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The NYC Big Book Award announced its 2026 winners and distinguished favorites, marking the program’s 10th anniversary and recognizing 163 subcategory winners across 15 major categories.

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Diana Louise Webb’s “A Twisted Crucible: The Riddle of the Ruined Soul” won the Thriller category in the 2026 NYC Big Book Award competition.

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Mike Wysocki’s Careers By the People: Candid Career Advice from 101 Experienced Professionals was named a Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award’s Career category.

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Families planning New York vacations are increasingly booking along New Jersey’s Gold Coast as higher Manhattan hotel rates push travelers toward nearby, lower-cost waterfront lodging.

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Four new Broadway musicals opening from November 2026 through April 2027 are being paired with nearby museums, bars and neighborhoods to help visitors turn a theater ticket into a full-day NYC itinerary.

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Anguilla Tourist Board wrapped a five-day sales mission across five U.S. states Sept. 14-18, meeting more than 200 travel advisors to build awareness and bookings for the Caribbean island.

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Perk will return as a Platinum Exhibitor at the Finance & Accounting Technology Expo on Nov. 18-19 in New York City, where it will spotlight automation for travel, expenses and company spend.

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Ron Viejo de Caldas appeared at The Good Look Gifting Suite at The Plaza during New York Fashion Week, using the event to introduce its premium rums to fashion, beauty and entertainment audiences in New York. The move advances the Colombian…

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The Myositis Association will present its 2026 Heroes in the Fight awards Sept. 26 in St. Louis during MyoCon 2026, its annual global patient conference.

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New York City Children’s Theater is launching its 2026–2027 Main Stage Season alongside a refreshed brand identity for its 30th anniversary.

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Travel + Leisure named Cullman Christkindlmarkt one of the 10 coolest Christmas markets in the U.S. for 2026, making it the only Southern market on the list.

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Malan Breton will present his Spring/Summer 2027 collection at Sony Hall during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 13, marking a farewell to New York before the designer relocates to Rome. The show combines a cinematic opening, garden-inspired runway…

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Corporate retreat planners in New York are shifting away from traditional conference centers and into neighborhood-based venues, with tech companies using local lofts, theaters and community spaces to create more flexible offsites.

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Christiane Scarpino’s memoir Missing Pieces won the NYC Big Book Award in New New Nonfiction (First time published), giving new visibility to a survivor account of the 1977 Mobil Oil Building bombing in New York City. The recognition spotlights a…

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L. A. Tramwell’s young adult novel, Gretna Can’t Get Any Greener, was named a Distinguished Favorite in the Teen category by the NYC Big Book Award.

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Todd J. Stein held the first private New York screening of The Final Fight at Village East by Angelika on Aug. 31, bringing cast, advocates and city officials into a wider conversation about guardianship reform.

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Hong Kong educator Lydia Wong is expanding Strings Camerata’s international reach with a July 2027 masterclass and concert in Italy and a new jury appointment in New York. The moves build on student programs in Italy and New York that Wong says…

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Singaporean author and stroke survivor Terence Ang won the NYC Big Book Award in Audiobook: Poetry/Memoir for Brokenness Becomes Beautiful: Inspiring Pieces Of Poetry.

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Izzy, An Octopus Tale by Charles Rawlings, MD, JD; Leah Perez; and Morgan Rawlings won the NYC Big Book Award’s Childrens Educational category.

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Kay Louise Bowen’s novel Secrets II Vengeance & Revenge was named a winner in the Psychological Thriller category at the NYC Big Book Award, adding international recognition to her earlier Independent Press Award success.