James Patterson, who created the $100,000 PageTurner Awards earlier this year (Shelf Awareness,
July 1) to honor people and organizations that have gone to
"extraordinary lengths to spread the joy of books and reading," has
announced the first winners.
Dallas County Community Colleges won the $25,000 PageTurner School of the Year award for its citywide African American Read-In program that has provided books, book bags, bookmarks, readers and reading opportunities to more than 100,000 people.
Litquake, the annual San Francisco literary festival, won the $25,000 PageTurner of the Year award for reminding people that "reading is fun."
Other winners included the Denver Public Library for its Outreach Storytime time and several booksellers: Victor Iannone of Borders, Mary Gay Shipley of That Bookstore in Blytheville, Ark., and Nancy Quinn of the Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops in Milwaukee, Wis.
Quinn said that the awards "will surely help spread the love of reading. It is thrilling for me, and my fellow booksellers at Schwartz, to be recognized among the inaugural class of winners."
For a full list of winners, go to the organization's Web site.
Dallas County Community Colleges won the $25,000 PageTurner School of the Year award for its citywide African American Read-In program that has provided books, book bags, bookmarks, readers and reading opportunities to more than 100,000 people.
Litquake, the annual San Francisco literary festival, won the $25,000 PageTurner of the Year award for reminding people that "reading is fun."
Other winners included the Denver Public Library for its Outreach Storytime time and several booksellers: Victor Iannone of Borders, Mary Gay Shipley of That Bookstore in Blytheville, Ark., and Nancy Quinn of the Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops in Milwaukee, Wis.
Quinn said that the awards "will surely help spread the love of reading. It is thrilling for me, and my fellow booksellers at Schwartz, to be recognized among the inaugural class of winners."
For a full list of winners, go to the organization's Web site.