Photo of Al Young
Local authors will be honored at the 27th Annual Northern California Book Awards ceremony on April 13 at the Main Library.
The event will celebrate the work of local authors in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation and children’s literature. The festive event starts at 1 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium.
Nominees in all five categories will be in attendance. The winner from each category will present a special reading from his or her work. California Poet Laureate Al Young will receive
the Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement. He will be the keynote speaker and read from his latest book of poetry Something About the Blues. A book sale and signing will follow the event.
The event is sponsored by the Library, Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash, Center for the Art of Translation, Mechanic’s Institute, PEN West, Northern California Independent Booksellers Association,
and Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. For more information on the Awards, visit www.poetryflash.org or call (510) 525-5476.
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