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National book awards week is held every midnovember. The british book awards or nibbies are literary awards for the best uk writers and their works, administered by the bookseller. National book awards, annual awards given to books of the highest quality written by americans and published by american publishers. The finalists for the 2015 national book awards include two pulitzer prize winners, a twotime nba finalist, the son of an african american. International games week formerly international games day november 39, 2019. This years fiction prize went to susan choi for trust exercise. Nov 21, 2015 neil gaiman presents lifetime achievement award to ursula k.
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