at the ceremony. Jurors’ statements by Northern California Book Reviewers will be available in the event program and on the NCBA page at Poetryflash.org.
The complete list of honorees will be posted on www.poetryflash.org/programs/?p=ncba_2024.
The categories are: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Translation,
and Children’s Literature.
FRED CODY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT & SERVICE
Jane Hirshfield, poet, essayist, and “one of American poetry’s central spokespersons for the biosphere”
The Asking: New and Selected Poems, Knopf
NCBA GROUNDBREAKER AWARD
Transit Books
A nonprofit publisher of international and American literature committed to discovering and promoting enduring works that carry readers across borders and communities.
NCBA RECOGNITION AWARD
Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters, edited by David Kipen, Redwood Press
NOMINEES:
POETRY
Light and Clay: New and Selected Poems, Maxine Chernoff, Madhat Press
In the Cities of Sleep, Elizabeth C. Herron, Fernwood Press
Eggtooth, Jesse Nathan, Unbound Edition Press
The Disordered Alphabet, Cintia Santana, Four Way Books
Leviathan, Michael Shewmaker, Louisiana State University Press
Songbirds of the Nine Rivers, Joseph Zaccardi, Sixteen Rivers Press
FICTION
North Woods, Daniel Mason, Random House
The Dog of the North, Elizabeth McKenzie, Penguin Press
Wildflowers, stories, Beverly Parayno, PAWA Press/Philippine American Writers and Artists
Forget I Told You This, Hilary Zaid, University of Nebraska Press
Land of Milk and Honey, C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books
CREATIVE NONFICTION
What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World, Dorothy Lazard, Heyday
Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm, David Mas Masumoto, Artwork by Patricia Wakida, Red Hen Press
Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark, Sarafina El-Badry Nance, Dutton
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater, Peggy Orenstein, Harper
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins—From Spices to Vices, Noah Whiteman, Little, Brown Spark
GENERAL NONFICTION
Inflamed: Abandonment, Heroism, and Outrage in Wine Country's Deadliest Firestorm, Anne E. Belden, Paul Gullixson, Lauren A. Spates, Permuted Press
Immeasurable Outcomes: Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm, Gayle Greene, Johns Hopkins University Press
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival, Lisa M. Hamilton, Little, Brown and Company
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton & Company
Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People—And Olympic Gold, Ethan Scheiner, Pegasus Books
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