Tag: Quidditch

November 21, 2010 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: Hullo?

Julie Fortenberry, I kiss your tiny feet. I’ve known for years that Shaun Tan had been transferring his efforts from books to filmmaking, but I’d not seen the fruits of his or anyone else’s labor. Now we have a trailer for his remarkable The Lost Thing. My sole regret is that there is nowhere for […]

November 16, 2010 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: “Does the Quiet Old Lady evolve as a character or does she remain static?”

This Wednesday will see the final announcements of The National Book Award winners for one and all to see. Unlike the Newbery, Caldecott, or ALA Media Awards of any stripe, judges on the National Book Award committee are uniquely tight-lipped. They can’t even really give their own opinions of the books looked at (though you […]