So, as I’ve been twittering lately, later this week I head to NYC, and then on to Italy for the Bologna Book Fair. And while, yes, it’s Italy in the Spring, with all the good food, great scenery, nice weather and such that that implies, but it’s also a lot of work. Work [...]
More good news to share this week — Ellen Booraem’s The Unnameables wins an Honorable Mention in the Children’s/Young Adult category for the Maine Literary Awards.
When I’m sneezing and achy and tired and coughing, it makes my head hurt to be at the computer all day, so I’m hoping to get some reading done instead. And besides the submissions I have to get to, there’s this whole wonderful list of YALSA’s best books for young adults, including Maureen Johnson’s Suite Scarlett. Whee!
So, you remember VH-1’s Pop-Up Videos, right? Little bubbles of exciting information and fun facts or trivia would pop up while a music video was playing. Well, if you liked that, and I KNOW you like books, you will LOVE this. Check out The Page Flipper for an online auction to benefit First Book, a charity to donate new books to children in need.
The publishing world, aside from being up in arms at the thought that Random House may have been right in canceling the US publication of The Jewel of Medina, is getting ready for the 60th Annual Frankfurt Book Fair.
