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Utah adventure
(Pre-post entertainment. Are you following the results of the Top 100 YA Novels poll over at Persnickety Snark? Check it out!)What with all the new website hullaboo, things have been not quite as serene as normal, so I am way behind on telling you about the BYU Children’s Literature Symposium.(Thank you, by the way, for [...]
They Said It Couldn’t Be Done!
For the first time ever in my life, I was ahead of a cultural trend.You know how some people are early adopters? Those who are super early to things are called beta testers. Traditionally I have been an omega adopter. I find out about a trend or new music or slang a year or two AFTER it [...]
First review of FORGE is in!!!
I know many of you have been wondering about the contents of FORGE. Sadly, you’ll have to wait 101 days until the 10/19 publication date to really sink your teeth into it.But Richie Partington of Richie’s Pick’s has posted the first review of it, for those who want an early taste.“07 July 2010 FORGE by [...]
ALA pics & recovery
Do not lean to close to the screen whilst reading this; I have a Summer Death Cold and don’t want to infect you. I ran this post through the anti-virus thingie, but you know viruses; always mutating.Wash your hands when you are finished reading. And increase your Vitamin C intake.And now to my ALA recap. (I did [...]
My ALA schedule
Where will I be during the American Library Association conference in Washington DC this week?Friday June 25th - I’ll be hanging around the YALSA Preconference all day long, worshipping librarians and thanking them for being such an important part of the lives of teen readers.I’ll also be speaking on the Author Panel from 1 – 2pm, [...]
Taking advantage of the longest days & WFMAD anyone?
Sorry to have been to absent from blogging, my friends. We’ve been taking advantage of the long days in the garden. A very generous friend showed up with a pick-up truck filled with herbs. The herb garden by the cottage that I was going to work on this fall is now on an accelerated schedule! [...]
Lady Gaga in the Library
This is so freaking awesome I have no words. Just enjoy.(Video was made by students and faculty at the University of Washington’s Information School. One of the students is the daughter of a friend. LIBRARIANS RULE THE WORLD!)
Seriously.
"Cutting libraries in a recession is like cutting hospitals in a plague."Eleanor CrumblehulmeYou know you want this on a tee-shirt. Buy one for your state’s governor and your school board president while you’re at it.
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