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The echo maker, the enigmatic novel by richard powers, won the national book award for fiction on wednesday night. It is housed at idaho state university and chaired by ron watters. The national outdoor book awards noba is the outdoor worlds largest and most prestigious book award program. Weve been delighted to partner with the east anglian book awards for ten years. Media information page for the national outdoor book awards. Winners of this annual award program represent some of the finest outdoor writing and artwork being published today. Winner of the 2017 banff mountain book award for mountain literature non fiction.
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