Date: 13 October 2012
Please join the South Asia Book Award committee and the South Asia National Outreach Consortium as they honor the 2012 Awards-winning authors:
Wisconsin Studio, the Overture Center
201 State Street, Madison, WI (map)
The South Asia Book Award is given annually for up to two outstanding works of literature, from early childhood to secondary reading levels, which accurately and skillfully portrays South Asia or South Asians in the diasporas, that is the experience of individuals living in South Asia, or of South Asians living in other parts of the world. This year four Honor Books and five Highly Commended Books were recognized by the award committee for their contribution to this body of literature on the region.
Books will be sold at the ceremony and authors will sign copies at the close of the event.
If you would like to attend the award ceremony, please RSVP by October 1, 2012 by e-mailing your name, affiliation, address, phone number and e-mail to saba@southasiabookaward.org.
This event is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the South Asia National Outreach Consortium (SANOC).
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: saba@southasiabookaward.org
Website: http://southasiabookaward.org
Please join the South Asia Book Award committee and the South Asia National Outreach Consortium as they honor the 2012 Awards-winning authors:
- Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw, author of Same, Same but Different (Henry Holt and Company, 2011)
- Padma Venkatraman, author of Island’s End (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2011)
- Gloria Whelan, whose book Small Acts of Amazing Courage (Simon & Schuster, 2011) was a 2012 SABA Honor Book.
Wisconsin Studio, the Overture Center
201 State Street, Madison, WI (map)
The South Asia Book Award is given annually for up to two outstanding works of literature, from early childhood to secondary reading levels, which accurately and skillfully portrays South Asia or South Asians in the diasporas, that is the experience of individuals living in South Asia, or of South Asians living in other parts of the world. This year four Honor Books and five Highly Commended Books were recognized by the award committee for their contribution to this body of literature on the region.
Books will be sold at the ceremony and authors will sign copies at the close of the event.
If you would like to attend the award ceremony, please RSVP by October 1, 2012 by e-mailing your name, affiliation, address, phone number and e-mail to saba@southasiabookaward.org.
This event is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the South Asia National Outreach Consortium (SANOC).
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: saba@southasiabookaward.org
Website: http://southasiabookaward.org
