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  • Colorado Mountains Provide Setting for YA Author Retreat

    Eight YA authors accomplished a lot – and squeezed in some literary-themed playtime – at a writers' getaway in Steamboat Springs, Colo. organized by Jessica Brody.

  • In Tune: Music Sparks a New Project from Cornelia Funke

    Composer Luna Pearl Woolf and soprano Lisa Delan enlisted author Cornelia Funke, actor Jeremy Irons, and Mirada Studios to work on a multimedia storybook and app.

  • Talking Common Core and 21st Century Literacy at the CBC

    At the annual Children's Book Council meeting, guest speakers Alan Lawrence Sitomer and Maryanne Wolf discussed Common Core and influence of technology has on developing readers.

  • Princeton Children's Book Festival: In Photos

    The eighth annual Princeton Children's Book Festival was held on September 21 with 86 authors and illustrators in attendance to celebrate the community, books, and the love of reading.

  • Solid Second Outing for Boston Teen Author Festival

    Twenty-one authors took part in the second annual Boston Teen Author Festival on Saturday, September 21, at the Cambridge Public Library in Cambridge, Mass.

  • Brain Hive Names Soutor President; Adds Features

    Brain Hive, a pay-as-you-go e-book lending service for K-12 school libraries, has added new features to the platform in addition announcing changes to its management.

  • Simon & Schuster Begins School Test for E-books

    Simon & Schuster has begun a pilot program aimed at making 450 of its most popular children’s and young adult titles available for use in school classrooms as e-books.

  • A [John] Green Summer for Indies

    For a number of booksellers summer 2013 has been one of the best.

  • Expansion Underway at Alamosa Books

    Only three years after opening, Alamosa Books in Albuquerque, N.M., is expanding into a second location around the corner from its existing store in the city's Northeast Heights neighborhood.

  • In Brief: September 19

    This week, an author on a 'wild' book tour has a quiet moment; the CIA is in the 'house'; touring together suits a writer pair 'perfectly'; fans bite into a novel; and getting into character gets an author in trouble.

  • A Quartet of YA Novelists Embarks on an AdVANture

    In early September, authors Tessa Gratton, Sonia Gensler, Myra McEntire, and Tara Hudson fired up a minivan and hit the road on a five-day grassroots tour through the Midwest.

  • A New Children's Publishing Group Gathers in Boston

    After a summer of planning, Children's Books Boston held its first gathering on September 12 at Simmons College.

  • Bookseller Pick: 'Kiss Me Again'

    Jordan Nielsen, children's book buyer at powerHouse Arena in Brooklyn, shares her enthusiasm for Rachel Vail's Kiss Me Again, releasing in paperback in December.

  • NBF Reveals YPL Longlist

    The National Book Foundation announced the 2013 Young People's Literature longlist for the National Book Award.

  • River City Readers Transports St. Louis Students

    This summer's River City Readers literacy program raised $10,000 to buy books and bring authors to St. Louis, and founder Left Bank tweaked the program to further enhance its impact.

  • Happy Birthday to Bookshelf

    Bookshelf debuted on September 15, 2005, and a lot has changed in the eight years since.

  • In Brief: September 12

    This week, an actress-turned-author goes back to school; authors celebrate a publisher's milestone; a 'wild' multi-platform series is born; a debut writer has an OMG moment; a picture book soars; and an author glams it up.

  • Licensing Hotline: September 2013

    Fans of the bestselling videogame franchise World of Warcraft will be able to buy the first children's book based on the property, when Snow Fight: A Warcraft Tale debuts at the BlizzCon fan gathering.

  • What's Selling at Rediscovered Books

    Laura "Wally" Johnston talks about books she is happy to be handselling at Rediscovered Books in Boise, Idaho.

  • Cut to the Core: Distinguishing Common Core Myth from Reality

    Distinguishing myths about the Common Core from reality will be a chief function of this new column, as we explore the issues and opportunities of the new educational standards.

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