The Reading the West Book Awards are sponsored and promoted by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association. The awards honor the best fiction, non-fiction, and illustrated books for adults and children set in one of the states, or created by an author or artist living or working in the region. The awards, given to books published in the previous calendar year, celebrate the rich variety of writing in and about this region, and reflect the extraordinary diversity of the reading public. And public voting is now open!
- Local author Stephen Graham Jones' title My Heart is a Chainsaw is a delightfully frightful homage to the the B horror movies of days past.
- Missing ski and snowboard season already? Checking out Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns and the Future of Chasing Snow by Heather Hansman will help bridge the gap 'til opening day.
- One for the kiddos - B is for Bison by Greg Paprocki is so much fun! It features 26 national parks across the United States.
Check out all finalists at Reading the West, put holds on the titles you are interested in or purchase from your favorite local bookstore, and VOTE!
Denver Public Library loves supporting local authors, so be sure to tell your friends about these fantastic nominees. And if there is a local author you'd like us to know about, leave us a message in comments!
