November 16, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Nebraska Writer’s Novel Chosen for 2016 One Book One Nebraska Karen Gettert Shoemaker’s The Meaning of Names, a Nebraska-set novel with a World War I backdrop, is Nebraska’s reading choice for the 2016 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The Meaning of Names follows a German-American woman... Read more...
November 2, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Nebraska Authors to Speak at November 14 Celebration of Nebraska Books Presentations by winning Nebraska writers and book designers will highlight the Nebraska Center for the Book’s Celebration of Nebraska Books on November 14 at 1200 N Street, in downtown Lincoln. Presenters will include the following 2015 Nebraska Book Award Winners... Read more...
October 13, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Finalists for 2016 One Book One Nebraska Announced Two nonfiction books, one poetry collection, and three novels—all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great Plains—are the finalists for the 2016 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are... Read more...
October 7, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Book Award Winners to be Honored at November 14 Celebration of Nebraska Books An awards presentation ceremony will highlight the Nebraska Center for the Book’s Celebration of Nebraska Books on November 14 at the Nebraska Library Commission, 1200 N Street, The Atrium, in downtown Lincoln. Winners of the 2015 Nebraska Book Awards will be honored and the celebration will include readings by some of the winning authors, designers and illustrators. And the winners are: Read more...
September 22, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Young Readers Invited to Write to Favorite Authors Young readers in grades 4-12 are invited to write a personal letter to an author for the Letters about Literature (LAL) contest, a national reading and writing promotion program. The letter can be to any author (living or dead) from any genre—fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic—explaining how that author’s work changed the student’s view of the world. Read more...
June 9, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Simpson’s Sheep Won’t Go to Sleep! to Represent Nebraska at National Book Festival. The Nebraska Center for the Book selected Simpson’s Sheep Won’t Go to Sleep! by Bruce Arant (Peter Pauper Press, Inc., 2013) to represent Nebraska at the 2015 National Book Festival. The book is the state’s selection for the National Book Festival’s "Discover Great Places through Reading" map. Each state selects one book about the state, or by an author from the state, that is a good read for children or young adults. Read more...
June 1, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — 2016 One Book One Nebraska Book Suggestions Accepted until June 15 The Nebraska Center for the Book will consider books written by a Nebraska author (living or dead/with current or former residence in the state), or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. Books should have a broad appeal to readers across Nebraska and lend well to group book discussion. Books may be fiction, non-fiction, biography, memoir, or poetry. They must be in print and readily available. Read more...
May 5, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Nominate Books Now for the 2015 Nebraska Book Awards The 2015 Nebraska Book Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB) and Nebraska Library Commission, will recognize and honor books that are written by Nebraska authors, published by Nebraska publishers, set in Nebraska, or relate to Nebraska. Read more...
April 16, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Award for Promotion of Literature to be Presented at April 25 Nebraska Book Festival The Nebraska Center for the Book will present the Mildred Bennett Award to Nebraska Library Commission Director Rod Wagner. The award, to be presented at the April 25 Nebraska Book Festival, honors Wagner for his many years of service to Nebraska’s readers and writers. This award honors an individual who has made a significant contribution to fostering the literary tradition in Nebraska. The 2015 award is a framed photograph by Steve Ryan entitled, “Woodcliff Lakes, NE.05.” Read more...
April 1, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Young Nebraskans Win Writing Competition Young Nebraska writers will receive Letters about Literature award certificates from Gov. Pete Ricketts on April 8, 2015 at a proclamation-signing ceremony celebrating National Library Week, April 12-18, 2015. Letters about Literature is a national reading and writing promotion program. Nearly 50,000 adolescent and young readers nationwide in grades four through twelve participated in this year’s Letters about Literature program, hundreds of them from Nebraska. The competition encourages young people to read, be inspired, and write back to the author (living or dead) who had an impact on their lives. Read more...
March 24, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Book Festival Highlights Nebraska Authors The 2015 Nebraska Book Festival, April 25 at the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Weitz Community Engagement Center, will feature ten Nebraska authors. Public admission is free. Read more...