Friday, May 18, 2012

[News and Notes] Carnegie Medal for Excellence Award Finalists

The finalists for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence Award were announced Thursday. This is the first year for this award, given to "the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year." The shortlist of nominees are below.


Forgotten Waltz by Enright
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction finalists:

The Forgotten Waltz, by Anne Enright 

Lost Memory of Skin, by Russell Banks    

Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell 






The Information by Gleick
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction finalists:

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, by James Gleick 

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, by Manning Marable 


Visit the website to view a video of the announcement (presented by Nancy Pearl) and the full list of nominees.

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