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Saturday, January 19, 2008

In honor of the campaign season . . .

    The Florida Primary is Jan 29--ten days from now.   Results on the Republican side will be a big deal, while the national Democratic Party is not counting the primary because the date was moved ahead of their desired schedule.   Today, we debut our Florida Politics page, with an interview by Tom DeMarchi of Richard Grayson, fiction-writer-turned-write-in-candidate.  And I had the pleasure of reviewing Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans, in the process learning a lot about how Florida's political scene got the way it is.  People from elsewhere constantly ask me about our politics, where we can brag that we lead the nation in both drama and absurdity. 

            —Lynne Barrett

2:54 pm est 

Sunday, January 13, 2008

News that is no news to us

     The Seattle Times highlights Books and Books as one of the  “unique” US bookstores, saluting the Coral Gables, Miami Beach, Bal Harbor and (new) Grand Cayman stores for beauty, knowledge, great food, and the incredible lineup of author events —70 a month.  We think Florida independent bookstores are varied and full of local flavor—not to mention the ghost of Kerouac over at Haslam’s.  Take a look at our Bookstores page which is arranged more or less geographically.  In upcoming months we are going to have a Bookstore Corner to profile some of the diverse stores in the state: big, small, new, antiquarian, special interest, or fresh combinations. (Has anyone realized my dream of the bookstore/laundromat?) We’ll be happy to take some nominations or to hear from authors on tour about their experiences and recommendations. Write us at floridabookreview@gmail.com.

              —Lynne Barrett

10:33 am est 


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Winners of the 2010 Florida Book Awards

Children's Literature
Gold:  Jan Godown Annino, She Sang Promise: The story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader
Silver: Mary GrandPre and Jack Relutsky, Camille Saint-Saens's The Carnival of the Animals
Bronze: Henry Cole, A Nest for Celeste
Bronze: Brad Meltzer, Heroes for My Son
Bronze: Harvey E. Oyer III, The Last Egret: The Adventures of Charlie Pierce

Florida Nonfiction
Gold:  Margaret Ross Tolbert, AQUIFERious
Silver:  Julian M. Pleasants and Harry A. Kersey, Seminole Voices: Reflections on Their Changing Society
Bronze: Lu Vickers, Cypress Gardens, America's Tropical Wonderland
Bronze: Anna Lillios, Crossing the Creek
Bronze: Randy Wayne White and Carlene Fredericka Brennen, Randy Wayne White's Ultimate Tarpon Book
 
General Fiction
Gold:  Mark Mustian, The Gendarme
Silver:  Patricia Engel, Vida
Bronze:
T.M Shine, Nothing Happens Until It Happens to You
Mary Jane Ryals, Cookie and Me
 
Popular Fiction
Gold Medal:  William Culver Hall, The Trouble With Panthers
Silver Medal:  Randy Wayne White, Deep Shadow
Bronze Medal:
Joyce Elson Moore, The Tapestry Shop
Charles Martin, The Mountain Between Us
James Grippando, Money to Burn
 
Poetry
Gold:  Carol Frost, Honeycomb
Silver:  Lola Haskins, Still, the Mountain
Bronze:Kelle Groom, Five Kingdoms

Spanish Language Book
Gold Medal:  Jose Alvarez, Los Alamos del Parque
 
Young Adult Literature
Gold Medal:  Christina Diaz Gonzalez, The Red Umbrella
 
Visual Arts
Gold: Jason Steuber, Laura K. Nemmers, and Tracy Pfaff, Eds., Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at Twenty Years: The Collection Catalogue
Silver: Margaret Ross Tolbert, AQUIFERious
 
For more information on these and past winners, please visit the Florida Book Awards website.









































































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