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Hoberman Picked as Poet Laureate
As part of its fifth annual Pegasus Awards, the Poetry Foundation has selected Mary Ann Hoberman as Children’s Poet Laureate. Hoberman inherits the two-year position, which comes with a $25,000 prize, from Jack Prelutsky.
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Turning Make-Believe into Real Success
Though the books might be about dolls, the creation of the Doll People series has been anything but child’s play. The Runaway Dolls is the third book in Ann M. Martin, Laura Godwin and Brian Selznick’s well-received series that began with The Doll People in 2000.
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Q & A with Neil Gaiman
Children's Bookshelf spoke with Neil Gaiman about his new novel, The Graveyard Book (HarperCollins).
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‘City of Ember’ Premieres in Manhattan
City of Ember, a film based on the book by Jeanne DuPrau, opens in theaters this Friday. The book's agent, Nancy Gallt, attended its premiere.
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Sheff Takes His Drug Recovery Public
Nic Sheff’s bestselling memoir about methamphetamine addiction, Tweak, landed on bestseller lists earlier this year. Now, a new blog by the author, New Dawn Transmission, has quickly found a strong following.
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SPX Shines Despite Down Economy
SPX was another showcase for indie comics, and a down economy didn't stop readers from opening their pocketbooks.
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Black and Naifeh Make Good Neighbors
Holly Black and Ted Naifeh have collaborated on The Good Neighbors: Kin, a tale inspired by faerie lore and a true life murder.
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Life in Comics: Does Minx’s Demise Raise Questions about the Book Market?
Our columnist looks at the the cancelation of DC's Minx line means for comics sales in bookstores.
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Comics Education the Eisner Way
W.W. Norton is publishing revised and updated editions of Will Eisner's classic comics instructional books, including the final volume, Expressive Anatomy, which is being published for the first time.
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October Comics Bestsellers
Naruto retakes the top slot from Jeff Kinney's Rodrick Rules, which has been #1 since February; followed by Vampire Knight vol. 5, Bleach vol. 24 and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed at #5.
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Yoshitaka Amano: From Vampires to Mozart
Acclaimed illustrator Yoshitaka Amano discusses the impact of music on his work and fantasizes about a future project.
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Comics Briefly
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Good Times At 2008 Small Press Expo
This years SPX looked to be a success, drawing an impressive number of attendees to its new Saturday/Sunday format.
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Fiction Reviews
Etta Gerald Kolpan . Ballantine , $25 (336p) ISBN 978-0-345-50368-8 The sketchy details of the life of Etta Place, outlaw and paramour of William “Sundance Kid” Longabaugh, are imaginatively filled in by first-time novelist Kolpan in this winning tale of the Wild West. After her wealthy father's disgrace and demise, Etta departs Philadelphia society and heads west to become a Har...
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A Pound of Flesh
The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History—and How We Can Fight Back Alan Michael Collinge . Beacon , $22.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-8070-4229-8 Think credit-card debt is a problem? Take a look at the lives ruined through the corporate thug tactics, usurious fees and vicious harassment employed by some of the nation's largest student-loan providers in this shocking expos...
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Nonfiction Reviews
Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood Donovan Campbell . Random , $26 (310p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6773-2 Campbell decided as a junior at Princeton that attending Marine Corps Officer Candidate School would look good on his résumé. Three years later, in the spring of 2004, he was in Iraq commanding a platoon known by its radio call sign, “Joker...
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Children's Book Reviews
Picture Books Peter Pan: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up Robert Sabuda . S&S/Little Simon , $29.99 ISBN 978-0-689-85364-7 Continuing to innovate, Sabuda enhances the already powerful enchantments of J.M. Barrie's classic 1902 tale with astonishing paper engineering. Illustrations suggest a hybrid of period styles, somewhere between arts and crafts, with their rich patterning, and art nouvea...
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Lots of Fans, Fun at the 2008 New York Anime Festival
The second annual New York Anime Festival started with a small trickle of fans after the professional day ended Friday afternoon, but their numbers had swelled considerably by evening.
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Baltimore Showcases Comics First
With a mix of popular comics creators from the book and periodical worlds, last weekend's Baltimore Comic-Con was a crowd-pleasing showcase.
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Vampire Hunter D Creators Come to New York
Bestselling Japanese novelist Hideyuki Kikuchi and his long-time illustrator Yoshitaka Amano are legends among anime and manga fans in both Japan and America for their collaboration on Vampire Hunter D, an ongoing series of prose novels about a vampire hunter who is half-vampire himself.
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