Miriam Hees, publisher of Blooming Tree Press, debut author P. J. Hoover, and her editor Madeline Smoot show off the cover to P. J.’s upcoming novel The Emerald Tablet (Blooming Tree, October 2008).
P. J. spoke last Saturday to a full house at Austin SCBWI‘s monthly meeting.
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Tantalize Now Available in Paperback from Candlewick Press
I’m thrilled to announce that Candlewick Press will be publishing Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith!
The young adult prose novel will set be in the same universe as Tantalize (Candlewick, 2007, 2008) and Eternal (Candlewick, 2009).
The books are interconnected Gothic fantasy suspense novels with strong romantic elements and some humor.
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The Brown Bookshelf: United in Story hosts “Indie and Author” from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST July 23 at The Brown Bookshelf forum at MySpace.
Featured guests will be Jennifer Laughran of Books Inc. (the West’s oldest independent bookstore; it has 11 locations) and Not Your Mother’s Book Club and Jaz Vincent,
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Suzanne Crowley on Suzanne Crowley: “I was born in the west Texas town of Uvalde and raised primarily in Austin and Houston. I graduated from The University of Texas with a Journalism degree with an English minor. I met my husband in college (we actually grew up on the same street in Houston),
The Book Girl Reviews: a Place for the Book Obsessed is sponsoring a giveaway of Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Candlewick, 2007, 2008). Peek: “By midnight EST on Friday July 25th, you have to write a short summary of your favorite YA book and post it here.”
Cynsational Notes
Tantalize will be available in paperback July 22,
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Enter to win an autographed copy of A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg (Delacorte, 2008)!
To enter the giveaway, email me (scroll for address) with your name and snail/street mail address by 10 p.m. CST July 28! Please also type “A Thousand Never Evers” in the subject line. Read Shana’s blog and a Cynsations interview with Shana.
The Compulsive Reader is dedicating July to “Books That Suck.” To clarify: “No,” CR says, “I am not going to spend an entire month on books to avoid. Instead, this month is going to be devoted to an ever growing genre of YA—Vampire books.”
Gothic fantasy fans, be sure to check out this series of posts that begin with a recommendation of Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde and includes giveaways (including copies of Tantalize (Candlewick,
Gaby Triana on Gaby Triana: “Gaby Triana is the critically-acclaimed author of several books for teens, including Backstage Pass (HarperCollins, 2004)(IRA Teen Choice, Nominated for ALA Popular Paperback 2009), Cubanita (HarperCollins, 2005)(ALA Popular Paperback 2008, Latino Literacy Runner-up), The Temptress Four (HarperCollins, 2008), and next year’s Riding the Universe.
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Win a copy of Immortal: Love Stories with Bite edited by P. C. Cast (BenBella, Aug. 2008)(PDF excerpt)(exclusive to Borders) from Teen Libris!
Peek: “Enter to win one of three copies of the vampire short story anthology Immortal: Love Stories That Bite, signed by editor P.C.
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A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg (Delacorte, 2008)(Listening Library, 2008). From the flap copy: “In Kuckachoo, Mississippi, in 1963, Addie Ann Pickett happily swings in her yard, jumps double Dutch and teaches her trusty cat Flapjack new tricks. But then a good deed meant to unite the citizens of Kuckachoo sets off a chain of explosive events.
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