Da Kink in My Hair
While Taipei this past weekend, I met the very proud brother of Ngozi Paul, co-star of the first all Black TV show to appear on national TV in Canada in primetime. Da Kink in My Hair is very much worth a view!
Category: feb 08
Update
I’m just back from the Taipei International Book Exhibit (TIBE). What an experience! I’ve got photos and details on my other blog if you’re interested. I think readers of this blog will be more interested in know that Kalisha Buckhanon (author of Alex Award winning Upstate) has a new book out!! I wanna read it!!… Read More Update
YA Lit Symposium
YALSA opened housing requests and listed its registration rates for the inaugural Young Adult Literature Symposium, Nov. 7-9 at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. Registration opens May 1, with special early bird pricing available until Sept. 1 and advance registration from Sept. 2 to Oct. 3. The symposium, funded in part by… Read More YA Lit Symposium
Free Online Books
NY Times: In an attempt to increase book sales, HarperCollins Publishers will begin offering free electronic editions of some of its books on its Web site, including a novel by Paulo Coelho and a cookbook by the Food Network star Robert Irvine. The idea is to give readers the opportunity to sample the books online… Read More Free Online Books
Reading Is No Longer Fundamental??
First lady Laura Bush read Goodnight Moon by video hookup at last year’s awards gala for Reading Is Fundamental, a $25 million federal program that distributes books to low-income children. Five months later, President Bush wants to say good night to the program. Since 1966, the program has distributed 325 million new books to more… Read More Reading Is No Longer Fundamental??
Cotton Quilts Edi 