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Happy Holidays!
From all of us to all of you, Happy Holidays! We’ll see you in the New Year with a lot more interviews, conference news, upcoming books, insider info, and giveaways!
Best of 2010 Lists
I may work for a specific publisher but the truth is that I’m a fan of books in general. As such, I get ecstatic over the ALA awards and so excited about the Best of… lists every year. You can take the woman out of the library, but you can’t take the librarian… The end-of-year [...]
Turning the Page with…Rita Williams-Garcia
I have a story to share about Rita Williams-Garcia. We were recently at NCTE together and Rita was about to sign books in our booth. She hopped up on the stool, uncapped a pen with gusto, and exclaimed, “This NEVER gets old for me!!!” (I use multiple exclamation points because that is very much the [...]
Freight Train app and transliteracy
We recently asked librarian Karyn Silverman if she’d give us her thoughts on ebooks, apps, and the technology of reading and literacy (no small feat!). She gave us all kinds of fantastic information – check it out: I feel like we’ve been hearing “It’s year of the ebook!” for at least the past two years. [...]
Winter/Summer 2011 Title Presentation
You are cordially invited to our Winter/Summer 2011 Title Presentation at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego: Date: Saturday, January 8, 2011 Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Place: Convention Center, Room 7A Come hear about our upcoming titles and get FREE galleys, posters, and other fun promotional materials! Light refreshments will be served. And don’t forget to [...]
Audrey Hepburn and 2010 Trends
Clicking through my blogroll today, I found two posts, in particular, that caught my attention: 1. Julia Denos, illustrator of the GORGEOUS upcoming picture book bio JUST BEING AUDREY (Balzer+Bray, Jan 2011) received an advanced copy of her book in the mail! The post is really lovely and I was particularly struck by Julia’s quote, [...]
Chris Lynch talks about HOTHOUSE
We were honored recently when Chris Lynch, award-winning author and National Book Award finalist, shared with us the inspiration for his most recent book, HOTHOUSE, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults nominee. It’s the story of two firefighters who die in the line of duty and the fallout their sons face when it’s discovered these [...]
NCTE/ALAN Photos
Some may argue with me when I say that conferences aren’t all about the books: conferences are about the people you meet. In addition to the super cool librarians and teachers we meet, we also meet amazing authors and illustrators whose work we love to support. Here are a few of the folks that we [...]
NCTE 2010 HarperCollins Booth: A Photo Montage
Never been to a conference? Wonder what all the fuss is about? Do we really stack up galleys for the taking? See for yourself: Stacking up the galleys! CLOAKED by Alex Flinn (2/11) Stacking up galleys for our new middle-grade series: THE TROUBLE WITH CHICKENS by Doreen Cronin, THE INCORRIGIBLE CHILDREN OF ASHTON PLACE: BOOK [...]
Planning an Author Visit
Hi, Pageturners! Tony here, your friendly neighborhood author visit coordinator. This is the first in a series of posts about the joy of author visits. And they are indeed a joy. They are also require a lot of planning. I’m here to make that planning as painless as possible. If you’ve never experienced an author [...]
