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The National Book Foundation recently announced the shortlists for the 2015 National Book Awards. Four genre awards are given each…
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The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction is the UK's premier prize for non-fiction books. The prize aims to reward the…
Before I worked for the library I was a youth worker; I can't give you a precise number, but I…