Golden Wood Studio: the art of Ruth Sanderson: the author-illustrator launches her redesigned official site. Don’t miss the galleries and shops.
Jill Santopolo debuts her official author site. Jill’s first book is Alec Flint, Super Sleuth: The Nina, the Pinta and the Vanishing Treasure (Orchard,
As you know if you’ve been visiting any children’s book blogs for the past few weeks, Robert’s Snow is an online auction that benefits Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. More than 200 children’s book illustrators have created art on individual snowflake-shaped wooden templates. The snowflakes will be auctioned off, with proceeds going to cancer research. You can view all of the 2007 snowflakes here.
From Simon Pulse: “Amanda Marrone grew up on Long Island, where she spent her time reading, drawing, watching insects, and suffering from an overactive imagination. She earned a BA in education at SUNY Cortland, and taught fifth and sixth grade in New Hampshire. She now lives in Connecticut with her husband, Joe, and their two kids.”
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E. Lockhart is the author of Dramarama (Hyperion, 2007), Fly on the Wall (Delacorte, 2006)(excerpt), The Boyfriend List (Delacorte, 2005)(excerpt) and The Boy Book (Delacorte, 2007)(excerpt), all novels for teenagers.
We last spoke in November 2005 about the release of The Boyfriend List (15 guys,
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Oct. 31st – Nov. 21 (4 weeks)
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Brighton Writers’ Centre
£44/£40 concs, Friends of THE SOUTH £40/£36 concs
Have you ever thought about writing for children or teens, or started to write a picture book or novel but felt you needed more direction or help?
This series of workshops will offer a great deal of group work and support,
Continue Reading “Writing for Children and Young People” with Laura Atkins »
Nina Hess on Nina Hess: “I’m senior editor at Mirrorstone, an imprint of fantasy fiction for young readers which I launched at Wizards of the Coast in 2004. I’m also the author of A Practical Guide to Monsters (Mirrorstone, 2007) and Whose Feet? (Random House 2003). I’ve been a children’s book editor for almost ten years and a writer for as long as I can remember.”
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SCBWI Bologna Biennial Conference 2008
March 29 and March 30, 2008
Bologna, Italy
In cooperation with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
The Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) is happy to announce that Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant, creators of the graphic novel/comic book ARIOL;
Rita Williams-Garcia interviews the National Book Award finalists: Sherman Alexie; Kathleen Duey; M. Sindy Felin; Brian Selznick; and Sara Zarr. See also Cynsations interviews with Rita, Kathleen, and Sara.
Robert’s Snow for Cancer’s Cure
Robert’s Snow is an online auction that benefits Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Author Kimberly Willis Holt is giving away a signed hardcover copy of Keeper of the Night (Henry Holt)(excerpt) to each of the first three people who email her tomorrow–Wednesday, Oct. 24–with their name and snail/street mail address. Emails may be sent to her beginning at any time that day.
“Alas, I can’t enter. As I approach my mid fifties, surrounded by young novelists, I find myself more and more not predator or prey, but predater.”
— author David Lubar
From Oct. 2 to Oct. 15, I invited Cynsations (also at LJ), Spookycyn, and MySpace readers to answer the following question: Are you predator or prey?
