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Hi folks: It's definitely getting chilly in the mornings. I hope this weather makes you want to sit down with a hot cup of tea or java and muse about current works.

Schmoozes are over for the year but we still have our Annual Holiday Party!

SCBWI-BV Holiday Party: Oh, What Fun!

Host: SCBWI BRAZOS VALLEY, Liz Mertz, RA

When: Tuesday, December 4 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: Boston's, 820 University Drive East College Station, TX 77845

Bring a book to give to Larry Ringer Library. Books will be used for the collection or they will be handed out as prizes to young patrons throughout the year.

We will also have a time for trivia and time to share our goals for the upcoming year. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Brush up on the Newberys, Caldecotts and Prinzs. 

Sat., Nov. 17, Suspense Authors: Kathy DiSanto, 1 to 2 p.m., Mitzi Pool Bridges, 2 to 3 p.m. will visit the Larry Ringer Library.

SCBWI

GOLDEN KITES SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED ONE MONTH DUE TO HURRICANE SANDY - Tuesday, October 30, 2012

 

Registration for the 2013 Annual SCBWI Winter Conference is currently open.  Check it out.

 

BEST BOOKS

 

2012 National Book Award  for Young People's Literature: Goblin Secrets (S&S/Margaret K. McElderry Books). "Alexander's book follows Rownie, the youngest in a witchworker's household of stray children, and his search for his missing brother." Read about this at PW.

 

PW's Best Books List is out. Read about it at PW.

 

NEWS

 

RandomHouse and Penguin merge making it the largest consumer book publisher in the world. Read about it in at nytimes.com.  Read about it here from BBC. Read about here from a Pearson press release. Pearson owns Penguin, and Bertelsmann owns Random House. Bertelsmann has the controlling interest in the partnership.

 

FUN

 

Want some old school fun?  Turn your web browser into a typewriter.  Read about it GalleyCat.

 

A twitter book festival. Check it out.

 

Check out Tammara Webber's self-publishing story at her website. She landed a literary agent and a two book deal.

 

The views expressed here are my own, and not necessarily those of the SCBWI.