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The Great Lakes Booksellers Association --- an organization conceived to improve the effectiveness of booksellers, create partnerships among members of the bookselling industry, and promote the Great Lakes region as a vital marketplace --- has announced the winners of the 2005 Great Lakes Book Awards.
FICTION
AN UNFINISHED SEASON by Ward Just (Houghton Mifflin)
GENERAL
BOUND FOR CANAAN by Fergus Bordewich (Amistad/HarperCollins)
MYSTERY/INTRIGUE
TONIGHT I SAID GOODBYE by Michael Koryta (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's)
CHILDREN
BUCKING THE SARGE by Christopher Paul Curtis (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)
The awards, which will be presented on September 30 at the GLBA Annual Trade Show, "recognize excellence in writing and publishing books that capture the spirit and enhance awareness of the Great Lakes Region." The winners will receive $500 and a ceramic sculpture designed and produced by Pewabic Pottery, a historic studio specializing in art tiles, ceramics, and glazes. Winning titles will also be featured in Books For Holiday Giving, the consumer catalogue used by GLBA member stores.
 For more information about the GLBA and the Great Lakes Book Awards, visit http://www.books-glba.org
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