![]() They plan to maintain and expand Vermont Book Shop's children's and YA book sections as well. The inspiration for the venture-named after Dayton's poodle-came from a feeling that the town "could use a really great place to shop for unique baby gifts and birthday presents, and cool stuff for kids' rooms," the booksellers said. On November 28 in Middlebury, Vermont Book Shop's owner Becky Dayton and sales/marketing manager Jenny Lyons will host a grand opening celebration for Ollie's Other Place, a new store focusing on selected children's books and gift books, along with coordinating merchandise. Looking at those shelves, he said, "I'm not the writer at all. "Let's try to make sure there's another generation of readers out there-and bookstores and libraries and healthy, flourishing publishers." DeLillo gave listeners a virtual tour of bookcases at his home that hold many old paperbacks that influenced him early in his life. ![]() FIRST BITE BABY FOOD REVIEW SERIALHe called himself "a serial donor" and urged others to donate. Patterson recalled the long road from his rough-and-tumble beginnings in Newburgh, N.Y., to becoming a bestselling author and perhaps the single-largest benefactor to booksellers, bookstores, libraries and literacy and education efforts. Also at the event, James Patterson was given the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, and Don DeLillo received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. At the depth of Brendan's illness, Shusterman recalled, his son said, "Dad, sometimes I feel I'm at the bottom of the ocean screaming at the top of my lungs and no one can hear me." Shusterman couldn't write the story for years, until Brendan was better, and called writing the book "a healing process for both of us." He added that he hopes Challenger Deep continues to help people and "remove the stigma of mental illness." At the end, in what may have been the most poignant moment of an evening of poignant moments, he called Brendan to the stage. Shusterman recalled the difficulties his son Brendan had as a teenager and how his story became the basis for Challenger Deep, the young people's winner. She cited the Mahābhārata, "the longest epic in the world," and finished her remarks by reading Pablo Neruda's poem "Keeping Quiet." You won't make me a part of it." Lewis noted that her winning poetry title "is my first book, which is why I'm blown away standing here." She thanked many people, including influential storytellers and poets from a range of cultures and eras. I do have the power to say you won't enroll me in this lie. Coates dedicated the nonfiction award to the subject of his book, Prince Jones, "a friend of mine at Howard University," who was killed 15 years ago by police because he was mistaken for a criminal. ![]() ![]() FIRST BITE BABY FOOD REVIEW FULLIn accepting the fiction award, Johnson seemed a bit shocked, saying, "I was having the most wonderful, calm, peaceful evening because I knew this is one thing that wouldn't happen." He thanked many people, particularly editor David Ebershoff, who is leaving Random House to devote himself full time to his writing. The winners of the 2015 National Book Awards, held last night in New York City, were: Fiction: Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson (Random House) Nonfiction: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau) Poetry: Voyage of the Sable Venus by Robin Coste Lewis (Knopf) Young People's Literature: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (HarperTeen) ![]()
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