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Today a co-worker pulled me aside and asked about our next Children’s Literary Salon. She wanted to know how I was getting such fabulous stars, particularly since the next Salon (a week from this Saturday) will be featuring not just Penderwicks scribe Jeanne Birdsall but author N.D. Wilson to boot. Add in the topic (a […]
Reprinting PW deal announcements is not what I tend to do. Today, however, we’ve a rather extraordinary occurrence. Some of you may know that my husband Matt Bird is a bit of a blogger and screenwriter in his own right. Add the term “published author” to that description now. Publishers Weekly has just announced Matt’s […]
It wasn’t too long ago that I was running the Children’s Literary Salon, a monthly gathering of topics presented to children’s literature enthusiasts, in the hallowed halls of NYPL. Times change, people move, and lo and behold here I am on the outskirts of Chicago (if Evanston can really be designated as “the outskirts”) bringing […]
In preparation for the SLJ Pre-Game / Post-Game Show each year I try to collect all the Mock elections for Newbery or Caldecott or Printz or Sibert or Coretta Scott King or really anything that’s out there. It’s mildly exhausting and you’re always bound to miss someone somewhere. Last year I dutifully collected the Mocks […]
This is the kind of award librarians should know about and don’t tend to. For anyone searching for good picture book readalouds, this list is invaluable. Read on: Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy Announces 2016 CLEL Picture Book Awards Shortlists Denver, Colorado, December 15, 2015 – Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) announces the Shortlist […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Walton Hamilton picturebooksubmissions@gmail.com Picture Book Summit 2015 Raises Over $7000 for We Need Diverse Books Event Featured Mac Barnett, Peter Brown, Andrea Davis Pinkney and Other Top Children’s Authors New York, NY – The first annual Picture Book Summit, an international online conference for children’s […]
SIMMONS COLLEGE AND LEE & LOW BOOKS ESTABLISH NEW SCHOLARSHIP November 1, 2015—New York, NY—The Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons College and publisher LEE & LOW BOOKS have established a scholarship to increase diversity in the world of children’s literature. The new Lee & Low and Friends Scholarship will provide […]
Ach. You leave NYC, you deal with the consequences. No BookFest for me this year. Some of you, however, might be a bit luckier. It’s worth it. I mean, did you see that they have Laura Amy Schlitz with Jeanne Birdsall in conversation?!? Right there. Here are the details: Saturday, October 24, 2015 BookFest @ […]
Folks, I don’t post a lot of Kickstarter projects here, but this one’s a little different. It’s an idea that’s near and dear to my heart and . . . well, I’ll let the title speak for itself. Gaiman Kickstarter Video and Colfer Original Fiction Help Launch The Read Quarterly. The Read Quarterly (TRQ), […]
MFA in Creative Writing and Literature CONTACT: Emma Walton Hamilton Stony Brook Southampton emma.waltonhamilton@stonybrook.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2016 Children’s Literature Fellows Program Now Accepting Applications from Aspiring Children’s Authors Worldwide August, 2015. Southampton, NY. The Children’s Literature Fellows, a one-year graduate level certificate program sponsored by Stony Brook Southampton’s MFA in Creative Writing and […]