Authors, publishers and members of the Theatre Library Association are invited to submit nominations for the 2008 GEORGE FREEDLEY MEMORIAL AWARD, honoring books on the theatre and live performance, and the 2008 THEATRE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AWARD, honoring books on film and broadcasting. The Awards recognize works of exceptional scholarship in published form that have utilized the resources of academic, research and public libraries and will be presented at the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in New York City in October, 2009. $500 will be awarded to each of the winners. The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 2, 2009. Early submissions will be especially appreciated by jurors.
Details regarding submission can be
found at eligibility
and
submissions criteria.
For more information,
contact Book Awards Chair, Brook
Stowe.
Established in 1968 to honor the late George Freedley, theatre historian, critic, author, and first curator of the New York Public Library Theatre Collection, the George Freedley Memorial Award honors the best English-language work about live theatre published in the United States. Books with subjects related to live theatrical performance (including vaudeville, puppetry, pantomime, the circus, etc.) will be considered for this award. Eligible books may include biography, history, theory, criticism, reference, or related fields.
Felicia
Hardison Londrè
The Enchanted Years of the Stage:
Kansas City at the Crossroads of American Theater, 1870-1930
(University of Missouri Press)
Jeanine
Basinger
The Star Machine
(Alfred A. Knopf)
TLA wants to honor outstanding members of our profession through the Distinguished Achievement Award, to be presented at the Annual Meeting in New York in October, 2009. We would like to identify persons whose vision, energy, and knowledge have extended the boundaries of librarianship and performance-related scholarship; they may be performing arts librarians, curators, archivists, scholars or others in related professions. Please take a moment to nominate those individuals whose contributions have made a difference to all of us. We ask that you send us their names, with a short bio and appropriate documentation by April 15, 2009, so that their achievements may be duly celebrated. Nominations may be sent to: dircks@liu.edu.
The current honoree is:
Richard Wall
Assistant Professor and Humanities Librarian
Queens College Libraries
and Chair of the TLA Book Awards Committees, 1996-2007
The awards presentation ceremony on October 10,
2008 was dedicated to the memory of Richard Wall in honor of his many
years of service as the Chair of the Book Awards Committees
For further
information, contact Kenneth Schlesinger
For assistance with membership needs-dues payments,
receipt of publications and mailings, etc., contact
David Nochimson
