BookPal Announces 2018 OUTSTANDING WORKS OF LITERATURE Award Winners

BookPal announces its Outstanding Works of Literature (O.W.L.) Award Winners for 2018. BookPal’s O.W.L. Awards honor and recognize outstanding works of literature in a variety of genres and categories, including Business, Children’s Literature, Wellness, and Religion, and Politics & Current Events.

“BookPal believes in the power of books to transform people and organizations. With the Outstanding Works of Literature (O.W.L.) Awards, we highlight titles that are changing the way organizations do business, educators create and teach curriculum, and communities encourage well-being. We are excited to spotlight these amazing titles for our customers, clients, readers, and partners alike” shared Tony DiCostanzo, BookPal’s President.

2018 Winners

Business
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
by Dan Coyle and published by Penguin Random House

Children’s Literature
Llamaphones
by Janik Coat and published by Abrams Books

Wellness
This is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today
by Chrissy Metz and published by HarperCollins

Religion
The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation
by Miles McPherson and published by Simon & Schuster

Politics & Current Events
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele and published by Macmillan Publishers

“We received hundreds of submissions this year, and we were blown away by all of the incredible titles to review in each category. We’re eager to celebrate the 2018 O.W.L. Award Winners by continuing to promote these exciting titles to our audience throughout 2019, and we look forward to 2019’s O.W.L. Awards which will open for submissions next June,” said Karlyn Hixson, Marketing Director at BookPal.

For the first inaugural year of the O.W.L. Awards in 2017, BookPal encouraged submissions published in both 2016 and 2017. The submitted titles were available for consideration in three categories: Business, Education, and Health. The 2017 winners included Business category winner The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, published by Simon & Schuster, Education category winner The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race edited by Jesmyn Ward, published by Simon & Schuster, and Health category winner When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, published by Penguin Random House.

In 2018, BookPal expanded the categories to five: Business, Children’s Literature, Wellness, Religion, and Politics & Current Events. BookPal accepted submissions August 1 through September 14, 2018. All publishers with award winners were notified on December 12, 2018.

BookPal, based in Irvine, CA, is the leading bookseller to organizations, serving business, education, government and literacy clients all over the country since 2005. BookPal is passionate about helping people and organizations connect, learn, and grow through the power of books.

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