The National Book Foundation’s new digital outreach series features a 12-event presentation of winners, shortlistees, and finalists, including international literature and translation.
In the main hall at Union Station in Washington, DC, during the holidays. Image – iStockphoto: Xackery Irving
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The National Book Foundation which produces the annual National Book Awards in November is a year-round operation with educational outreach programming made possible by a multi-year US$900,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
All announced programming for this season running through June in the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic will be held, of course, exclusively online, at no cost to viewers. Loyalty Bookstores in Washington, DC, is to again be the program’s bookseller.
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Scholastic Reports Q2 Fiscal Year 2021 Results Call. [Operator Instructions] After the speaker presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]
It is now my pleasure to introduce Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Head of Investor Relations, Gil Dickoff.
Gil Dickoff
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations
Thank you, Andrew and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to Scholastic s fiscal 2021 second quarter earnings call. Joining me on the call today are Dick Robinson, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Ken Cleary, the company s Chief Financial Officer. We have posted an investor presentation on our IR website at investor.scholastic.com, which we encourage you to download if you haven t already done so.