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This year’s National Book Award winners were announced Wednesday night at a dinner in New York City. The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles, won the $10,000 National
Book Award for Nonfiction. The fiction prize went to Irish-born writer Colum McCann for Let the Great World Spin, a novel about New York in the 1970s. Keith Waldrop’s Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy took the poetry award and the award for Young People’s Literature went to Phillip Hoose for Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, the true story of an African American teenager who challenged segregation in 1950s Alabama.
The Finalists included:
Fiction
Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press)
Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (W.W. Norton & Co.)
Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite (Alfred A. Knopf)
Marcel Theroux, Far North (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Nonfiction
David M. Carroll, Following the Water: A Hydromancer’s Notebook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Sean B. Carroll, Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Greg Grandin, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City (Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt)
Adrienne Mayor, The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy (Princeton University Press)
Poetry
Rae Armantrout, Versed (Wesleyan University Press)
Ann Lauterbach, Or to Begin Again (Viking Penguin)
Carl Phillips, Speak Low (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Open Interval (University of Pittsburgh Press)
Young People’s Literature
Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith (Henry Holt)
David Small, Stitches (W.W. Norton & Co.)
Laini Taylor, Lips Touch: Three Times (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic)
Rita Williams-Garcia, Jumped (HarperTeen/HarperCollins)
All titles are available in LINKcat.
November 19th, 2009
Molly
November is National Adoption Month.
The library has many books that deal with a variety of aspects of adoption, from domestic to international adoptions to preparing your family and overcoming unforeseen challenges. Visit our National Adoption Month booklist for newer titles.
November 12th, 2009
Molly
It’s been an exciting week for us at the library with all the focus on the Central Library. But there are wonderful things going on in our branch libraries, too, particularly the South Madison Branch Library, currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2010. You can help us share the excitement during three special events this Saturday, November 14.
First, join the Foundation and the Friends of the South Madison Branch Library at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the 2009 publication of the book, Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education: John Ohliger and Contradictions in Modern Practice. Enjoy a light brunch and listen to South Madison Librarian, Chris Wagner (John Ohliger’s wife), read from and talk about the book. John Ohliger was a Madison educator, peace activist, public intellectual and co-founder of WORT Radio. He was a lover of libraries, especially the South Madison Branch Library.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase with proceeds benefiting the new South Madison Branch Library. RSVP IS REQUIRED BY November 12. RSVP to (608) 250-5758 or email cwagnerz@yahoo.com
Next, learn about the progress of the South Madison Branch Library capital campaign and how you can turn your ordinary purchases into donations for the South Madison Branch by participating in the Foundation’s SCRIP program. On-line demonstrations and registration on the SIMPLIFIED SCRIP website will be offered throughout the day. Prizes will also be available.
Finally, enjoy The Mystery of the Rabbit and the Hot Chocolate and Other Adventures at 1:30 p.m. at the UW Space Place (meet at the library and walk over). Families will enjoy learning songs and singing games in two languages with bilingual storyteller and singer Clare Norelle. There will be face painting with Nuria and light refreshments.
Find out more about the South Madison Branch Expansion on the library’s web site or sign up for periodic email updates.
November 11th, 2009
Tana
Wisconsin authors are teaming up with the Sequoya Branch Library and the Madison Public Library Foundation for a series of events to help you learn more about the Madison Community Foundation’s 2009 Library Endowment Matching Challenge Grant program. Meet some of your favorite local authors and hear about their latest works at these presentations held at the Sequoya Branch Library.
On Saturday, November 14 at 2:00 p.m., join Agate Nesaule for “Healing the Trauma of War and Exile”. Nesaule is a retired professor of Women’s Studies and American Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She is the author of the award-winning autobiographical novel A Woman in Amber: Healing the Trauma of War and Exile. Nesaule will speak about her new novel, In Love With Jerzy Kosinski.
View the full schedule of author appearances as an Adobe PDF.
November 10th, 2009
Alicia
Celebrate the 9th Annual NIH American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month. The purpose of this month is to honor and recognize the original peoples of this land. Wisconsin’s history is rich and several American Indian areas of significance are located here. Featured historic properties in Wisconsin for American Indian Heritage Month 2009 include:
- Black Hawk Powwow Grounds, Jackson County, WI The powwow grounds, in Jackson County, Wisconsin, have been used as a ceremonial and social event center, as well as a dance-ring or powwow ground, since at least the late 1800’s and possibly well before.
- McCord Village, northern Wisconsin
Settled around 1890-1900 by Potawatomi, Ojibwe and related American Indians, the population of McCord was composed of inter-tribal marriages and offspring of Midewiwin and Big Drum societies from the Potawatomi and Ojibwe nations, and also some medicine people from the HoChunk and Menominee Nations.
- Saint Joseph of the Lake Church and Cemetery, Menominee, WI
Community center for the South Branch Menominee and a place for the preservation and continuation of their traditional life-ways.
For reading lists of American Indian fiction, American Indian videos, books about Native Peoples of Wisconsin, books by American Indian authors and illustrators, as well as selected internet resources, please refer to our American Indian Heritage Month web page.
November 5th, 2009
Molly
A picture is worth a thousand words, and what wonderful stories those pictures tell! On Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 p.m., join Ginny Moore Kruse, Director Emeritus of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of UW-Madison (CCBC) in the James Watrous Gallery of the Overture Center for the Arts for a discussion of The Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration, on display now through December 6th. The exhibit features the works of several of Wisconsin’s most accomplished illustrators of children’s books, including Lois Ehlert, Kevin Henkes, and Ellen Raskin. Bring the family and pick out your favorite art, then stop in the Central Library to check out some picture books (we’re open 1 - 5 p.m. on Sundays). Also on the 8th, stop by the Madison Children’s Museum for a diorama workshop from 1 - 3 p.m. Registration is required; contact McKenzie Glynn at mglynn@madisonchildrensmuseum.org or call 256-6445 ext. 18.
Save the date for an evening with Kathleen Horning, Director of the CCBC. On Thursday, November 19, 7 p.m. at the Sequoya Library, join us for a presentation about picture book illustration with slides of art from recently published picture books. Horning is the author of From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books, a look at some of the best in children’s literature and a guide to selecting and suggesting books for young children. School Library Journal deems her “one of the most influential librarians you’ll ever meet - and one of the kindest.” She has served on the Newbery Award Committee, the Coretta Scott King Award Committee, and many more, and worked at the Madison Public Library as a children’s librarian for a number of years. Horning recently wrote an article on Wisconsin picture book illustrators for the Fall 2009 issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas Magazine.
Although Horning’s presentation is intended for adults, interested children ages 10 and up are welcome to join us. Register online or call 266-6385. This event is made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Madison Community Foundation to the Sequoya Library to develop the Art of the Picture Book Collection.
November 4th, 2009
Alicia
Wisconsin authors are teaming up with the Sequoya Branch Library and the Madison Public Library Foundation for a series of events to help you learn more about the Madison Community Foundation’s 2009 Library Endowment Matching Challenge Grant program. Meet some of your favorite local authors and hear about their latest works at these presentations held at the Sequoya Branch Library.
On Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m., join Terese Allen for “Flavors of Wisconsin”. Allen writes about the pleasures and benefits of regional foods, sustainable cooking, and culinary folklore. She is food editor for Organic Valley Family of Farms, the country’s largest organic farmers’ cooperative, and pens the “Local Flavor” column for Madison’s Isthmus newspaper. The author of seven books, Allen will discuss her most recent book, an updated, expanded edition of The Flavor of Wisconsin: A History of Food in the Badger State, co-authored by Harva Hachten.
View the full schedule of author appearances as an Adobe PDF.
November 2nd, 2009
Alicia
Tales from Planet Earth (TfPE) showcases environmental films from around the world in a three-day festival and several other community engagement events in Madison, November 6-8, 2009. This free festival of environmental film takes place primarily around downtown at MMoCA and First United Methodist Church, and on campus at Memorial Union, and the UW Cinematheque.
The theme for this year’s festival is Justice and the films are organized through four primary strands: Landscapes of Labor, Precious Resources, Strange Weather and In the Company of Animals. All events are free to the public. The complete schedule and map of theaters is available on the festival website.
Some films previously featured at the festival include Everything’s Cool, Flock of Dodos, MicroCosmos, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and The Return of Navajo Boy, all available at the library.
If you are looking for more environmental resources, visit Greening Our World, a list of library materials that focus on earth friendly living.
November 2nd, 2009
Molly
Send in your submissions today to the Wisconsin People & Ideas/ Wisconsin Book Festival 2010 poetry and short story contests and prepare to be showered with fame, fortune, and glory!
Anyone can submit a short story or batch of three poems—anyone! Both the poetry and short story contests are open to all Wisconsin residents, including students, and submissions for the 2010 contests will be accepted until December 15, 2009, at 5:00 pm. Prizes include up to $500 cash, publication in Wisconsin People & Ideas, a one-week stay at Edenfred (the creative arts residency of the Terry Family Foundation in Madison), and more.
The top three winners in both the poetry and short story contest are also invited to read their work at the Wisconsin Book Festival in 2010. Visit the contest web page for complete contest rules and submission guidelines. The Wisconsin People & Ideas/ Wisconsin Book Festival 2010 poetry and short story contests are supported by the Wisconsin Humanities Council, Wisconsin Public Television, Abella Studios, and Avol’s Bookstore.
Madison Public Library is a supporting donor organization for the Wisconsin Book Festival.
October 29th, 2009
Molly
It was a “bloody” good time at two Twilight-themed costume parties celebrating the upcoming November release of the “New Moon” movie. Teens joined other vampire fans for movie clips, trivia, food, and more. Winner sof “Best Costume” took home 4 tickets for the upcoming release of “New Moon,” and the “Twilight Trivia Stars” received a full set of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight books!
Funding for Twilight costume parties was provided by the Friends of the Meadowridge Branch Library and the Friends of the Pinney Branch Library.
Tonight, Friday, October 23 at 7:00 p.m., young writers are invited to bring their poetry to the Alicia Ashman Library for an evening of reading, writing, and fun at a “Bad Poetry Nite.” Register online or call 824-1780 to reserve a spot onstage.
Teen Read Week is a national literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association. Teen Read Week will be celebrated at thousands of public and school libraries, classrooms, and bookstores across the country. Although teens realize the importance of reading, they have a huge menu of activities to choose from when deciding how to spend their free time, and reading often gets lost in the shuffle. Teen Read Week serves as a weeklong reminder to teens that reading for pleasure is fun, free, and can be done anywhere.
October 23rd, 2009
Tana
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