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On a panel titled “An Historical Perspective - What Shapes A Country?” the authors used their books as the starting point in a discussion about the historical, cultural and social influences…

Neil Baldwin, former executive director of the National Book Foundation, talked his book The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold War, publi…

The National Book Foundation presented its annual awards for best book in each of the genres of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. The 2003 winners were: in the fic…

Author Neil Baldwin talked about his book, Edison: Inventing the Century, published by Hyperion. The book focused on the life of inventor Thomas Alva Edison and revealed how Edison raised do…

A medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters was bestowed on novelist Philip Roth. The master of ceremonies was comedian, actor, and writer Steve Martin. The chair of each genr…

A group of publishers gathered at the years National Book Foundation Summer Writing Camp for a panel discussion. Panelists discussed the publishing process from the perspective of their are…

A medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters was bestowed on Arthur Miller, writer of more than 40 plays, screenplays, novels, and collections of essays. The master of ceremoni…

Mr. Leamer talked about his book, The Kennedy Men, 1901-1963. Mr. Baldwin talked about his book, Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate. They both answered audience questions.

Comedian and actor Steve Martin hosted the National Book Awards dinner. Oprah Winfrey received a 50th Anniversary Gold Medal for her contribution to reading. Ms. Winfrey talked about her te…

Mr. Neil Baldwin talked about his book, Legends Of The Plumed Serpent: Biography of a Mexican God, published by Public Affairs. The book is a biography of Quetzalcoatl, the Mexican god, as v…

A panel consisting of independent book publishing executives discussed the future of the publishing industry, and what their place in the market might be.

Various authors and historians paid tribute to the recipients of the National Book Awards. They also discussed the importance of maintaining high quality non-fiction books even with the comp…

Executive Director of the National Book Foundation Neil Baldwin discussed newspapers and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

The National Book Foundation presented its annual National Book Awards in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. The awards have been given since 1950.

Calvin Trillin hosted a ceremony at which awards were presented in fiction, non-fiction, children’s and poetry categories at the 1996 National Book Awards. Victor Martinez won in children’s …