In arbitrary list form, because I never post and pretending it's a list is somehow helping. Quick recap: I spent this weekend in Dallas, TX, at the American Library Association Midwinter meeting, as a part of the William C. Morris committee to choose the best YA debut novel published in 2011. ETA: I was remiss in not putting the link to the actual ( Read more... )

Here's the awards announced today that I actually care about (not listing them all).

Newbery Medal:
Winner: The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
Honors: The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt; The Surrender Tree: Poems for Cuba's Struggle for Freedom, by Margarita Engle; Savvy, by Ingrid Law; and After Tupoc and D Foster, by Jacqueline Woodson

Printz Award (for ( Read more... )