Tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 18, join guest host Catherine Atkins and young adult librarians Hope Baugh, Kristin Lade, Christi Showman and teen literacy advocate Liz Bass for a celebration of Teen Read Week at the YA Authors Cafe. All chats are at 8:30 p.m. EST, 7:30 CST.
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Author Interview: Linda Sue Park from Downhomebooks.com.
About a year ago, I painstakingly assembled a vitae for my writing career.
Having been self-employed, it had never previously occured to me that I needed one. But increasingly, I found myself having to scramble to put together niche-market bios or support materials for grant requests or media replies. A little bit of this, a little bit of that.
The final hearings for a new downtown public library for Austin are tonight, Monday, October 17 at 7 p.m. at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (4801 La Crosse Avenue).
There were eight supporters at the last meeting, which was great, but still they comprised only 10 percent of the people in attendance.
Austinites: If you can swing by (or fill out the online survey;
Continue Reading Austinites: Support A New Central Library (Final Meeting) »
Rosa Sola by Carmela A. Martino (Candlewick, 2005). From the catalog copy: “Living with her Italian immigrant parents in 1960s Chicago, nine-year-old Rosa, an only child, often feels SOLA and different. But as soon as she holds her friend AnnaMaria’s baby brother for the first time, Rosa is sure that if she prays hard enough, God will give her a sibling too.
Continue Reading Author Interview: Carmela A. Martino on Rosa Sola »
All hail Babymouse! The ARC features the first two books, Babymouse: Queen of the World! (Random House, 2005) and Babymouse: Our Hero (Random House, 2005). This debut graphic novel series is funny, funy, heartfelt, funny, and true to young girls. Did I mention funny? It’s also a welcome outreach to a younger set of graphic book readers.
Continue Reading Interview: Matthew Holm on Babymouse (“with sisterly input from Jenni Holm”) »
Some Writers Deserve to Starve! 31 Brutal Truths About the Publishing Industry by Elaura Niles (Writer’s Digest, 2005). Funny, thoughtful, conversational, this hip, small volume is jam-packed with street smarts. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
My Thoughts
Elara Niles has a sharp, clever voice. Reading this book is like a laugh-out-loud lunch with someone in the know.
Continue Reading Some Writers Deserve to Starve! by Elaura Niles »
The World According To Rock by Jerry Wermund, illustrated by Tony Sansevero (Rockon Publishing, 2005). “Wermund introduces readers ages 5-8 to all types of rocks with succinct geological information and Sansevero’s illustrations of the types of rock. The rock basalt is ‘black as a starless night, hard and dense, a winner in the battle of rock against water,
Continue Reading Author Interview: Jerry Wermund on The World According To Rock »
Posted for Cyndee Kalodner:
“I am a psychologist and aspiring kids book author. This combination leads me to think about fiction can be used with kids in a therapuetic way. We all know that kids learn a lot about themselves from reading some books. What I want to do is take reading fiction into the realm of counseling/therapy.
“My project is a book tentatively titled ‘How to Use Books That Kids Read: Counseling Strategies That Work.’
Breakout YA author Libba Bray followed up A Great and Terrible Beauty (Delacorte, 2003, 2005)(read an excerpt), with the second in the trilogy, Rebel Angels (Delacorte, 2005)(read an excerpt). She’s from Texas, and lives in New York.
What were your earliest literary influences?
I loved,
The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, a publication of the International Reading Association, this month features authors Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith as “People To Watch,” (“an occasional short exposé on up-and-coming authors of young adult literature”), offering reviews (continuing to page 2) of “A Real-Live Blond Cherokee and His Equally Annoyed Soul Mate”
Continue Reading “People to Watch:” Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith »