The Latina Book Club congratulates ALL the Winners
and Finalists of the 2015 International Latino Book Awards. The Awards are produced
annually by Latino Literacy Now, and were presented on Saturday, June 27th,
at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel during this year’s American Library
Association's Annual Conference.
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| 2015 ILBA Winners, Finalists and Presenters |
I was happy to be part of the Las Comadres Para Las
Americas Team that helped present the awards, and especially proud to be able
to present the Best Young Adult eBook Award to my friend author Dania Ramos for
WHO’S JU? (Northampton House Press).
It was a spectacular evening, complete with a special salute to past award winning author Juan Felipe Herrera, who was named U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. He is the first Latino to hold this honored position in 78 years.
It was a spectacular evening, complete with a special salute to past award winning author Juan Felipe Herrera, who was named U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. He is the first Latino to hold this honored position in 78 years.
Other notable winners included:
TUESDAY TUCKS ME IN by Luis Carlos Montalvan
(Roaring Book Press) which also won three awards including Best Inspirational
Book. (The author bought his service dog Tuesday to the awards.)
!A ESTUDIAR CARAJO! by Ana Maria Gonzalez
(Editorial Santuarco) won for Best Latino Focused Fiction Books – Spanish.
THE CITY OF PALACES by Michael Nava (Terrace Books)
won for Best Latino Focused Fiction Books – English.
LETTER FROM HEAVEN/ CARTAS DEL CIELO by Lydia Gil
(Arte Publico Press) won for Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book.
RIPPER by Isabel Allende (HarperCollins) won for
Best Novel – Mystery.
For the full list of the winners, click here.
For more information about Latino Literacy Now,
visit them at www.LBFF.us. Note, that the application for the 2016
awards is available now. (Good luck!)
For more information about Las Comadres Para Las
Americas, visit them at www.lascomadres.com
and www.latinolit.com.
For more book reviews and author interviews, continue
to visit The Latina Book Club weekly at www.latinabookclub.com.
Again, Congratulations to all the winners and
finalists!###
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