Therefore, I don’t think of it as strange that the Country Bookshelf website should congratulate Mary Jane (our fearless owner) for being recognized tomorrow night (Saturday 18 April) at the Friends of the Library Cornerstone Celebration for her considerable contributions to literacy in our community.

More information can be found through these links:

Bozeman Public Library

Bozone

Bozeman Daily Chronicle (Well, there was a fantastic piece by Rachel Hergett in the This Week insert in today’s actually-printed-with-ink-and-paper newspaper, but I can’t seem to find the article anywhere online. So, go to the Chronicle site, but also, go out and buy a paper, and while you’re at it, look at the fantastic ads with cariacatures of the local personalities scheduled to be at the event.)

The National Book Critics Circle Awards were presented yesterday, March 12th in New York City.  The winners, for books published in 2008, are:

Fiction: 2666 by Roberto Bolano (in stock $30)

Non-fiction: The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (in stock $25)

Biography: The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French (in stock $30)

Autobiography: My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar (available to order $25.95)

Poetry: Sleeping It Off in Rapid City by August Kleinzhaler (tie) (available to order; hardcover $26; paperback available 3/31 for $16)

Poetry: Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (with CD) by Juan Felipe Herrera (tie) (available to order $24.95)

The National Book Foundation, who annually present the National Book Awards, has announced its 5 Under 35 authors.  According to their announcement,

These five writers, Matthew Eck, Keith Gessen, Sana Krasikov, Nam Le and Fiona Maazel, all under the age of 35, were selected by previous National Book Award authors who found the young writers’ debut work to be promising and exciting.

We now have bookmarks with this list, and several of the books are in stock.  All are available to order.

The authors, nominators, and book details are below:

For more information, please go to www.nationalbook.org.