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Celebrating 78 Years of Literary Excellence
| The Commonwealth Club is currently accepting submissions for the 78th annual California Book Awards, for books published in 2008. To submit your work for consideration click here. |
Since 1931, the California Book Awards have honored the exceptional literary merit of California writers and publishers. Each year a select jury considers hundreds of books in search of the very best in literary achievement. Eligible books must be written while the author is a resident of California, and they must be published during the year under consideration. Awards are presented in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, First Work of Fiction, Poetry, Californiana, Notable Contribution to Publishing, Juvenile Literature and Young Adult Literature.
Congratulations to the 77th annual California Book Award winners!
Poetry
Gold
Chinese Apples by W.S. Di Piero (Knopf)
Nonfiction
Gold
Ralph Ellison: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad (Knopf)
Silver
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford)
Fiction
Gold
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
Silver
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
First Fiction
Silver
Sons & Other Flammable Objects by Porochista Khakpour (Grove)
Californiana
Silver
Reinventing Los Angeles by Robert Gottlieb (MIT)
Young Adult
Silver
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Penguin)
Silver
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine (Henry Holt)
Juvenile
Silver
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal by Paul Fleischman (Henry Holt)
Contribution to Publishing
Silver
Impressions of the East by Deborah Rudolph (Heyday Books)
Special Recognition
Plaque
The Book of Psalms Translated by Robert Alter ()
The Commonwealth Club of California
Attn: The California Book Awards
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
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