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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 that…

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, published…

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 fiction…

Mr. Baldwin discussed his book, Edison: Inventing the Century, published by Hyperion. The book focuses on the life of inventor Thomas Alva Edison and reveals how Edison raised doubts about…

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 genre panel…

Panelists discussed the publishing process from the perspective of their areas of expertise and experience. Meg Kearney, director of the Summer Writing Camp, moderated the event. A question…

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 ceremonies…

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.…

Host Steve Martin introduced the chairs of the various book juries, who in turn announced the National Book Award winners. The winners also spoke briefly. Oprah Winfrey, after being awarded the…

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

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…

Mr. 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.

Mr. Trillin hosted a ceremony at which awards were presented in fiction, non-fiction, children’s and poetry categories. Victor Martinez won in children’s literature; Hayden Carruth won in…