MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, is proud to announce the launch of Carolrhoda Lab™, a new line of distinctive fiction for young adults. Carolrhoda Lab™ will publish four novels in fall 2010: Draw the Dark by Ilsa J. Bick; The Absolute Value of -1 by Steve Brezenoff;
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New York, NY– Lee & Low Books, the respected independent children’s book publisher specializing in diversity, has acquired Tu Publishing, an independent press focusing on multicultural fantasy and science fiction for middle grade and young adult readers.
“This is a natural fit for us,” says Lee & Low publisher Jason Low.
Interview by Jenny Desmond Walters for SCBWI Bologna 2010
Before becoming a literary agent at Richards Literacy Agency in New Zealand, you worked in children’s library services.
How did your previous work with children’s literature inspire you to pursue this new avenue?
Following my years as Coordinator of Children’s Services,
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Learn about M.T. Anderson.
What first inspired you to write across forms in children’s-YA literature?
I always took it for granted that people should try as many different forms and genres as possible. After I write one kind of thing, I have a natural inclination to write something that feels as different as possible,
from Bethany Hegedus
Hunger Mountain Prize for Young Writers
Poetry, Fiction & Creative Nonfiction
Judge: M.T. Anderson
Prize: Publication in Hunger Mountain online
$250 to first place winner in each genre, $100 to runners-up
We are looking for talented high school students to enter poetry,
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This story is sort of like a fairytale.
It really begins when I was kid. A runty little “Star Wars” loving kid. Playing with action figures. Collecting cards. Dressing up as a Jawa for Halloween.
But let’s skip ahead a couple of decades. I’ve still got the action figures and the cards,
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Enter to win one of five copies of Token of Darkness (Delacorte, 2010)! From the promotional copy:
Cooper Blake has everything going for him—until he wakes from a car accident with his football career in ruins and a mysterious, attractive girl by his side. Cooper doesn’t know how Samantha got there or why he can see her;
Oh, my! Oh, wow! Oh…I’m greatly honored–and stunned–to share the news that Eternal (Candlewick) has just debuted at #5 on The New York Times Best Seller List!
Children’s Best Sellers – Paperback, to be exact. The full list is available to subscribers online and will appear in Sunday’s paper (March 14, 2010).
By Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
One of the most exciting challenges I face when writing fantasy is world-building.
With a brand new book in a brand new world, the challenge is to figure the world out. What cultures exist, and how do they interact? How does magic work, and what are its limitations?
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The 2010 Golden Kite Awards are presented for excellence in books for young readers published in the 2009 calendar year. The award is sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators.
Golden Kite Award Winners
Fiction
Sea of the Dead
By Julia Durango
Simon & Continue Reading SCBWI Announces the Winners & Honorees of the 2010 Golden Kite Awards »
