Publishers Lunch
The self-published STONE EDGE FARM
COOKBOOK, from the Sonoma, CA farm and vineyard of the same name, won the IACP's Cookbook of the Year
award, along with honors as best first book. The illustrated $60 book appears
to be available
for sale only directly through the farm. The cookbook
awards in approximately 20 categories included an award for best ecookbook,
presented to THE
JOURNEY, which is "the first edition in the Alta Editions Cooking
Series." With recipes from chefs Katy Sparks, Alex Raij, Maneet
Chauhan, Rita Sodi and Kathleen Squires, the series is actually presented as a
$1.99 a month subscription.
The separate digital media awards category
included honors for Food52, which shared the "best culinary website"
award with Saveur. Food52 received
backing from Bertelsmann in their 2013 funding round and is partnering with
Random House.
In other awards news, NoViolet Bulawayo's WE
NEED NEW NAMES won the PEN/Hemingway
Award for a first work of fiction. The book was one of our
Spring/Summer 2013 Buzz Books.
The International Board on Books for Young
People has announced the shortlists
for the two biennial Hans
Christian Andersen Awards, honoring "an author and
illustrator whose complete works have made lasting contributions to children's
literature." The winners will be named March 24 at the Bologna
Children's Book Fair.
The only nominated creator from the US
is Jacqueline Woodson, timely recognition in light of
Christopher Myers' front-page Sunday NYT op-ed
piece on "the apartheid of children's literature." The jury
notes that "Woodson often features African-American characters in her
books because she feels strongly that children need to see themselves reflected
in books. Each book she writes is a new experience, a way to learn
something new or engage with a different subject that matters to her."
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