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A s in past years, you can watch the national book awards invitational ceremony in a facebook live stream on wednesday november 15 from cipriani on wall street in new york city the stream can be found on facebook here and you can set a reminder there now if you like. Here are the 2019 national book awards winners and. The winners of the 2018 national book awards were announced at a ceremony in new york on wednesday night, with almost all of the prestigious literary prizes going to authors of color. National book awards 2018 national book foundation. George packer accepts the 20 national book award in nonfiction. Tune in for the biggest night in books, where well find out who will take home this years national book awards. General fiction for adult readers is a national book award category that has been continuous since 1950, with multiple awards for a few years beginning 1980. Finalists unveiled for this years national book awards npr. The awards were announced on 24 march 2015 and the ceremony was held on 3 may 2015.
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