Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
The whole I’M BORED adventure has been amazing and continues to be amazing. Whenever things start to settle, something else happens that reminds me all over again to appreciate every moment. I was floored about how it all began, with a rejection and a friend’s encouragement. Then came the Simon & . . .
I first met John Martz at a National Cartoonist Society party in Toronto a few years ago and am also a fan of his popular illustration and cartooning blog Drawn. In addition to his professional comics work, John is the illustrator of several picture books including Dear Flyary from Kids Can Press, written by Dianne Young, and most . . .
Above and below: samples of the book-friendly cartoons by Tom Gault, whose YOU’RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK is being published later this year by Drawn & Quarterly. I have to buy this book! See more samples of his comics in BookPatrol as well as Tom’s Tumblr blog.
Love this. It’s the kind of book I want to read slowly, to immerse myself in the atmosphere. Gorgeous prose. It gave me nightmares…but in a good way. I just bought the sequel, Mistle Child, and can’t wait to read it! More info about the book. Author: Ari Berk. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books . . .
It’s International Book Giving Day! The goal: to get as many new, used and borrowed books into the hands of as many children as possible. You can celebrate this EVERY day, of course: find out how. I created a special bookplate in honor of the occasion. You can download it from the International . . .
I loved Meg Rosoff’s HOW I LIVE NOW, and I look forward to reading her other books. I had never seen Meg in person, so was looking forward to hearing her keynote at the SCBWI Winter Conference. Meg is wonderfully blunt, witty, opinionated. And very, very funny. One of the things . . .
For those who haven’t yet heard the term, conference takeaways are generally regarded as insights or key points that someone who attends brings away from the event. It differs for everyone, based on their own level of experience and context. I’m going to be sharing some of my takeaways, starting . . .
I’ve been a fan of Jo Knowles ever since reading Lessons From A Dead Girl and even more so after See You At Harry’s (Candlewick, 2012) plus I love her fun and positive tweets from @JoKnowles on Twitter. I’ve also heard great things about Jo’s Pearl and Jumping Off Swings, so am looking forward to reading those next! Jo has a master’s . . .
THE DARKEST CORNER OF THE WORLD Author: Urve Tamberg Publisher: Dancing Cat Books, an imprint of Cormorant Books ————- Had a fantastic time in NYC. More on this soon. But one of the books I read during the trip was Urve’s The Darkest Corner Of The World, which is about a teen girl’s struggle in . . .