I’m delighted to share another true love story, this one about art and love, and, eventually, inspiration. Ellen Booraem is the author of The Unnameables, Small Persons with Wings, and Texting the Underworld, which Publishers Weekly called “Affecting, funny, and provocative”. Enjoy! In December 1979, a young artist in Newton […]
The Unnameables
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I always love following the Throwback Thursday hashtag on Twitter or Facebook, and today, I thought I’d play along with my own bookish version! To the left, below, the original hardcover edition of The Unnameables by Ellen Booraem. To the right, the current paperback edition! Which do you prefer?
Before I get to the winner of a copy of either Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson or Albatross by Josie Bloss (both out on February 1st! Pre-order today at your favorite bookstore!), I though I’d share some great recent links for those, and other kt literary titles. Bookshelves of Doom […]
If a book doesn’t spring to the top of the bestseller list when it’s released, is it over? Maybe for folks like Dan Brown (as if!) but not for children’s books, which can grow and grow and grow — both in sales and in attention. For instance, check out this […]
So much good news, it’s hard to decide which book jacket to showcase! Let’s go in order of pub date, shall we? The genius librarians at YALSA have nominated Ellen Booraem’s The Unnameables to the 2010 Best Books for Young Adult list. Blog readers may recall that I sat in […]
Before we get into today’s look at the the archives, some exciting news for a few of our clients! First, I’m thrilled to announce that Ellen Booraem‘s The Unnameables has been named to Voya’s list of the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2008. The full list is here, […]
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 […]
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.
Sorry, guys, I've got a headache attacking my brain like Godzilla in Tokyo, so allow me to just fill this space with links, ok? Thanks. Anokaberry includes Ellen Booraem's The Unnameables in her list of Best Books of 2008 for Middle-Grade Readers, while Literate Lives also does a very nice write-up, arguing for its inclusion on the Newbery list.