Among the nominations for the Grammy Awards, which will be held February 8, are some book-related ones.
In the Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) category:
Actors Anonymous by James Franco (Brilliance Audio)
A Call to Action by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America by John Waters (Macmillan Audio)
Diary of a Mad Diva by Joan Rivers (Penguin Audio)
A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren (Macmillan Audio)
We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song by Gloria Gaynor (Brilliance Audio)
In the children's album category:
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Malala Yousafzai), narrated by Neela Vaswani (Hachette Audio)
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Mary Costello's debut novel Academy Street won the Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year award, which was chosen by public vote from the list of category winners announced last week. The Board of the Irish Book Awards praised Academy Street as "a worthy winner," adding that her earlier story collection, The China Factory, "signaled the arrival of a major new Irish literary talent and her first novel has been lauded by illustrious luminaries such as J.M. Coetzee and Ron Rash, proof positive that Mary Costello is the real deal."
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Finalists have been announced for the inaugural a £2,000 ($3,115) Bookseller YA Book Prize. A team of 10 teen and industry judges will now decide the winning author, who will be honored March 19 during a ceremony at Foyles. The shortlisted titles are:
A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond
Salvage by Keren David
Say Her Name by James Dawson
Lobsters by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison
Half Bad by Sally Green
Finding a Voice by Kim Hood
Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill
Goose by Dawn O'Porter
Trouble by Non Pratt
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick