Recipients of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

Virginia Hamilton was an award-winning author of more than 35 books

Published

5 months ago

February 1, 2024

Recipients of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

Year	Name	Profession
2024	Christopher Curtis	Author
2023	Dr. Claudette McLinn	Founder/Executive Director, Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature & Retired District Librarian
2022	Nikki Grimes	Author
2021	Dorothy Guthrie	Founder/Curator, African American Museum of History and Culture at Loray Mill
2020	Mildred D. Taylor	Author
2019	Dr. Pauletta Bracy	Professor of Library Science and Director of the Office of University Accreditation at North Carolina Central University
2018	Eloise Greenfield	Author
2017	Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop	Professor Emerita at The Ohio State University
2016	Jerry Pinkney	Artist & Illustrator
2015	Deborah D. Taylor	Coordinator of School and Student Services, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
2014	Patricia & Fredrick McKissack	Children’s Authors
2013	Demetria Tucker	Family and youth services librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library, a branch of the Newport News (Va.) Public Library System
2012	Ashley Bryan	Storyteller, artist, author, poet, and musician
2011	Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith	Professor emerita at the University of South Florida, Tampa, School of Library and Information Science
2010	Walter Dean Myers	Author

Recipients of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

“The Kaiju Preservation Society” wins Japan’s Seiun Award

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4 weeks ago

June 5, 2024

Golden Libraries

Award-winning science fiction author, John Scalzi, has captured one more. It was announced today that his recent book, “The Kaiju Preservation Society” has won Japan’s prestigious Seiun Award.

On his website, Scalzi gives special thanks to the book’s translator, Masayuki Uchida. He said, “This must be considered as much Masayuki Uchida’s award as mine.”

This is the third time that Scalzi has won the Seiun Award. He also won for The Android’s Dream and Redshirts.

Scalzi, who now lives in Ohio, grew up in Southern California.

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2024 Pulitzer Prizes Announced

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2 months ago

May 6, 2024

Golden Libraries

The Pulitzer Prizes for 2024 were announced today. Of particular note to Golden Libraries were those prizes related to books including those listed below. In addition, the awards ceremony is shown at the bottom of this post.

Category	Title	Author
Fiction	“Night Watch”	Jayne Anne Phillips
Drama	“Primary Trust”	Eboni Booth
History	“No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era”	Jacqueline Jones
Biography	“King: A Life”	Jonathan Eig
Memoir or Autobiography	“Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice”	Cristina Rivera Garza
Poetry	“Tripas: Poems”	Brandon Som
General Nonfiction	“A Day in the Life of Abed Salaam: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy”	Nathan Thrall

AWARDS

California Young Reader Medal 2024 Winners Announced

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2 months ago

May 2, 2024

Golden Libraries

The California Young Reader Medal winners were announced in each category. In addition, resources have been provided for use with these books. Unlike other awards, students vote on the winners in each category.