Friday Feast: Books, Storytelling, Maps and More
The week–nay, the month–in publishing has been a bit off-kilter. Rather than rehash, we shall reset with a hodgepodge of links to remind us of why we do what we do: Books and stories. Yay.
Tag: YA
An Interview with Jennie Wood, Author of A Boy Like Me
Dead Darlings contributor Jennie Wood has given us an insider’s view on the process of publishing her debut novel, A Boy Like Me. Jennie will celebrate the launch of A Boy Like Me at Machine in Boston on September 4, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. Recently, she…
An Interview with Diana Renn, Author of Latitude Zero
Fans of Young Adult fiction will be pleased to hear that Diana Renn has released a new novel, Latitude Zero, which sends Boston-based protagonist Tessa to Ecuador to investigate a mysterious death. Diana took time out from her launch to…
Happy Indie Story, Part Four: Putting It Together
A vision’s just a vision if it’s only in your head… One of my all-time favorite show tunes is Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It Together because every single word about the state of art and commerce is spot on and resonates…
Why Adults Should Read YA
I was sitting on a crowded beach the other day, when I overheard a 50-something guy say, “Did you know The Way Way Back was filmed in Onset?” The man on the towel next to him replied, “I liked that…
An Interview with Bret Anthony Johnston, Author of Remember Me Like This
Building on his critically acclaimed short story collection, Corpus Christi, Bret Anthony Johnston’s debut novel “Remember Me Like This” traces the emotional progress of the Campbell family following a teenage son’s reappearance four years after an abduction. Bret took time…