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A World of Ways to Explore World Literature for Young ReadersFor our third post celebrating World Kid Lit Month 2023, translator and translation activist Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp brings us up to date with the new...
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The Chilling Effect of All These Book Bans - School Library Journal Releases Their 2023 Censorship ReportIt's not just about the titles that get called out, or have their out-of-context salacious bits read aloud at public hearings. It's...
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We're Almost Halfway Through World Kid Lit Month 2023!Time flies! We’re almost halfway through #WorldKidLitMonth 2023! More and more people and organisations are joining in, and it’s brilliant...
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The Authors Guild Shares "Practical Tips for Authors To Protect Their Works from AI Use"Our friends at the Authors Guild are doing some important education and advocacy around Artificial Intelligence, in particular the unauthorized...
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It’s September! Welcome to World Kid Lit Month!September is #WorldKidLitMonth, a wonderful time to discover world literature and translation for children and young adults. Perhaps...
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Back to School and Time to... Play?It's September, and most kiddos are back to school after the summer break. Maybe because we ourselves were kiddos at one time, and our...
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Notes from Picture Book HeavenReaders, Today I want to share with you one of the most delightful experiences I’ve had as an artist in the picture book world:...
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On Being a Writer and a Publisher: Austin Ross Shares at Publishers WeeklySeeing Novels from Both the Writing and Publishing Sides by Austin Ross, published earlier this month, includes some...
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More Than “Just” a Book ReadingReaders, When I first started booking events to promote my picture book, I expected the audience to be children, teachers, and librarians, and...
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Simon and Schuster Is Sold for $1.62 BillionThe new owner of the nearly century-old publisher is the private investment firm KKR. You can read about the deal here in Publishers Weekly ....
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Why You Should Befriend Your Fellow ArtistsReaders, If you are an author or illustrator reading this, you know how solitary our work can be. At times, it feels like a blessing:...
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Jane Friedman's Fight Against AI Generated "Garbage Books" that Fraudulently Claim to Be Authored by HerJane reported this on her website , and it's been picked up widely in the publishing media: Five books, claiming to be authored by her, remixing...
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How I Became a Picture Book Author-IllustratorHello, dear readers! My name is Haruka Aoki, and I am a poet-illustrator based in Lisbon, Portugal. My debut picture book Fitting...
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Check out highlights of the goodness and inspiration from the SCBWI Summer ConferenceWhere to find it? Well the first place to go is the Official SCBWI Conference Blog - at https://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/...
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Final Call to Join the Online Summer 2023 SCBWI Conference!First timer orientation is today (Thursday Aug 3, 2023 at 4pm Pacific) and then the virtual conference starts on Friday Aug 4 at 8:30am...
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A New Business Model - Bindery's Influencer Curated Imprints Where The Influencers Get a Stake In the Success of the BooksOn July 28, 2023, Sophia Stewart reported in Publishers Weekly about a new start up publishing house, Bindery . The goal is to...
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Children's Plays: The Middle Child of the TheatreBy J.S. Puller Those of us who spell the word “theatre” in the correct way (and I have fought more than one editor...
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Getting Permission To Write About Others - Jacqui Lipton Explains It for Our Friends at the Highlights Foundation BlogOver at the Highlights Foundation blog, lawyer and Senior Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency Jacqui Lipton shares a guest post, (When)...
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Top 10 Weirdest Student Questions I've Gotten...and How I Turned Them Aroundv:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape...
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Maureen Johnson Shares a "Rough and Ready Alarm" About AI and Publishing...Check out this Maureen Johnson Instagram post from Thursday Jul 13, 2023 . In it, she shares that a well-known author working with a big...
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Dungeons & Dragons & Dollmakers in Writingv:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape...
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The Summer 2023 SCBWI Conference Will Be Virtual And You Can Register Now! #scbwiSummer23Super accessible. Super affordable. Super empowering! With Keynotes (Lisa Yee, Frank Morrison, Doug Salati, and Angeline Boulley!)...
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How I Learned to Stop Panicking and Give Actual Advicev:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}...
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Opportunity to Sign the Authors Guild Open Letter to Generative AI LeadersOur friends at the Authors Guild have sent an open letter to the leaders of the major Generative AI developers , saying: "You’re...
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When the Trans March Ends Will the Children’s Books Keep Marching On?by Maya Gonzalez My family attended the San Francisco Trans March last week. In its 20th year, it is one of the largest and oldest...
