October 2016

The book, a satire of race and class, marks the first time an American author has won the Man Booker Prize. Source: Paul Beatty’s ‘The Sellout’ is first US Booker Prize winner

The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, one of the world’s most influential musicians, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” in the words of the Swedish Academy. Source: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature – The New York Times

Vietnamese-American writer, whose Vietnam war novel also won the Pulitzer, awarded for ‘profound and startling’ debut Source: Viet Thanh Nguyen wins Dayton peace prize for The Sympathizer | Books | The Guardian

The finalists of the 2016 National Book Awards have been announced, and include Colson Whitehead, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Peter Gizzi. Winners will be named at a ceremony in New York City on November 16. Here, a list of the nominees and a look at PW’s complete coverage of their work, including reviews, interviews, and

The National Book Foundation has announced the Finalists for the 2016 National Book Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. The Winners will be announced on November 16 at the National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner. Source: National Book Foundation, Presenter of the National Book Awards, www.nationalbook.org