Finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize are:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson (Candlewick);
Tyrell by Coe Booth (Scholastic);
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (Dutton)(author interview);
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators has announced its 2006 Golden Kite Awards and Honees. The Golden Kite is the only award presented to children’s book authors and artists by their peers.
Gold Kite Award Winners
Fiction
Firegirl by Tony Abbott (Little Brown)
Editor: Alvina Ling
Nonfiction
The Adventures of Marco Polo by Russell Freedman (Arthur A.
I found out yesterday that my new novel, Tantalize (Candlewick, 2007), which was released Feb. 13, is already in its third printing. Thanks to all for your support!
Thanks also to A Fuse #8 Production and Buried in the Slushpile for the kind words about my recent article “How to Throw a Book Launch Party”
SEATTLE, March 1–In honor of Women’s History Month, four young adult authors are launching readergirlz, a new online book salon celebrating gutsy girls in life and literature.
Starting on March 1, readergirlz founders Dia Calhoun, Janet Lee Carey, Lorie Ann Grover, and Justina Chen Headley will unveil a monthly book selection,
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Deborah Lynn Jacobs is the author of Powers, (Roaring Brook, 2006), and The Same Difference (Royal Fireworks Press, 2000) Her next book, Choices, will be released by Roaring Brook Press in fall, 2007. Visit her LJ and MySpace.
What about the writing life first called to you? Were you quick to answer or did time pass by?
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Author Interview: Cynthia Leitich Smith from Alma Fullerton. Here’s taste: “Writing fiction seemed a tremendous indulgence against great odds. It was something I’d do someday. But it slowly occurred to me that many people ‘someday’ their way through their entire lives. The only way to make dreams a reality is to commit to them fully.” Read the whole interview.
The Writers’ League of Texas calls for entries for its Teddy Book Awards in the “long works” and “short works” categories. The awards “were established to honor outstanding published books written by Writers’ League of Texas members.”
The entry fee is $25 per submission. Books published between Jan. 1, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2006 are eligible.
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Marian Hale on Marian Hale: “I can’t remember a time when I didn’t love books, but it wasn’t until I was twelve and instructed to write a short story for my sixth grade English class that I first became aware that I loved writing, too. However, other than the occasional attempt at poetry over the years,
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Learn “How to Throw a Book Launch Party” via an article I’ve written that has been posted to Anastasia Suen’s blog, Create/Relate: News from the Children’s Book Biz.
Speaking of which, the lovely Elizabeth Garton Scanlon at Liz In Ink is the latest blogger to chime in about my Tantalize launch party.
Robin Merrow MacCready on Robin Merrow MacCready: “I grew up in the 60s and 70s in Kennebunk Beach, Maine. My father was a realtor and we had a hotel and later an inn. Lots of people doing lots of things: fuel for great stories! After the summer was over, Kennebunk reverted back to a quiet town,
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