(Asheville, NC) Southern independent booksellers have selected the finalists for the 2021 Southern Book Prize, representing bookseller favorites from 2020 that are Southern in nature—either about the South or by a Southern writer. Nominations were submitted by bookstore members of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) and culled from books that have received strong reviews from Southern booksellers. The sixteen finalists which received the highest number of nominations are a collection of the most beloved “hand sells” in fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature of the year.
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For Immediate Release Announcing the 2021 Southern Book Prize Finalists: #VoiceYourChoice!
The finalists make up the 2021 Southern Book Prize ballot at www.southernbookprize.com. Winners in each category will be chosen by popular vote from readers who support Southern independent bookstores. Participating bookstores promote the ballot to their customers, and submitted ballots are entered into a raffle to win a complete set of the finalist titles. Voting opens November 8 and will run through February 1, 2021. SIBA launched the public ballot in 2019 to encourage bookstores to engage their customers in the important question of what books deserve to be called “the best Southern book of the year.” Readers submitted over 3000 ballots in its debut year. Southern Book Prize winners will be announced on February 14, Valentine’s Day. The 2021 Southern Book Prize Finalists
FICTION
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark NONFICTION
Untamed by Glennon Doyle Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland World of Wonders by Amiee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (illus) The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant CHILDREN’S
Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis Yes, No, Maybe So by Becky Albertalli, Aisha Saeed After Squidnight by Jonathan E. Fenske I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (illus.) Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales The Southern Book Prize is administered by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, a trade organization representing over 500 independent brick-and-mortar bookstores in the South. Find out more information at www.sibaweb.com. |
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