Monthly Archives: July 2009

BookPage Notable Title: Soul Enchilada

Book­Page has name Soul Enchi­lada a notable book. But you knew that because you read the blog title. This is one of my favorite reviews of Soul, so I just had to quote from it. You can read the whole thing at the web­site of Book Peo­ple. “In David Macin­nis Gill’s fresh, funny debut, Soul …

July 16, 2009 – 3:55 am | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog | Comments Off

ALA 2009

Got on plane to Chicago. Had din­ner with seven friends I’ve never met. Slept. Had break­fast in pres­ence of New­bery rock star. Signed many books. Wan­dered the hall. Lis­tened the best young adults talk books. Floated out of room. Had din­ner with edi­tor and part­ner in crime. Acci­dently offed writer dur­ing con­ver­sa­tion. Slept. Klatched a …

July 14, 2009 – 9:02 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Comments Off

Inaugural Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award

The Assem­bly on Lit­er­a­ture for Ado­les­cents (ALAN) of the National Coun­cil of Teach­ers of Eng­lish (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the first annual Amelia Eliz­a­beth Walden Book Award. Estab­lished in 2008 to honor the wishes of young adult author, Amelia Eliz­a­beth Walden, the award allows for the sum of $5,000 to be pre­sented …

July 12, 2009 – 10:26 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog | Comments Off

My ALA Schedules

I’ll be attend­ing ALA’s Annual meet­ing in Chicago this week­end. Since I’m going as both an author and Past-President of ALAN (www.alan-ya.org), I have both an offi­cial author sched­ule and an unof­fi­cial pro­fes­sional /fanboy sched­ule. Come say, What’s up, dog? Or just Hi, if that’s not your cuppa tea. Author Sched­ule: Sat­ur­day: HARPER FICTION BREAKFAST — …

July 10, 2009 – 2:11 am | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog | Comments Off