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| Lenox Library award hosts Denis Lesieur & Lisa Berkel with Rob Maier (MBLC) |
Rebecca Frank (left) with 2007 judges: Jackie Rafferty, Izzi Abrams, Jennifer Whitehead, and Richard Simpson |

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| Kristin O'Connell (MFH) and Rob Maier (MBLC) |
Megan Marshall (center) with her daughter, Josie, and poet Gail Mazur (right) |
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| Gary & Kathleen Goshgarian (left) with Rob Maier and Sharon Shaloo (MCB) |
Enjoying a pre-ceremony reception at the Lenox Library, Denis Lesieur and Rob Maier with Joe and Susan McKendry |
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| Gathering together before the 2006 Book Awards ceremony, Lenox Town Hall |
Richard Simpson, David Godine and Sharon Shaloo |
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| Sharon Shaloo and Nancy Lusignan Schultz |
Representative Smitty Pignatelli with Ingrid MacGillis and David Tebaldi (MFH) |
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| 2006 MassBook judges in children's literature: Carol Stoltz, Sandy Leifeld, and Margaret Chang |
Frieda Arkin accepts an honor award in Fiction for Hedwig & Berti |

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| Gary Goshgarian, author of Flashback, with Fiction presenter Shona Ramaya |
Dawn Clifton Tripp receives the 2006 MassBook award in Fiction for The Season of Open Water |

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| Nancy Lusignan Schultz presents the honor award in Nonfiction to Charlotte Gordon for Mistress Bradstreet |
Megan Marshall receives the 2006 MassBook award in Nonfiction for The Peabody Sisters |
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| Gail Mazur, author of Zeppo's First Wife, receives the 2006 Poetry award from presenter Lloyd Schwartz |
Julius Lester accepts an honor award in Children's Literature for The Old African. |