The National Book Awards ceremony is tonight, in New York City. Once again, the event will be livestreamed for those who want to watch at home, with introductory remarks scheduled to begin at 7:40, and the presentation of this year’s winners set for around 8:50. Meanwhile, the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award was presented to Martin Ford for The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment (Basic Books/Oneworld). Christopher Clearfield and Andras Tilcsik won the Bracken Bower Prize in support of “young authors tackling emerging business themes” for their book proposal on Rethinking the Unthinkable. In nominations, the Costa Awards announced their shortlists […]
