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Kevin
Brooks, Jon Klassen Win Carnegie, Greenaway Medals The winners of the 2014 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were announced today in London. The CILIP Carnegie Medal was awarded to Kevin Brooks for "The Bunker Diary" (Puffin) while author-illustrator Jon Klassen took the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for "This Is Not My Hat" (Walker Books). more » »
Booksellers
Score Points in HBG Feud : Amazon’s decision to take a hard line
with Hachette seems to have provided a sudden competitive advantage for other
booksellers, large and small.
Arrests Made for
Illegal Book Publishing: Spanish police have arrested three
people on suspicion of illegally scanning and then unlawfully publishing books
on a massive scale.
Silverstein's
Unlikely Rise to Stardom : Using edgy humor, clever rhymes, and
tripped-out drawings, Shel Silverstein achieved the impossible. He bridged the
worlds of adult and children's art, while becoming wildly popular in the
process.
Marx is Making a
Comeback : The "Communist Manifesto" co-author has
gotten a second life — and he has some advice for progressives.
Mary Poppins's
Real-Life Model : Originally written as a private Christmas
gift, P.L. Travers's previously unseen tale of "stern and tender"
Aunt Sass will be published this autumn.
1 comment:
Enjoyed the article on Shel Silverstein. I have a treasured old copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends.
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