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“WA Do I Read Next?” at #WLA2024 in Spokane!

At the recent Washington Library Association conference in Spokane, we co-coordinated, along with The Seattle Public Library, our annual "WA Do I Read Next?" panel featuring library folks and authors ...
text reads: Meet the 2024 WSBA Judges! Lauren Kessel, Jane López-Santillana, Avery Mead, Jennie Diaz, Marcus Harrison Green, Sarah Jaffa, Valerie McBeth, Alex Yokum. there are headshots of seven of the judges.

Meet our 2024 WSBA Judges!

Meet our 2024 Washington State Book Award (WSBA) Judges! We are thrilled to introduce our wonderful panel of 2024 Washington State Book award judges who are currently deep into reading ...
text reads: Congratulations to the 2023 Washington State Book Award Winners! The book covers for all 7 books are shown. There are logos for the Washington Center for the Book and the Washington State Library and the Washington State Book Awards

2023 Washington State Book Award Winners Announced!

The Washington Center for the Book (an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book administered by Washington State Library) has selected winners in seven categories for the ...

 

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