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Jacob Two-Two, too

From The Globe and Mail: Jacob Two-Two, one of the late Mordecai Richler's most famous characters, could be forgiven if he felt uncomfortable with being immortalized in a trilogy. After all, he's two plus two ... Read More »

August 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Random House pushes the envelope, then pulls back

By Stuart Woods

Presumably, the U.K. arm of Random House Children's Books knew what it was getting into when it published the latest children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson, titled My Sister Jodie, in which one of the characters ... Read More »

August 22, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Surprise: You’re a YA author!

By Nathan Whitlock

The New York Times has a piece by author Margo Rabb about her discovery that her readership would not be as... mature as she had envisioned: When my agent called to tell me that my ... Read More »

July 21, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Stuart Little vs. The New York Public Library

By Sara Forsyth

This week's New Yorker features an article by Jill Lepore about a long and public spat between E.B White and Anne Carroll Moore, the Superintendent of Work with Children at the New York Public Library. ... Read More »

July 15, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Libraries

Teacher suspended over Freedom Writers

By Scott MacDonald

A teacher in Indiana has been suspended without pay for 18 months for using The Freedom Writers Diary, a widely lauded collection of biographical stories written by inner-city teenagers, as part of her curriculum. For ... Read More »

July 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

CNN commentator calls books for boys “emasculating”

By Scott MacDonald

Glenn Beck, a conservative political commentator who appears regularly on CNN Headline News, recently welcomed U.S. children's book author Ted Bell to his show, in order to sing the praises of Bell's new adventure title, ... Read More »

June 20, 2008

2008 Libris Awards spread the wealth

By Q&Q Staff

Booksellers must have been in a share-the-wealth mood when they voted on this year's Libris Awards, as all three nominees for Author of the Year went home with a prize. It was Lawrence Hill who ... Read More »

June 15, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Pullman leads U.K. children’s author revolt

By Scott MacDonald

As we noted in Quillblog last week, British children's book publishers are gearing up to begin putting recommended age ranges on the covers of all their books. According to a new piece in The Daily ... Read More »

June 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

New ratings system for kids’ books?

By Scott MacDonald

A bit of controversy erupted at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts in Wales yesterday when the Children's Book Group of the Publishers' Association announced plans to pursue putting recommended age ranges on ... Read More »

May 30, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Coloroso’s publisher weighs in

By Scott MacDonald

Over the past week, the Toronto District School Board's decision to pull Barbara Coloroso's Extraordinary Evil from a Grade 11 course has continued to draw criticism from the literary community. Yesterday, Coloroso's publisher “ Penguin ... Read More »

May 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: children's books

Jacob Two-Two, too

Random House pushes the envelope, then pulls back

Surprise: You’re a YA author!

Stuart Little vs. The New York Public Library

Teacher suspended over Freedom Writers

CNN commentator calls books for boys “emasculating”

2008 Libris Awards spread the wealth

Pullman leads U.K. children’s author revolt

New ratings system for kids’ books?

Coloroso’s publisher weighs in

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