Book Reviews Dianne Johnson-Feelings Mildred D. Taylor at the University of Oklahoma, October 24, 2003 / Photo by Robert Taylor Generations of American schoolchildren have grown up with Cassie Logan and her brothers, Stacey, Christopher-John, and Clayton-Chester, otherwise known as Little Man. Through the pages of this remarkable series, narrated by the inimitable Cassie, readers have gotten to know these children, their parents, their grandparents and other extended family, and the communities that they belong to. Over Cassie’s shoulders, readers have had the privilege of peeking into the lives of the generations of people and stories that are so compelling that readers have remained enthralled with the saga since 1976. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry was published that year and went on to win numerous awards, including the 1977 Newbery Award, bestowed by the Association for Library Service for Children/American Library Association in recognition of “the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children.” It was also recognized with the Coretta Scott King Award, which celebrates “books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.” In 2003 Mildred D. Taylor was the inaugural recipient of World Literature Today’s NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, which “celebrates literature that contributes to the quality of children’s... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson has won this year's Golden PEN Award, worth £1,000. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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YA author and Queen of Teen 2012 Maureen Johnson is to be published by Hot Key Books. Editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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This week's edition looks at how online author communities promote members' books, the pros and cons of physical bookstores, and the steadily growing Kindle market. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Wade Davis has won the £20,000 Samuel Johnson prize for Non-Fiction for his book about... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A gripping account of a doomed attempt to climb Mount Everest has won Britain's leading nonfiction book prize. Continue reading at Stuff
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The E L James effect has gone beyond erotica as publishers look to self-published properties... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Fourteen titles have made this year's longlist for the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Pan Macmillan has acquired two novels from Lulu Taylor, previously published by Arrow.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Children's author G P Taylor has added his voice to criticism of the Fifty Shades of Grey... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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David Willetts MP will chair the judges for the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, with a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Twitter cofounders Biz Stone and Evan Williams today offered a preview of Medium, their new publishing platform. Medium is at heart a blogging service, although right now it's only open to a select few authors. The posts are organized into "collections" that use different layouts depending on... Continue reading at Fast Company
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NEW YORK -- This fall, the University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald -- a print publication for more than 90 years -- will ditch the daily for digital, publish a twice-weekly magazine, and launch a mini-tech start-up called The Garage. It' ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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We'd say it's about time. Although it's almost two years late to the party, Barnes & Noble is responding to Amazon's Kindle for the Web with Nook for Web. Much like its counterpart across the virtual aisle, the Nook web edition lets readers browse free samples and whole books entirely from a... Continue reading at Engadget
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Waterstones has appointed a new manager to run its Piccadilly store as part of a plan to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Bloomsbury has acquired a business and sport title which contains kernels of wisdom from football... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The under-the-radar author won for her collection "Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories."Reporting from New York -- The National Book Critics Circle gave its 2011 fiction prize to Edith Pearlman, an under-the-radar writer of short stories, at its annual awards ceremony Thursday evening at... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Devin C. Johnson, 38, joined Studio One Networks as chief operating officer. In this role, he will be responsible for strategic and operational leadership for the network's partnerships with online publishers and brand marketers. He will oversee the management of the company's finances,... Continue reading at Crains New York
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RCS MediaGroup’s board did not decide at yesterday’s meeting to sell Flammarion as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The growing importance of social media, coupled with the powerful wrath of Google, have shaken the once-hot world of cheap search-driven publishing. About.com recently dumped its CEO. Yahoo’s $100 million acquisition of Associated Content (now Yahoo Voices) has yielded a network of 700,000... Continue reading at AdWeek
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The Tip Sheet asked the author of The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel of North Korea what kind of impact the death of “dear leader” Kim Jong-il will have on the nation’s oppressed citizenry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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