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The 2024 Celebration of Nebraska Books Set for October 12, 2024

This years Nebraska Celebration of Books festival has ended. Information on next year's festival to come.

This year's Book Awards Celebration will be a combined event with the Nebraska Book Festival, called "The Nebraska Celebration of Books." The event is free and open to the public, and will feature several Nebraska authors, and presentation of the Nebraska Center for the Book's Nebraska Book Awards, Mildred Bennett Award and Jane Geske Award.

The 2024 Nebraska Book Awards will honor authors and publishers of books with a Nebraska connection published in 2023.

The Jane Geske Award will be presented to honor an organization that exemplifies exceptional contributions to literacy, books, reading, libraries, or literature in Nebraska. The annual Jane Geske Award commemorates Geske's passion for books, and was established in recognition of her contributions to the well-being of the libraries of Nebraska. Jane Pope Geske was a founding member of the Nebraska Center for the Book, former director of the Nebraska Library Commission, and a long-time leader in Nebraska library and literary activities.

The Mildred Bennett Award recognizes an individual who made significant contributions to the fostering of the literary tradition in Nebraska. This annual award reminds us all of the literary and intellectual traditions that enrich our lives and mold our world.

This year marks the 20th year of the One Book One Nebraska program. We will be celebrating with an panel disscussion of several OBON authors and a memoir writing workshop facilitated by Larksong Writers Group to honor this year's book selection, Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime by Debora Harding. The announcement of the 2025 One Book One Nebraska book choice will conclude the festivities.

 

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The 2024 Nebraska Celebration of Books is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book and Nebraska Library Commission—with hospitality furnished by Friends of University of Nebraska Press and Humanities Nebraska supporting the One Book One Nebraska presentation. For more information contact Tessa Timperley, 402-471-3434 or 800-307-2665, or visit the Facebook pages of the Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Library Commission, and One Book One Nebraska.

 

 


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