And the Award Goes to..., Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update - 9/28

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Thomas Pynchon's Gravity’s Rainbow is One of the Six Finalists for “The Best of the National Book Awards for Fiction” 

The National Book Foundation is asking readers to vote for their favorite National Book Award-winning fiction book as part of their “Best of the National Book Awards for Fiction” campaign and Penguin author Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow is among the six titles selected by 140 NBA winners, finalists and judges. Voters can submit their pick by clicking here until October 21st and when you vote, your email address will be entered for a drawing to win two tickets to the 60th National Book Awards on November 18, 2009 and two nights in the Marriott Hotel Downtown. The winner will be announced at the National Book Awards on November 18th.

In addition, Harold Augenbram, the executive director of the National Book Awards will be leading a discussion of Gravity’s Rainbow at the Barnes & Noble on E. 86th Street on November 2nd.
 

Viking Authors Take Home Fiction and Nonfiction Prize at the Connecticut Book Awards

The Connecticut Book Awards 2009 took place this past Sunday and Viking authors took home the prizes for Best Fiction and Best Nonfiction.

• Thinking Beyond the Unthinkable: Harnessing Doom from the Cold War to the Age of Terror by Jonathan Stevenson won the Best Nonfiction award
• Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan won the Best Fiction award.

Penguin Young Readers Group children’s book author/illustrator Tomie dePaola delivered the keynote address. The Connecticut Book Awards is a tribute to Connecticut’s vigorous and varied literary community recognizes and honors books with specific ties to our state: the author, illustrator, or designer must be native-born or have been a legal resident of Connecticut for at least three years, or the book must have a Connecticut setting in order to be considered.

Explore the Songs for the Missing reading group guide.