Lee & Low Books offers answers from its authors and illustrators to the question: how do you celebrate the holidays and what do they mean to you? Here’s a sneak peek from Ken Mochizuki’s answer: “New Year’s Day might vary slightly from most of the country. Those of Japanese descent celebrate the first day of a new year with oshogatsu,
Ying Chang Compestine: A Test of Character from CBC Magazine. Here’s a sneak peek: Ying Chang Compestine came to the United States for graduate school in 1986. After her parents passed away, she began her first novel, Revolution is Not a Dinner Party (Holt, 2007), as a way of coping with her grief and to reconnect to China.
Book-Woman, one of a handful of independent feminist bookstores left in the U.S., is in danger of going under. The store is currently located in central Austin (918 W. 12th St. (12th & Lamar)).
Book-Woman is more than a bookstore. It’s a center for activism, a networking and information resource, and an arts and music venue.
Egmont UK has announced that it will launch a US publishing company in January 2008 to produce a full line of children’s and young adult books. Douglas Pocock, currently Group Sales Director of Egmont UK, will take up the post of Executive Vice President of Egmont US Inc.
Egmont USA www.egmont-us.com will employ a publishing team based in New York.
Candice Ransom on Candice Ransom: “I was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Virginia. Many of my books are set in my home state. I’ve been married to Frank Ransom nearly 30 years. We live in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with three cats, including the notorious Winchester, who co-stars in ‘Ellsworth’s Journal,’
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Auction 2 will begin accepting bids on Nov. 26 at 9 a.m. with a starting bid of $100 for each snowflake. All bids must be before the close of Auction 2 on Nov. 30 at 5 pm. Don’t forget that 100 percent of the proceeds from this online auction will benefit sarcoma research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Continue Reading Robert’s Snow for Cancer’s Cure 2007: Auction 2 »
Biographies of the Razorbill round table editors:
“Kristen Pettit has been in the publishing industry for thirteen years. She began her career at Parachute Publishing, a packager of teen and middle grade books. During her six year tenure there, she worked with mega-selling authors like R.L. Stine and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
Verla Kay writes historical picture books in a special kind of poetry she calls “cryptic rhyme.” She has sold a total of eleven picture books, three of which are still “in the works.”
All eight of the books that have been published have received recognition, including Tattered Sails, illustrated by Dan Andreasen (Putnam,
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Auction 1 will begin accepting bids on Monday, Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. with a starting bid of $50 for each snowflake. All bids must be placed before the close of Auction 1 on Nov. 23 at 5 pm. Don’t forget that 100 percent of the proceeds from this online auction will benefit sarcoma research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Continue Reading Robert’s Snow for Cancer’s Cure 2007: Auction 1 »
On Nov. 11, I had the honor of speaking at the Norman Public Library as part of its Native American Festival. Also featured were Dr. Mary Jo Watson (Seminole), who is the Director of the OU School of Art, and Commander John Herrington (Chickasaw),
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