Ikaros books at the 2016 Public Book Awards “Pens of the Year”

The Public Book Awards “Pens of the Year” welcome readers for yet another year! The first phase of voting has begun and will conclude on 26 April. Once again this year, readers are invited to highlight the books that stood out from last year’s publications, choosing from eight different award categories. In addition to these, there will also be four special awards, in which readers do not participate by voting (Guest Country Award: France, Publishing Imprint Award, Illustration Award and Public Bookshops Award).Ikaros Publications’ books are nominated in five different award categories. View our nominations (by category) along with the links for each one and vote for your favourite books: Greek poetry: Alexis Kyritsopoulos - A Walk in the Clouds - http://bit.ly/PigainelaStaSinnefa2016PoiisiΛέλη Bey - The Smoky Metropolis - http://bit.ly/IKapnismeniMitropoliΜεταφρασμένο Novel: George Saunders - The Tenth of December (Translation: Giorgos-Ikaros Babasakis) - http://bit.ly/DekatiDekembriou2016Michele Serra - The Lazy Ones (Translation: Dimitra Dotsi) - http://bit.ly/OiAraxtoi2016Colm Tóibín - Nora Webster (Translation: Giorgos-Ikaros Babasakis) - http://bit.ly/NoraWebster2016Juan Gabriel Vásquez - The Informers (Translation: Achilleas Kyriakidis) - http://bit.ly/OiPliroforiodotes2016Δοκίμιο, Study, Biography, Testimony: Christos Giannaras - Europe was born of the "schism" - http://bit.ly/IEvropiGennithikeApoToSxisma2016Αλέκος Papadatos - Democracy - http://bit.ly/Dimokratia2016Χαρίδημος K. Tsoukas - The tragedy of the commons - http://bit.ly/ITragodiaTonKoinon2016Ελληνικό Novel: Dimitris Nollas - Marbles in the middle - http://bit.ly/MarmaraStiMesiΔημήτρης Oikonomou - The Trapped – http://bit.ly/OiEgklovismenoi2016Παιδική Literature: Alexis Kyritsopoulos - A Trip to the Clouds – http://bit.ly/PigainelaStaSinnefa2016PΘοδωρής Papaioannou / Iris Samartzi - Across the Way – http://bit.ly/Apenanti2016Η The second phase of voting will begin after the announcement of the 10 most popular books in each category. Readers will then be invited to vote among these to select the most popular book between 2 and 22 May. The winning books will be announced at a special event. Good luck to the nominees!