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checkers65477.livejournal.com

There was an article in School Library Journal a month or two ago that I thought you all might find interesting. It's written by Jonathan Hunt, librarian and great fan of Megan's books. In writing about possible Printz award winners this year, he throws in a couple of references to Return of the Thief. Go Team Gen!

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checkers65477.livejournal.com

We always knew MWT was a Most Interesting Person, didn't we? Well, now it's official.

Cleveland Magazine Most Interesting People 2021

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puppeteergirl.livejournal.com

Whaaaa??? Look what is currently #8 on the New York Times best seller list for children's series! Do you think this will increase the fanbase? Should we prepare welcome baskets?

https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/series-books/?_r=0

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Location: walking on air

filkferengi

http://historicalromanceuk.blogspot.com/2015/06/georgette-heyers-birthplace-gets-blue.html

Well, at least that settles the pronunciation questions for good and all.

filkferengi, cute when both smug and right

Current Mood: jubilant

filkferengi

Here's an obituary for the multiple Newbery-winning author:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/64326-obituary-zilpha-keatley-snyder.html

Current Mood: sad

deirdrej.livejournal.com

....Nøttelling!

And the lovely people over at Under the Greenwillow want us to check back often to follow his adventures!

checkers65477.livejournal.com

Cute post about Megan's recent Mythopoeic Award for the "Queen's Thief" series here at Under the Greenwillow

They say they want our input. Ha, really! Goooooooooo and comment.

Current Mood: meh
Current Music: lady gaga

puppeteergirl.livejournal.com

Here's a video I just came across. Love the speech!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7YFNrU7YAc

Current Mood: busy

teenareena.livejournal.com

Dear Sounisian,

Let's celebrate!!!

http://www.mythsoc.org/news/award-winners-2011/

checkers65477.livejournal.com

Take a look at The Horn Book 2011 Mind the Gap Awards. Funny! And also true.

Current Mood: hungry
Current Music: lady gaga - bad romance

ccwtaylor.livejournal.com

http://bookyurt.com/scouting/interviews/megan-whalen-turner-from-the-la-times-festival-of-books/

Here's my favorite quote from this one: "It makes me happy that there are a number of people for whom my books are exactly what they like best."

To which I say, "Thanks very much, Megan, for writing them!"

ccwtaylor.livejournal.com

Just to suplement the coverage of the LA Times festival--this blogger seems to have transcribed the entire panel discussion.

Here's my favorite bit:

Moderator: A children’s book critic called Megan the queen of subtext – multiple readings of Conspiracy continue to yield a rich appreciation of the text. I think that could be said for all three of you. Would you like to share your thoughts on multiple readings? Do you try to set up situations that become ah-hah moments for readers the second time through?

Megan Whalen Turner: I think the answer is, yes.

http://bookyurt.com/scouting/worlds-beyond-imagination-from-the-la-times-festival-of-books/

ballerina-222.livejournal.com

Just saw this from the Greenwillow page on facebook! aCoK won for young adult literature! of course it's listed at the bottom of the page, but still! This is great. Commence celebrations :)

Current Mood: happy

filkferengi

Go here: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/02/22/the-2010-nebula-awards-nominees/

See any familiar names? Hint: look under "Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy"

Andre Norton & mwt--two great writers that read well together. Lois Bujold describes genre as books in conversation with each other. Given some of these nominees, those are conversations I'd like to get in on!

Current Mood: giddy

ccwtaylor.livejournal.com

The list of books nominated for the Andre Norton Award (the YA category of the Nebula Awards) has just been announced:

* Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
* White Cat, Holly Black (McElderry)
* Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
* Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
* The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North (Tor Teen)
* I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)
* A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
* Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Yay for C. of K.!

here's the link to all the nominees: http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/

checkers65477.livejournal.com

Forgive me if this has been posted here already--honestly, I can't remember what I had for lunch today--but A Conspiracy of Kings is on the Kirkus 2010 Best Books for Teens list.

Yay!

Current Mood: good
Current Music: thompson twins - hold me now

creative-lefty2.livejournal.com

You know me--I'm the one who often comes baring book news. This post is no exception.

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestficya/bfya2011.cfm

creative-lefty2.livejournal.com

So, Conspiracy of Kings made the Horn Book list for 2010! Yeah! And there's a present for us in the article!

http://readroger.hbook.com/2010/12/fanfare-2010.html

(I have no idea how good this present will actually be, but I want to see it.)

creative-lefty2.livejournal.com

...and "A Conspiracy of Kings" made the list! Yeah!

Here's the link: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/2010-best-books-teens-complete-list/. The one we most care about is nearly at the bottom of the page.

beth-shulman.livejournal.com

There's a picture (not a great one) of MWT in his post here, and the caption is "You can't see much of it here, but Megan Whalen Turner won the prize for Best Dress". Scroll dooooown to see it.

MWT was there to receive an honor award for ACoK! More about the awards here.

Eddis, Attolia, Sounis

and Gen

Entries tagged with awards

Pondering Printz article

Most Interesting People 2021

Lookie there! New York Times Best Seller List!

ot: Heyer gets blue plaque

ot: Zilpha Keatley Snyder passes away

Update! Megan's Aslan's Official Name is....

Sounis Road Trip

Accepting 2010 Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award

And the 2011 Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature goes to...The Queen's Thief series!!!

Awards

Another link, this one to an interview with Megan in LA

LA Book Festival--a link to a transcription of what the authors said

L.A. Time Book Prizes

Award nominees

C. of K. has been nominated for the Andre Norton Award

Best Books list

ALA time

Horn Book time! And guess who got honors!

Kirkus reviews are in...

Boston Globe Horn Book Awards post by Read Roger

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