December 28, 2009 | Nebraska Library Commission — Awards for Promotion of Literature Presented — The Nebraska State Historical Society’s Nebraska History Museum was the site of the 2009 Nebraska Book Festival, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Humanities Council, Nebraska Library Commission and the Nebraska State Historical Society. The festive occasion featured an awards luncheon with readings by Nebraska Book Award winners, including Kristine Gerber, Design award for BVH Architects: Forty Years; Ron Hansen, Fiction award for Exiles; Stew Magnuson, Design Honor and Nonfiction award for The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder, and Keith Terry, Nonfiction Honor award for Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail. Read more...
October 9, 2009 | Nebraska Library Commission — Books Honored by Nebraska Center for the Book — The Nebraska Book Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB) and supported by the Nebraska Library Commission, recognizes and honors books that are written by Nebraska authors, published by Nebraska publishers, set in Nebraska, or concerning Nebraska. The winners of the 2009 Nebraska Book Awards (books published in 2008) will be presented at the Nebraska Center for the Book’s Annual Meeting and Nebraska Book Festival in Lincoln on November 14, 2009. Read more...