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Book trailers and awards
I’ve been trying to figure out something this week and I wonder if people can help me. Every year, we hear about the winners of[…]
Reading beyond reality: interview with Cindy Pon at Tu Publishing
In continued celebration of the theme of Teen Read Week, even if the week itself is over, I interviewed author Cindy Pon about her new[…]
Tidbits–Tu Publishing, book club, critiques update
We’re up to almost $1000 on the Kickstarter project for Tu Publishing. Thanks so much to everyone for pledging, and please feel free to share[…]
Updated video–please respond to that for the video challenge
On Tuesday, I challenged everyone (teens, especially) to respond to my video with videos of their own talking about their experiences with reading and multicultural[…]
Read-alikes
I have finally just discovered Diary of a Wimpy Kid (I know! I had heard of it, but hadn’t read it) and I’m looking for[…]
The age-old, oft-discussed, oft-annoying discussion: what is the difference between MG and YA?
A conversation came up on Twitter today that moved over to Facebook that covered a lot of ground and I think it would be great[…]
Questions I have about our industry in general
I added these to my last post, because some readers pointed out that it sounded like I was defending Bloomsbury’s choice of cover, which wasn’t[…]
Book lists: Multicultural SF/F for MG and YA
ETA: If you’re just googling into this list now, please see my booklists over on Pinterest, which I keep much more up-to-date than this page[…]
For scholars and published children’s writers: ICFA
One of my authors (Amie Rose Rotruck, who wrote Bronze Dragon Codex) is also the head of the ICFA children’s literature division. She’s looking for[…]
Have you taken the dare?
Author Cynthea Liu is doing something unique for the launch of her new book: daring others to bid in her online auction, a fundraiser to[…]