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2006 PNBA Book Awards Announced
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association is proud to announce the winners of its 2006 Book Awards, which were selected by our Award Committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Committee chose the following six books published in 2005 to receive recognition for their excellence:
"Rogue River Journal: A Winter Alone," a memoir by John Daniel of Elmira, OR
Shoemaker and Hoard, an Imprint of Avalon Publishing Group, hard cover: 1593760515
"How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets: A Novel," by Garth Stein of Seattle, WA
Soho Press, distributed by Consortium, hardcover: 1569473900, paperback: 1569474230
"The Language of Baklava," a memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber of Portland, OR and Miami, FL, Random House, hardcover: 0375423044, paperback: 1400077761
"The Highest Tide: A Novel," by Jim Lynch of Olympia, WA
Bloomsbury, hc: 1582346054, pb: 1582346291
Children's Book Award
"Hotel Deep: Light Verse from Dark Water," by Kurt Cyrus of Eugene, OR
Harcourt, Inc., hc: 0152167714
William Stafford Memorial Poetry Award
"Approximately Paradise," by Floyd Skloot of Amity, OR Tupelo Press, distributed by Consortium, pb: 1932195254
Each year since 1965, the Pacific Northwest Book Awards have recognized exceptional books written by Northwest authors. This year, the PNBA Book Awards will be celebrated at a Banquet for the winning authors on Friday, March 17 at the PNBA's spring tradeshow at the Seattle Airport Hilton. Media interested in attending this 40th PNBA Awards Banquet should contact the PNBA office.
Thom Chambliss, Executive Director
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
317 West Broadway, Ste 214
Eugene, OR 97401-2890
T: 541-683-4363
F: 541-683-3910
E: thom@pnba.org
W: www.pnba.org
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