Book Award finalists read

This SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, finalists for the Washington State Books Award will read from their nominated works at University Book Store in the University District at 3PM.

Those reading are:
Mary Cronk Farrell, Maureen McQuerry, Jennifer K. Mann, and Jennifer Longo.

Come support our local talent and celebrate their books! See you there!

WA State Book Award finalists announced, and...

...there are more than a few names we recognize in their respective categories of the Scandiuzzi Children’s Book Award Finalists:

 Picture Book

• “Little Green Peas: A Big Book of Color” (Beach Lane Books) written and illustrated by Keith Baker of Seattle
• “Two Speckled Eggs” (Candlewick Press) written and illustrated by Bainbridge Island resident Jennifer K. Mann of Bainbridge Island
• “Hands Say Love” (Little Brown Books for Young Readers by George Shannon of Bainbridge Island, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo
• “S Is for Salmon: A Pacific Northwest Alphabet” (Sasquatch) written and illustrated by Hannah Viano of Seattle

Books for Middle Readers (ages 9 to 12)

• “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” (Andrews McMeel Publishing) by Dana Simpson of Des Moines, Wash
• “Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides: Maps and Geography” by Ken Jennings of Seattle (Little Simon)
• “Time Out of Time: Book One: Beyond the Door” by Maureen McQuerry, of Richland (Amulet Books)

Books for Young Adults (ages 13 to 18)

• “Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific” (Abrams Books for Young Readers) by Mary Cronk Farrell of Spokane
• “Between Two Worlds” (Wendy Lamb Books) by Katherine Kirkpatrick of Seattle
• “Six Feet Over It” (Random House Books for Young Readers) by Jennifer Longo of Seattle
• “The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender” (Candlewick Press) by Seattle resident Leslye Walton

Wonderful, wonderful news for all! Congratulations and high-fives
to everyone for such an incredible honor!

Maureen McQuerry's book launch

SCBWI friends!

Maureen McQuerry (SCBWI InlandNW ) will celebrate the release of The Telling Stone, sequel to Beyond the Door in the Time Out of Time series.

WHERE/WHEN: 

Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), June 6 at 6:30pm 

Queen Anne Book Company, June 7 at 2pm


When characters from Celtic mythology invade the lives of a 12-year-old science and book nerd and his dancer sister, they are compelled to partner with the school bully in a quest to prevent the Dark from controlling the future and changing the stories of the past.

The Telling Stone is the second book in The Time Out of Time series following Beyond the Door, which was a Booklist Best Fantasy and SciFi for Youth 2014. 

 

BONUS: Seattle piper Tom Creegan will be on hand to help celebrate the release with the Uilleann pipes!

 

Call by tomorrow for Maureen McQuerry author event

 Please join author Maureen McQuerry for a special literary AND gustatory event at Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE) this Saturday, September 22 at 7pm, to celebrate Maureen's latest book, The Peculiars (Amulet). The ticket price, $18.56, includes a copy of the book, dinner, and other refreshments. Please call 206-518-5886 by September 20 to RSVP.

Good news abounds

Maureen McQuerry writes that she's signed a two-book deal with Abrams/ Amulet for publication in 2011 and 2012.

And Holly Cupala has a publication date--June 22, 2010!--as well as spots on GoodReads and AuthorsNow. She's doing great work building her platform and audience before publication, so watch her at Brimstone Soup for a model of how it should be done.