MORE 'PRESS-RELEASE-FUN' POSTS
For those of you in the Chicago area, here’s a bit of happiness. This Saturday I’ll have the pleasure of hosting artist Rebecca Dudley of the incomparable Hank Finds an Egg in my Literary Salon. Here’s the long and short of it: Evanston Literary Salon: Rebecca Dudley’s Miniature World Saturday, November 12th, 1:30 – […]
It only comes but once a year. But when it comes, boy howdy is it cool! The press release below reveals everything you need to know, but I just wanted to add that the new website with its searchable capabilities is awesome. Plus, I just saw this adorable El Deafo video and had to share: […]
Naturally you know what tomorrow is. You don’t? Doggone calendars. You’d think they’d have the wherewithal to remember that October 21st is Ivy & Bean Day. And now here’s the interesting part. You heard it here first, folks, but Ivy & Bean are going to have . . . AN ELEVENTH BOOK!! Don’t believe me? […]
Generally speaking, I tend to go whole weeks without a press release to my name. Then I get a whole slew of them submitted in a single week. So far I’ve one on Tuesday, one today, and probably one tomorrow or Saturday. It’s a full life. If the one on Tuesday was for librarians, the […]
This one’s for the school and public librarians. Don’t let the title of this post fool you. For all that this sounds like an award for authors and illustrators, it’s actually a grant so that you can get some into your library. On site. In person. Here’s the text, and it’s fantastic. Maybe one of […]
There was a time, oh best beloved, when BookFest (an annual book event with multiple panels, book discussions, speakers, and general camaraderie) was hosted by New York Public Library. Then came the great upheaval of 2008 and its fate was up in the air until Lisa Von Drasek saved it by pulling it uptown to […]
In just 9 days the Children’s Literary Salon at EPL will be up and running again. And, as ever, you can watch the proceedings live from your very own home computer right here. This month, we’re celebrating the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival in all its shameless glory. Explained thusly: Even better news, the 90-Second Newbery […]
Oh, my stars and garters. You lucky authors out there that have written books with math in them in some way are in for a treat. The Mathical Book Prize is now accepting submissions from all comers, be they picture books, middle grade, or YA. What is this prize of which I speak? In its […]
Documentary Following Curious George Creators Hans A. & Margret Rey Announced – Ema Ryan Yamazaki Directorial Debut New York City, NY – July 26, 2016 – In celebration of the world’s most beloved monkey, who turns seventy-five years old this year, filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki announces the first ever mixed-media documentary about Curious George. Monkey […]
This is so neat that I wish I could apply for it myself. I cannot, but if you’re a member of ALSC, you could (you lucky thing). The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is seeking a personal member interested in representing ALA/ALSC on the United States Board on Books for Young […]