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National Book Foundation announce '5 under 35'

Sep 24 2008: The National Book Foundation have announced their "5 Under 35" for 2008. The five writers, who were each selected by a previous National Book Award finalist or winner, are:

Matthew Eck author of The Farther Shore
Keith Gessen, author of All the Sad ...

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'Brisingr' breaks Random House Children's record

Sep 23 2008: Brisingr, the long-awaited third volume in Christopher Paolini’s four volume Inheritance cycle, arrived last Friday night, September 20, at midnight. In a record for Random House Children’s Books, the book sold 550,000 copies in its first day - four times the first day ...

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Scholastic Cuts 'Bratz' Products for Book Clubs and Fairs

Sep 23 2008: Children's publisher Scholastic will no longer include chapter books based on the overtly sexy Bratz dolls in any of its school book clubs or fairs. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, based in Boston, said that Scholastic's move followed an 18-month fight to...

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Ayelet Waldman launches Books 4 Barack

Sep 22 2008: More than 750 authors have contributed signed copies of their books to novelist Ayelet Waldman, who created Books for Barack, an online promotion whereby people who donate $250 to Senator Barack Obama's campaign through her site receive a mystery bag of 10 books. The ...

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Colfer to write 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' book

Sep 19 2008: Shelf Awareness reports that children's book author Eoin Colfer will write a sixth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by the late Douglas Adams. The book, titled And Another Thing . ., will be published in the U.S. by Hyperion in October 2009.

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James Crumley dies

Sep 19 2008: January Magazine reports on the death of Montana crime novelist James Crumley who passed away at age 68 after "many years of health complications."

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Oprah picks 'The Story of Edgar Sawtelle'

Sep 19 2008: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski is confirmed as the Oprah Book Club's latest pick. Reviews, reading guide, author Q&A and excerpt all available at BookBrowse.

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Young adult authors for Obama start social network

Sep 19 2008: YAforObama.com will open its virtual doors on September 22. The social networking site is created by Young Adult author Maureen Johnson and endorsed by over 50 YA authors including Judy Blume, Meg Cabot and Melissa Walker.

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    Daughters of Shandong is the debut novel of Eve J. Chung, a human rights lawyer living in New York. ...
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    by Lindsey Drager
    It would be easy to describe The Avian Hourglass as "haunting" or even "dystopian," but neither of ...
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    In this memoir, author André Aciman recounts his family's resettlement for a year in Rome due ...
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    Before the Mango Ripens
    by Afabwaje Kurian
    Set in 1971, this work of historical fiction begins in the aftermath of an apparent miracle that has...

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The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters
A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl disappears, leaving a mystery unsolved for fifty years.
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