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Today! The Children’s Literary Salon: Talking Across Literary Borders « A Fuse #8 Production
blog.schoollibraryjournal.com | 4 hours 6 minutes ago
The Children’s Literary Salon is pleased to announce our program today at 2:00: Connect Dots: Who’s Who? Talking Books Across Borders How do booksellers, librarians (school and public), bloggers discover, promote, discuss great books for kids? does communication between these different

Saturday Review of Books: February 4, 2012 | Semicolon
www.semicolonblog.com | 7 hours 14 minutes ago
“After the work is read, attention must be given. This is the time for serious reflection that goes beyond the act of good reading to the broader acts of good living.” ~~James W. Sire Welcome to the Saturday Review of Books at Semicolon. Here’s how it usually works. Find a book review on your blog

Police blotter: Man charged with kidnapping | GoUpstate.com
www.goupstate.com | 7 hours 33 minutes ago
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office has charged Wesley John Blain, 39, of 1509 Water Wheel St. in Greer with kidnapping. A woman told a deputy she was walking Thursday to a location on Murphy Road where Blain and another man were. Before she arrived, she said Blain pulled up to her in a car,

Out of the Loop–It’s No Mystery Why | Bookshop Blog
bookshopblog.com | 8 hours 24 minutes ago
I remember calling up an author to set her up for a signing. Nothing unusual about that. However, the signing was in relationship to her having been nominated

Pub Rants: Fridays With Agent Kristin: Episode 2 - The Difference Between Young Adult And Middle
pubrants.blogspot.com | 8 hours 59 minutes ago
Pub Rants A VERY NICE LITERARY AGENT INDULGES IN POLITE RANTS ABOUT QUERIES, WRITERS, AND THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY Friday, February 03, 2012 Fridays With Agent Kristin: Episode 2 - The Difference Between Young Adult And Middle Grade STATUS: We folks here in Denver like to take the Groundhog

Omnivoracious: Show Us Your Nightstand Reads
www.omnivoracious.com | 9 hours 24 minutes ago
I know it's terrible sleep hygiene, but I love reading in bed. As an editor on the Amazon Books team, it's a delightful (and sometimes overwhelming) part of my mission to tear through several books a week to uncover the...

New Book Publisher Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing Launches with with 6 Releases |
www.prlog.org | 10 hours 15 minutes ago
New Book Publisher Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing Launches with with 6 Releases. A Leap Year Launch: New Book Publisher Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing Launches with 6 Releases on February 29, 2012 You can learn more about CHBB by joining them on February 29, 2012 at

As the Book World Turns « BookPeople's Blog
bookpeopleblog.wordpress.com | 10 hours 24 minutes ago
The deadline to sign up as a Giver on World Book Night has been extended! You can now sign up through February 6th. A debut novel by thirty year old Anton DiSclafani went for seven figures to Riverhead this week. Keep an eye out for The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, which is garnering

Panini Launches U.K. Disney Magazine - License
www.licensemag.com | 11 hours 29 minutes ago
Panini U.K.'s Disney Club Penguin Magazine will launch at retail in the U.K. Feb. 9. This four-weekly magazine is based on the virtual world for kids, Disney Club Penguin.

Making the banned book list: Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic | From the Square | NYU Press blog
www.fromthesquare.org | 11 hours 59 minutes ago
With one of the harshest anti-immigrant laws on the books, Arizona recently targeted Latino schoolchildren and the books teachers use to inform them about Latino history and culture. Last month, the Tucson Unified School District, on a 4-1 vote, dissolved the Mexican American … <a