Purpose / Mission Statement

"The purpose of the award is to recognize and honor one book, selected from among all the books published in any one calendar year, which has made an outstanding contribution to the body of printed materials about Idaho, either through the work's setting or the locality of the author  The award is intended to encourage the writing and publishing of books about Idaho and by Idahoans, and to encourage excellence in writing and high standards of accuracy and readability in those books."

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Book Award News

2010 IDAHO BOOK OF THE YEAR SELECTED

The Idaho Library Association Book Award Committee has chosen its selection for the 2010 Book of the Year Award. The Book Award winner for 2010 is The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall, published by W.W. Norton.  An Honorable Mention was bestowed upon Carter Niemeyer's Wolfer: a Memoir.  Wolfer was published by Bottlefly Press.

Each year, the Association honors an author or photographer whose published book makes an outstanding contribution to Idaho literature.   

The award was presented at the 2011 Idaho Library Association conference in Boise in October.