Everybody’s favorite librarian/booklover/action figure doll has a GREAT video talking about her latest book, Book Lust to Go. Check it out:
Love her!
-Virginia
Everybody’s favorite librarian/booklover/action figure doll has a GREAT video talking about her latest book, Book Lust to Go. Check it out:
Love her!
-Virginia
Posted at 12:22 PM in Books, Librarians, Libraries, Nancy Pearl | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
This Sunday, June 11th, is the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee's American classic--a coming of age story set in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice. The book needs no introduction, and I don't think we have enough room on the blog to discuss everything we love, love, love about To Kill A Mockingbird. In fact, we've just published an entire book devoted to talking about Mockingbird's legacy. It's called Scout, Atticus, and Boo--and you might remember it from Nancy Pearl's interview with Mary Murphy at ALA.
If you're around this Sunday, tune in to NBC Nightly News for a segment on the book. Celebrate with us, by visiting the 50th Anniversary site, reading the book, re-reading the book, and/or attending an event near you.
You can also become a fan on Facebook or tweet your thoughts using #tkam as a hashtag.
Happy Anniversary, Harper!
Posted at 08:00 AM in ALA 2010, Books, Harper Lee, Mary McDonagh Murphy, Nancy Pearl, NBC, Scout, Atticus and Boo, To Kill A Mockingbird | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Attention all ALA-attending librarians!
Take advantage of an exclusive opportunity to hear directly from book publishing’s editors on the hot books they are excited about and why….and hosted by Nancy Pearl.
The Association of American Publishers (AAP)’s Trade Libraries Committee, in collaboration with Nancy Pearl, National Public Radio commentator, author of the Book Lust series, librarian action figure hero, book lover, rock star, will host its inaugural Fall Books Preview at the upcoming Annual Conference of the American Library Association in Washington, DC. The program, titled From the Inside(rs) Out: Book Editors and the New Titles They Love, will be held on Friday, June 25 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in Room 103A of the Washington D.C. Convention Center just prior to the opening of the Exhibit floor.
“The industry’s top editors are profoundly grateful to librarians as book buyers and book promoters in towns and cities across the country. Librarians and libraries have enormous influence on cultural life, bringing good books and good authors to their communities,” said Talia Sherer, Director of Library Marketing at Macmillan and Chair of the AAP Trade Libraries Committee. “Throughout the course of the Conference, librarians will be visiting booths and attending many educational seminars and meetings. We thought it fitting to kick off the Conference just before the doors open by talking about books, and just books. Having the event hosted by the beloved Nancy Pearl, one of the most admired librarians in the country, will be an added treat.”
We do hope you can make it. While RSVP is not required, please send a quick email to the AAP’s Marlene Scheuermann ([email protected]) if you can attend so we get an idea of the expected attendance.
Hope to see you there!
-Virginia
Posted at 05:35 PM in AAP, ALA 2010, American Library Association, Nancy Pearl | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
On Wednesday, March 24th, Nancy Pearl will be hosting a Book Buzz panel at the Public Library Association conference in Portland, OR. (Here's a link to our PLA schedule.)
If you can make it, great! If you can’t attend, here are the books I will be talking about at the presentation. Download PLA Book Buzz 2010
On Thursday March 25th, I'll be doing a presentation on Author Events Made Easy. If you'd like the packet for that, download it here! Download HC Author Events Made Easy
Hope you find this helpful.
-Virginia
Posted at 04:48 PM in Book Buzz, Libraries, Nancy Pearl, PLA 2010 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
At our booth (#1232)
Wednesday, March 24
Jo Nesbo signs The Devil's Star
4-5 pm
Thursday, March 25
Phillip Margolin signs Supreme Justice and Fugitive
10:30-11:30 am
Posted at 11:57 AM in AAP, Dark Guardian One: Moonlight, Diane Hammond, Emily Whitman, Fugitive, Jo Nesbo, Kevin Sampsell, Kim Harrison, Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel, Mystery/Suspense, Nancy Pearl, Phillip Margolin, PLA 2010, Public Library Association, Rachel Hawthorne, Supreme Justice, The Devil's Star, Virginia Euwer Wolff | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Nancy Pearl, everyone’s favorite librarian action figure and all-around amazing booktalker is going to be the guest of honor at a fundraising brunch in Brooklyn, NY! The event is a benefit for a new show entitled Terrible Things which is about Nancy’s pre-action figure life! The show is written by and starring her daughter, Katie Pearl. See below for more info on the benefit and the show!
You are invited to Brunch with
Nancy Pearl
Librarian, Action Figure, and Book Recommender to the World!
Saturday November 21st 11-1:30pm
At the Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn Heights, NY
To benefit the upcoming production of
TERRIBLE THINGS
A new performance by Katie Pearl and Lisa D’Amour
Premiering 12/4-12/20 at Performance Space 122, NYC
When you join us, you will:
Feast on local eats, coffee and cocktails
Indulge in book lust and conversation with Nancy Pearl
Luxuriate in the Cathedral-esque wonderland of the historic Packer School
SNEAK-A-PEAK at Nancy's OBIE Award-winning daughter's new performance, featuring stories from Nancy's pre-action figure life!
TO GET YOUR TICKETS TO THE BENEFIT BRUNCH WITH NANCY, CLICK HERE:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/87806
Ticket Information:
$35 – one ticket to the benefit ($20 rate available for students, artists, and the unemployed)
$50 – one ticket to the benefit, PLUS a ticket to opening weekend of TERRIBLE THINGS
$85 (15% off!) – two tickets to the benefit, PLUS two tickets to opening weekend of TERRIBLE THINGS
$250 – two tickets to the benefit, two tickets to any night of TERRIBLE THINGS, plus a one-on-one get together with Nancy!
The OBIE-Award winning team of PearlDamour turns PS122 into a low-rent IMAX in their newest dance theater piece TERRIBLE THINGS. Let them take you on a T-R-I-P inside the quarks, molecules, and memories of Katie Pearl and her Action Figure Mom. CLICK HERE for more info on the show, or visit us at PearlDarmour.com.
Hope to see you there!
-Virginia
Posted at 04:07 PM in Books, Katie Pearl, Nancy Pearl | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Yesterday we hosted a fantastic interview with Lizzie Skurnick and Nancy Pearl on our Blog Talk Radio show (you might have read about it here and here). Nancy and Lizzie dished on both popular and underrated YA classics, and there was certainly plenty to talk about. If you didn't get a chance to tune in, the show is now archived for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
Posted at 04:25 PM in Authors on Air, Books, Jezebel, Libraries, Nancy Pearl, Shelf Discovery, Lizzie Skurnick, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Bloggers are buzzing about our latest Blog Talk Radio interview! Tomorrow, on Wednesday September 23rd at 3 pm EST, librarian extraordinaire Nancy Pearl will be interviewing Lizzie Skurnick, Jezebel contributor and the author of Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading. A special thanks to the following bloggers who have helped spread the word: Pop Culture Junkie, Five Minutes for Books, Galleysmith, A Reader's Respite, Books, Movies and Chinese Food, Booking Mama, Bookfan, and Everyday I Write the Book.
If you'd like to write or call into the interview, we'll send you a complimentary copy of Shelf Discovery. Just be sure to register here before the show starts. Click here for info on the interview, check out Lizzie's love letter to librarians, and be sure to browse inside.
-Kayleigh
Posted at 03:07 PM in Books, Jezebel, Libraries, Nancy Pearl, Shelf Discovery, Lizzie Skurnick, YA | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
The beloved author of Population: 485 and Truck: A Love Story moves to the country (with pigs, chickens, and a baby on the way). Read all about it in Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting, a humorous, heartfelt memoir that revisits his offbeat childhood as a farm boy raised in an obscure religious sect. Check out the full interview and be sure to visit Nancy Pearl's new blog.
-Virginia
Posted at 03:03 PM in Books, Coop, Family, Libraries, Life Lessons, Marriage, Memoir, Michael Perry, Nancy Pearl, Population: 485, Truck: A Love Story | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
We’re thrilled to have one of our titles included in Nancy Pearl’s ‘Summer’s Best Books’ list.
In The Color of Lightning, Paulette Jiles, author of the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestsellers Enemy Women and Stormy Weather delivers an amazing novel about the aftermath of the Civil War.
It is based on the true story of Brit Johnson, a freed black man who travels with his family from Kentucky to settle in Texas at the end of the Civil War. There, his wife and children are captured during an Indian raid, and Brit finds himself embroiled in the battle between the U.S. government and the native Americans whose land, freedom, and culture are threatened.
The New York Times Book Review called it “a gripping, deeply relevant book” and the Washington Post called it “glorious work”
Free copies to the 25 lucky people who send us a comment!
Happy reading.
-Virginia
Posted at 02:41 PM in Books, Civil War, Current Affairs, Enemy Women, Libraries, Nancy Pearl, New York Times, Paulette Jiles, Stormy Weather, Summer Reading, The Color of Lightning | Permalink | Comments (25) | TrackBack (0)