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Links of the Week: May 6
Margaret Stohl reviews Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon in the first YA review from the new Los Angeles Review of Books. YA author Cecil Castellucci is the children’s/YA section editor.
Lots of awards this week! John Green and David Levithan’s Will Grayson, Will Grayson won the teen choice award at the Children’s Choice Book Awards. Megan Whalen Turner’s A Conspiracy of Kings won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature. The Interrogation of Gabriel James by Charlie Price won the Edgar Award in the young adult category. The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith won an Agatha Award for best children’s or young adult mystery.
The Audiobook Community will be offering free classic and contemporary YA audio downloads again this summer. A new pair of audiobooks will be available each week from 6/23/11 – 8/17/11.
Joyce Valenza at SLJ’s NeverEndingSearch compiled a list of non-subscription reading suggestion engines to help with reader’s advisory.
The Swiss Army Librarian has some suggestions for helping parents who come into the library looking for homework assistance for their children.
Andy at Agnostic, Maybe lists five TED Talks librarians should watch.
I’m loving this post from Design*Sponge about fashion inspired by the classic teen black comedy Heathers.
ForeverYA never forgets to be awesome — their new pen pal club is inspired! Time to pull out the Sanrio and Lisa Frank stationery…
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Links of the Week: April 29
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the YA books turned movie phenomenon, mentioning a few of the recently optioned titles including Veronica Roth’s Divergent, Pamela Sargent’s Earthseed, and
Amanda Hocking’s Trylle Trilogy.
The Hub has a post on working with urban teens, which includes a few resources.
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 trailer was released this week!
YALSA has announced the winners of the annual election. Congratulations to all of the winners!
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Links of the Week: April 22
The Telegraph reports on an Oxford University study that found that reading is the only teenage activity that helps secure a good job in the future.
Amazon and OverDrive announced that eBook library lending will be available for Kindles some time this year. The Librarian in Black has a concise summary of the potential ramifications of this service.
I love Katie’s fairy tale book display over at Read What You Know and Kelly’s Middle East book list at Stacked.
Annnnd, this really isn’t library or literature-related, but this gender stereotypes rant from a 10-year-old girl on Jezebel is the best thing I’ve read all month.
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Links of the Week: February 25
Librarians are up in arms over a new policy from HarperCollins that may restrict eBook circulation on OverDrive to 26 uses. Librarian in Black has a great analysis of the implications of this decision and some calls to action for librarians.
Liz at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy wrote an in-depth look at how she prepares for book talks at schools.
Over at Spine Label, Julia looks at how public librarians can approach personal branding.
Sarah from YA Librarian Tales reflects on her first two years as a teen librarian — a great read for aspiring youth services librarians!
Publisher’s Weekly has a huge roundup of fall 2011 sneak previews from all the major publishers. Unfortunately, it doesn’t provide much info about the featured titles.
The New York Times magazine discovers YA dystopian fiction and cobbles together an uninspired list of examples.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America released its nominees for the 2010 Nebula Awards. Nominees for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy:
- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
- White Cat by Holly Black
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
- The Boy from Ilysies by Pearl North
- I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
- A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
- Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
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Links of the Week: February 18
Thersic Style Icons, a fashion blog that pairs designed collections and pop culture, has matched children’s book cover and illustrations with Duro Olobu’s Fall 2011 Collection.
The winners of the Cybils, the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards, were announced earlier this week. Here are the middle grade and YA winners:
- Middle Grade Fiction: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda By Tom Angleberger
- YA Non-fiction: The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing by Suzanne Jurmain
- YA Graphic Novels: Yummy; The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy duBurke
- YA Fantasy & Science Fiction: Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
- YA Fiction: Splitby Swati Avasthi
The Winter 2011 issue of YALSA’s Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults is now available. It includes articles on the Printz award, rural teens, a reader with Asperger’s, and book banning in the 1980s.
Alice Marwick and Danah Boyd write about teens, Twitter, and privacy for the Guardian.
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Links of the Week: February 11
As part of its ongoing State of Publishing series, McSweeney’s takes a look at how YA literature is doing in the current climate. It’s a brief look at a much bigger picture, but it does provide some concrete numbers about teen reading habits and book publishing numbers.
Lisa Von Drasek writes a fantastic in depth article about how to get a library job in School Library Journal. While aimed at school librarians, the advice holds true for public librarians as well and includes some great real-life scenarios and a sample cover letter.
USA Today profiles a self-published teen author of paranormal romance whose ebook trilogy hit the newspaper’s Best-Selling books list.
School Library Journal has released the brackets for this year’s Battle of the Books, a March Madness-style competition that puts well-regarded children’s and YA books head to head in a match-up that is decided by popular authors.
Tech Crunch shares some numbers from a recent ComScore white paper that shows teens 12-17 reported a massive decline in webmail use from a year ago.
The Annual Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff Creative Outreach Grants for Teachers and Librarians award up to $1,000 each for proposals to develop new classroom or library programs that raise awareness of multicultural literature. The application deadline is February 28, 2011.
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Links of the Week: January 28
Julia at the Spine Label gives some insight into serving on a selection committee with her experience on the YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults committee.
Abby (the) Librarian has some awesome advice about library school for those interested in working as a children’s or YA librarian.
The nominees for the Edgar Awards for best mystery books were recently announced. There are both juvenile and young adult categories.
Librarian David Lee King has been posting some useful presentation tips that could come in handy.
Twilight: Eclipse has been nominated for seven Razzies, the awards for worst movies of the year.
The Hunger Games movie gets a release date: March 23, 2012.
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Links of the Week: January 14
Jennifer LaGarde (aka Library Girl!) gives advice on how to get grants for your library at the Georgia Library Media Association blog.
ALA Midwinter was this past weekend, so all of the YALSA awards and booklists are now up on their site. Always a great collection development resource!
YALSA also has a few deadlines coming up on January 31:
- Apply to edit the Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults — YALSA is accepting applications for its member editor position to start in Spring 2011.
- YALSA is accepting applications for its Teen Services Mashup table talk session at the 2011 Annual Conference.
- YALSA members can win an e-reader and a free year of YALSA membership in the Why I’m a Member Contest.
- Those interested in serving on a process committee, jury, or advisory board should fill out the volunteer form.
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Links of the Week: August 13
New York magazine weighs in on the casting of Katniss in the Hunger Games movie. But all of their choices are blond — isn’t Katniss described as having olive skin and dark hair?
I’m loving the discussion on the Forever YA posts about deal-breakers and deal-makers in YA books.
Check out the Teen Choice Award winners. Lots of love for Twilight, Vampire Diaries, and Pretty Little Liars.
Vote for your favorite YA fantasy characters in the YA Fantasy Showdown. The second round starts on Sunday.
Adele at Persnickety Snark is counting down the top 100 YA books based on votes from her readers. Who will be number one?
GreenBeanTeenQueen wrote a great post about how a librarian’s work extends well past regular working hours. Aspiring librarians should also check out her post, So you want to be a teen librarian?
The New York Times ran an essay about the popularity of teen books among adults. Liz from A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy shares her reaction to the piece, which includes links to other viewpoints.
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Links of the Week: June 25
The New York Times looks at the negative side of high school popularity.
GreenBeanTeenQueen has a great post on her library’s recent YA author event and advice on hosting your own.
Patti at Oops…Wrong Cookie spotlights her library’s recent manga and anime convention for teens, Yomicon, that attracted 750 people!
Kidlit Con 2010 is set for Oct. 23 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is the fourth annual conference for children’s and YA book bloggers — sounds fun!
Slate looks at Christian YA books and their niche in the marketplace.
Don’t forget to follow #ala10 and #yalsa on Twitter this weekend for tweets from the ALA Annual Conference.
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