Announcements

UTAH CHILDREN'S WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Announcement List--September 17, 2002


CONGRATULATIONS!

to Dean Hughes, whose novel SOLDIER BOYS was nominated for the Kansas Heartland Award and is on the ALA Best Books nominee list.

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NEW BOOKS

from Ann Cannon, CHARLOTTE'S ROSE, Random House, middle grade.

from Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson, book 10 in their National Parks Mystery series.

from Cara Buehner, illustrated by Mark Buehner, SNOWMEN AT NIGHT, Phyllis Fogleman Books, picture book.


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COMING SOON

October
from Randall Wright, A HUNDRED DAYS FROM HOME, Holt, young adult.
from Kim Williams-Justesen, NAPOLEON AND THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE IN WORLD HISTORY, Enslow, non-fiction.
from Mark Buehner, CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING, HarperCollins, picture book, text by Pearl S. Buck.

November
from Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson, book 11 in their National Parks Mystery series.

January, 2003
from Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson, book 12 in their National Parks Mystery series.

Spring, 2003
from Michael Tunnell, THE PRYDAIN COMPANION, a guide to Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, Henry Holt.


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RECENT SALES

Randall Wright, a novel, THE SILVER PENNY, to Henry Holt.

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APPEARANCES AND EVENTS

September 20--Ron Woods will be the guest interviewee on KBSU radio's (Boise's NPR station) Friday Focus.

September 28--The Read Leaf bookstore in Springville will be hosting a book release party for Randall Wright's A HUNDRED DAYS FROM HOME. 12:00-3:00 pm. There will be cookies and punch.

October 1--Ron Woods will be signing at UVSC from 11-noon and 1-2 pm, and will be speaking to two classes.

October 7--Randall Wright will be doing storytime at the Red Leaf bookstore in Springville at 7:00 pm.

October 18--Randall Wright will be doing a reading at BYU, noon, as part of the BYU English Department Reading Series.

October 19--Ken Baker will be doing a reading and signing at the Orem Barnes & Noble at 11am and 1pm. After Ken's afternoon presentation Randall Wright will be reading and signing.

October 19--Ron Woods will be a guest author at the UCTE conference.

October 23-26--Ron Woods will be doing a speaking tour of seven Wyoming schools and libraries.

October 26--Ron Woods, Ann Cannon, and Randall Wright will be signing at Bear River Books in Evanston, Wyoming, from 2-5 pm.

October 28--Ken Baker will be doing storytime at the Red Leaf bookstore in Springville, 7-8 pm.

November 21--Ken Baker will be doing a book signing and reading at the Fort Union Barnes & Noble.

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REVIEWS

for Randall Wright's A HUNDRED DAYS FROM HOME
"This is a remarkable debut, lean and reserved, while full of true emotion and skillful psychological insight." School Library Journal
"Beautifully written with sharp images of the desert, this novel of renewal will quickly become a favorite--especially for boys."--VOYA


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LOOKING WAY AHEAD

November 21-26, 2002--National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia

February 13-15, 2003--Life, the Universe, & Everything XXI, BYU, http://humanities.byu.edu/ltue

March 21/22, 2003--UVSC Children's Literature Conference

May 4-8, 2003--International Reading Association, Orlando, Florida

May 23-25, 2003--Conduit 13: Salt Lake's Science Fiction Weekend

May 30-June 1, 2003--Book Expo America, Los Angeles

June 19-25, 2003--American Library Association annual conference, Toronto, Canada

July 7-11, 2003--BYU Writing for Young Readers Workshop

July 18-19, 2003--BYU Books for Young Readers Symposium--Guests include Bethanne Anderson, Franny Billingsley, Susan Fletcher, Russell Freedman, David Small, Laurence Yep.

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