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JUNE 2017 PREVIEW

Sara Paretsky, Matthew Desmond, and Colson Whitehead to Speak
at Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Event in Chicago

atthew Desmond and Colson
Whitehead, authors of the winning titles of the 2017 Andrew
Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction
and Nonfiction, will join Annual Conference
attendees at the celebratory 2017 event on
Saturday, June 24, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m., at the
Chicago Hilton. The featured speaker will be
Sara Paretsky, author of the bestselling V.I.
Warshawski mystery series and one of only
five living writers to receive both the Grand
Master Award from the Mystery Writers of
America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger
from the British Crime Writers' Association.
Whitehead's novel The Underground Railroad won the fiction medal, and Desmond's
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American
City won the nonfiction medal. Desmond
and Whitehead will each speak after accepting
their medals and $5,000 checks. The winning
titles were announced at the RUSA Book and
Media Awards event at the Midwinter Meeting in January 2017.
A conference highlight now in its sixth
year, this popular Andrew Carnegie Medals
for Excellence event includes the program
hosted by the current selection committee
chair, Donna Seaman, and a lively dessert and
drinks reception where attendees mingle with
winning authors, speakers, colleagues, editors,
and ALA leaders. Other winners who have
attended the event include Anthony Doerr,
Richard Ford, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Viet

2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for
Fiction and Nonfiction
Saturday 6/24, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
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Thanh Nguyen, Donna Tartt, and Bryan
Stevenson. Featured speakers have included
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Billy Collins, and
Karin Slaughter.
Tickets for the 2017 celebration are available on the 2017 ALA Annual Conference
website when registering for the conference
or they may be added later. You can also
purchase a table for 10 to enjoy the exciting
evening with chosen friends and colleagues -
get details about table reservations here. The
2017 event is sponsored by NoveList.
The 2017 finalists in nonfiction were The
Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a
Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt,
and the Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia
Bell-Scott, and Blood at the Root: A Racial
Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips. The
finalists in fiction were Moonglow by Michael
Chabon, and Swing Time by Zadie Smith.
The Andrew Carnegie Medals were established in 2012 by the American Library
Association and Carnegie Corporation of
New York to recognize the best fiction and
nonfiction books written for adult readers
and published in the U.S. in the previous year.
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Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction celebration, and the Newbery-Caldecott-Wilder
Banquet are held on Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday evening respectively, allowing Annual Conference attendees to enjoy all three
without conflicts.
Get details and add to your schedule now.

Literary Tastes to Host Award
Winning Panel, Book Signings

n Sunday, June 25 from 8:00
- 10:00 a.m., the Reference
and User Services Association
(RUSA) is hosting its annual Literary
Tastes event celebrating the best reading of
the year. Confirmed authors include Julia
Quinn, author of Because of Miss Bridgerton
(selected for the Listen List: Outstanding
Audiobook Narration), Gregg Hurwitz,
author of Orphan X (winner of the Reading List's Adrenaline category), and the
narrator of this year's Andrew Carnegie
Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction title
Evicted, Dion Graham (also selected for the
Notable Books List). More authors will be
added soon!
Each year expert readers' advisory librar-

ians from RUSA's Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES)
spend hundreds of hours reading and
reviewing books written for adults to identify the most outstanding writing published in the areas of fiction, non-fiction,
poetry, genre fiction, Jewish literature and
audiobook narration. "Literary Tastes" is
an opportunity to hear from noteworthy
authors whose books are among their annual selections and celebrate the art and
craft of writing with fellow readers and
book lovers. Authors will be signing free
books immediately following the event.
Light breakfast will be served. This
event is free for all ALA Annual Conference attendees.

United for Libraries, RUSA, and
Chapter Relations to Host
"Crisis Communication:
Who Speaks for Your Library?"
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administered by Booklist and RUSA. For more
information and to see past longlists, shortlists,
and winners, visit Andrew Carnegie Medals for
Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.
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NEW CHILDREN'S BOOKS FROM AN EXPERIENCED TEAM

nited for Libraries, RUSA, and ALA
Chapter Relations will host a joint
discussion group on "Crisis Communication: Who Speaks for Your Library"
from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 25
at McCormick Place West, W194b.
What happens when a newspaper calls the
library for a quote on a Saturday morning? Is
it your Library Director or Trustee who answers an elected official's question about the
library? In the event of a materials challenge,
who serves as the library's spokesperson? Stuff
happens, whether you work for a public,
academic, or school library. Are you ready
in a crisis, whatever it may be?
This program/discussion will feature
Macey Morales, deputy director of ALA's
Public Awareness Office; Susan Jennings,
past president of the Tennessee Library Association, and Brian Auger, director of the

Somerset County (N.J.) Public Library.
Participants will use scenarios and roleplaying to learn how to prepare statements
and a crisis communication plan for their
libraries.
For a detailed listing of United for Libraries programs at the ALA Annual Conference,
as well as information on purchasing tickets
and registering, visit www.ala.org/united/
annual.

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