November 15, 2021 | The NCB News - 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 Nebraska Letters About Literature (LAL) contest, a state 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 authors work changed the student's view of the world... Read more...
October 25, 2021 | The NCB News - Bones of Paradise Chosen as 2022 One Book One Nebraska, People across Nebraska are encouraged to read the work of a Nebraskan -and then talk about it with their friends and neighbors. The Bones of Paradise: A Novel (William Morrow, 2016) by Jonis Agee is the 2022 One Book One Nebraska selection... Read more...
October 6, 2021 | The NCB News - Shortlist for 2022 One Book One Nebraska, What book will all Nebraskans be encouraged to read in 2022? We will all find out on October 23rd... Read more...
September 15, 2021 | The NCB News - Celebrate Nebraska's 2021 Book Award Winners, Celebrate Nebraska's 2021 Book Award winners with author readings and an awards presentation ceremony at the Nebraska Center for the Book's Celebration of Nebraska Books. Held at the Nebraska History Museum on October 23rd, winners of the 2021 Nebraska Book Awards will be honored and the celebratino will include readings by some of the winning authors, designers and illustrators of books with a Nebraska connection published in 2020... Read more...
September 3, 2021 | The NCB News - Your Bridge to History by Portia and Preston Love, Jr. to Represent Nebraska at National Book Festival, A children's picture book that encourages children to know their history will represent Nebraska at the 2021 National Book Festival... Read more...
May 4, 2021 | The NCB News - Young Nebraskans Win Writing Competition, Nebraska students competed for the twenty-second year in the annual Letters About Literature competition. They wrote to tell an author about how books can make a difference in a young person's life... Read more...
March 17, 2021 | The NCB News - 2021 Nebraska Book Award Submissions Sought, Celebrate Nebraska's rich literary tradition with the Nebraska Book Awards. The Nebraska Book Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Boo (NCB), recognizes and honors books that are written by Nebraska authors, published by Nebraska publishers, set in Nebraska, or concerning Nebraska... Read more...