Contacts: Dora Ho
Young Adult Librarian
Los Angeles Public Library
dho@lapl.org
Miguel A. Figueroa
Director
Office for Diversity
American Library Association
(312) 280-5295
mfigueroa@ala.org
NEWS
For Immediate Release
February 3, 2010
2010 Asian/Pacific American Award For Literature Winners selected
CHICAGO - The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association, has selected the winners of the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. The awards promote Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage and are awarded based on literary and artistic merit.
The Awards are given in four categories, with Winner and Honor books selected in each category. Here are the winners of the 2010 awards:
The Picture Book Winner is “Cora Cooks Pancit,” written by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore and illustrated by Kristi Valiant, published by Shens Books. Picture Book Honor was given to “Tan to Tamarind” written by Malathi Michelle Iyengar and illustrated by Jamel Akib, published by Children’s Book Press.
For Youth Literature, the Winner is Sung Woo’s “Everything Asian” published by Thomas Dunne Books. “Tofu Quilt” by Ching Yeung Russell and published by Lee & Low was selected as an Honor recipient.
“Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford and published by Ballantine Books was selected as the Adult Fiction Winner. “Shanghai Girls” by Lisa See and published by Random House was selected as an Adult Fiction Honor title.
The Adult Non-Fiction Winner is “American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods,” by Bonnie Tsui and published by Free Press (Simon & Schuster). The Adult Non-Fiction Honor Book is “Japanese American Resettlement Through the Lens,” by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi and published by the University Press of Colorado.
Winner and Honor books were chosen from titles by or about Asian Pacific Americans published in 2009.
The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) was founded in 1980 by librarians of diverse Asian/Pacific ancestries committed to working together toward a common goal: to create an organization that would address the needs of Asian/Pacific American librarians and those who serve Asian/Pacific American communities.
The winners will each receive an award plaque at the APALA Award Ceremony on Sunday, June 27 during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
Publishers interested in submitting books for the 2011 awards should contact Dora Ho, Jury Chair, at dorah2005@gmail.com