So apparently its been like a month since I did a Shameless Saturday post. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? I swear I'm losing my marbles, on deadline for this new book.
Whatever. I'm here now, right? DOESN'T THAT COUNT FOR SOMETHING???
On with it.
Book Expo America 2013 is rapidly approaching, and several Inkies will be in attendance. Lisa Amowitz will be signing BREAKING GLASS at the Spencer Hill Pres booth #2567 on Thursday, May 30th at 9:00am. Dawn Metcalf will be stopping by the Harlequin Teen booth #1238 on Thursday, May 30th. Amy Butler Greenfield will be at Simon & Schuster's blogger preview party Tuesday night, May 28th. And I will be signing copies of 3:59 at Table 12 in the autographing area Thursday, May 30th at 10:30am. Yeah, BEA is going to be nuts!
We've got a cover reveal!!!
The cover and title for the sixth book in Scholastic's INFINITY RING series has been released. BEHIND ENEMY LINES by Jennifer Nielsen, takes our heroes, Dak, Sera, and Riq into the heart of World War 2 where they must help the allies succeed with a most dangerous spy plan that will either chance the course of the war, or else destroy any hope for victory and freedom. It will be released on November 26, 2013. Wanna see?
In addition, Jennifer's THE FALSE PRINCE is a double 2013 Whitney Award winner for Best Middle Grade Book of 2013 and also Best Overall Youth Book of 2013. In addition, it is a nominated title for Yalsa's Teens' Top Ten books! Phew. That's a lot of news!!!!
Speaking of awards, both THE CABINET OF EARTHS by Anne Nesbet and THE EXCEPTIONALS by Erin Cashman are on the Bankstreet Best Children's Books of the Year list, 2013 edition! Plus, Lena Coakley's Witchlanders was named an Honour Book for Canada's White Pine Award at the Forest of Trees, Festival of Reading, Canada's largest children's literature festival. And Goodreads named Amy Butler Greenfield's CHANTRESS one of its top 6 "Movers and Shakers" for May YA releases. Plus there's a swag and finished copy giveaway running at thoughtsandroses.blogspot.com this week.
We've got some great news for brand news books here at the Inkpot. Ellen Booraem’s TEXTING THE UNDERWORLD, due out in August, got its first journal review—and it has a star attached! Noting that the book has death as its major theme, Kirkus Reviews said:
“Booraem applies a light touch to her heavy subject . . . . But she doesn’t avoid staring death in the face, saddling her likably unlikely hero with an agonizing decision that, though framed in fantasy, is all too gut-punchingly real. Like Conor, readers will emerge from this adventure a little better equipped for heroism.”Makes me want to snatch it up!
On the announcement side of things, new Inkie Katherine Catmull and three other middle-grade authors, Stefan Bachmann, Claire Legrand, and Emma Trevayne, have been posting creepy/spooky/unnerving short-short pieces at EntertheCabinet.com since January 1. This week Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins) announced that they will publish a collection of the stories, tentatively titled THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, in summer 2014.
And on the debut side of things, Lisa Gail Green's THE BINDING STONE (the first book in the Djinn series) is now available on Amazon!
Lisa also has amazing blurbs from both Nancy Holder and Lisa Desrochers!
"I dream of Lisa Gail Green! The Binding Stone is magical in so many ways. My Djinn asks for my third wish? The sequel, of course!" - NYT bestselling author Nancy HolderRock on.
"Genies like you’ve never seen them, THE BINDING STONE is a wild ride of treachery and deception. For my first wish, I’d like a sequel, please." - PERSONAL DEMONS author Lisa Desrochers
See what happens when I forget to post? Things get crazy.
Oh lord, Gretchen--you wore me out just reading this. And how on earth am I going to get to YOUR signing since it's right after mine. You had a huge line last year and they ran out of arcs before I could get one!!! (Psst, I think my signing is at 9:30, but no sweat if people want to come early. :)_
ReplyDeleteI love hearing good news!! I am so jealous. I wish I could be at BEA. But I don't know if my house would hold that many more books...
ReplyDeleteI wish I was going to BEA too, Lisa! The Infinity Ring cover is to die for! And of course The False Prince won so many awards - it's amazing! I also loved Witchlanders, Cabinet of Earths and Chantress. Can't wait to read The Binding Stone and Texting the Underworld! So much great news at the Inkpot!!!
ReplyDeleteThe cover is intriguing and blurb sound interesting!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your BEA!
All the best!
Share the longing for BEA. But also feeing smug that I have an ARC of TEXTING FROM THE UNDERWORLD sitting right at the top of my TBR pile, and now I'm even more looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteWow! So much going on! Lots of great books to read. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck at the signing. I bet it is going to be SO much fun!!! :)
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