The Quill Award is new book award program that pairs a populist sensibility with Hollywood-style glitz to bestow the first literary prizes reflecting the tastes of the people who matter most--readers. The Quills celebrates the best books of the year in nineteen popular categories, ranging from romance to biography to graphic novels and beyond.
The Quills, an initiative launched with the support of Reed Business Information, is designed to be an industry qualified "Readers Choice" awards program for books, honoring the current titles readers deem most entertaining and enlightening. Rachel Kamin and I learned about this exciting new program when we went to the Book Expo convention in NY, and I think all book-lovers should participate and encourage others to do so. The winners will be announced on October 11 at a black-tie gala in NY, and the awards show will be aired on NBC on Saturday October 22, bringing a glamorous evening of books and authors to the public. Watch it with your family! Tell your friends and patrons! Vote for your favorite books at www.quillsvote.com by the deadline: September 15, or vote at kiosks in some Borders book stores. For more info, see http://www.quillsliteracy.org/. Heidi Estrin Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, Chair Association of Jewish Libraries c/o Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel 2200 Yamato Road Boca Raton, FL 33431 (561) 241-8118 ext. 206 Fax (561) 241-1701 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
