Alma Fullerton will be the featured guest author in the ALAN Book Chat on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. The chat will begin at 9:00 PM (EDT) and will be moderated by librarian Barb Dean. Everyone is invited to participate; you do not have to be a member of ALAN to visit the chat. To access the chat, click here. See you then!
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ALAN is seeking a new editor of The ALAN Review. The present coeditors, Lori Atkins Goodson and James Blasingame, will be resigning from the position after the Summer 2009 issue. For more information, click here.
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Newbery-winner Sharon Creech, whose works include Walk Two Moons, Bloomability, The Wanderer, Love That Dog, Ruby Holler, and others, will be speaking at the ALAN Breakfast on Saturday, November 22.
Creech’s novel Walk Two Moons received the 1995 Newbery Medal, and Ruby Holler received the 2002 Carnegie Medal, making her the first novelist to receive both prestigious awards. Says Creech of path to becoming a writer: “When I was young, I wanted to be many things when I grew up: a painter, an ice skater, a singer, a teacher, and a reporter. It soon became apparent that I had little drawing talent, very limited tolerance for falling on ice, and absolutely no ability to stay on key while singing. I also soon learned that I would make a terrible reporter because when I didn’t like the facts, I changed them.”
To purchase tickets for this event, see the convention registration form on the NCTE website.
Source: sharoncreech.com. Photo credit: Library of Congress
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The ALAN BookClub is pleased to feature Alma Fullerton and her novel Walking on Glass (2007 HarperCollins) in this month’s book chat. Walking on Glass is a novel written completely in verse and tells the compelling story of a sixteen-year-old boy who must decide whether or not to disconnect his mother’s life support.
The live chat to discuss Walking on Glass will be held Wednesday, June 18th at 9:00 PM (EDT) and the chat will be moderated by guest moderator, Barb Dean. The live chat with Alma Fullerton will be held one week later, Wednesday, June 25th at 9:00 PM (EDT)
You do not have to be a member of ALAN to participate in the Book Chat. To join the conversation, click on this link. See you there!
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Pamela Sissi Carroll, Chair of the Hipple Award Committee, has announced that Jeanne McDermott, Director of Marketing of Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, has been selected to receive the 2008 Hipple Service Award.
Jeanne McDermott is a marketing professional with over twenty years in the field including, among other companies, HarperCollins and The Disney Publishing Group. She has spent the last twelve years as the Marketing Director at Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. Jeanne is a long-time advocate for ALAN, devoting time and resources to the organization’s annual breakfast and workshop, and recently to the online ALAN Bookchats. As President-elect Sissi Carroll says, “she is ALWAYS there for us.”
Her mentors include Lauren Wohl and the late Bill Morris. Her source of inspiration has been the authors and [Read more →]
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