Tag: Cindy Pon

May 30, 2011 by Betsy Bird

SLJ’s 2011 Day of Dialog: “The best thing about being a writer is that you have readers” – Katherine Paterson

So let’s get a grasp on what exactly it is I’m talking about here. Day of Dialog. A day when School Library Journal and roughly 1.5 billion children’s book publishers (read: 16, give or take) get together and attendees (who are mostly children’s librarians and children’s booksellers) get to witness a variety of interesting panels […]

July 9, 2010 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Nixonian sepulchre

Have you noticed the sheer unrestrained hoards of talent participating on the Ripple gulf relief blog? You remember Ripple, right? I blogged about it back in June saying, “Kelly Light (http://prettygoodforagirl.blogspot.com/) began creating sketchcards in an effort to do something about the BP oil spill in the Gulf. She sold them on her blog, and […]