On Friday, May 6th from 7pm-9pm, the finalists in the Short Story, Historical Fiction, and History categories for the Colorado Book Awards will be reading at BookBar! Their books will also be available for purchase and signing.
The Colorado Book Awards is an annual program from Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book that celebrates the accomplishments of Colorado's outstanding authors, editors, illustrators and photographers. Awards are presented in at least ten categories including anthology/collection, biography, children's, creative nonfiction, fiction, history, nonfiction, pictorial, poetry and young adult.
Short Story Collection
Night in Erg Chebbi and Other Stories by Edward Hamlin (University of Iowa Press)
The Skull of Pancho Villa and Other Stories by Manuel Ramos (Arte Publico Press)
Historical Fiction
The Last Midwife by Sandra Dallas (St. Martin's Press)
And the Wind Whispered by Dan Jorgensen (Bygone Era Books)
The Shepherdess of Siena by Linda Lafferty (Lake Union Publishing)
History
Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bears: 100 Years of the National Park Service by Heather Hansen (Mountaineers Books)
Colorado: A Historical Atlas by Thomas J. Noel (University of Oklahoma Press)
Old Blue's Road by James Whiteside (University Press of Colorado)
Winners will be announced at the Colorado Book Awards celebration event on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at the Carriage House at the Governor’s Mansion, 400 8th Avenue, Denver, CO 80203. Tickets are available at www.coloradohumanities.org or by calling Colorado Humanities, 303.894.7951, x10.
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