Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
One of the standard ways that publishers promote their new books is through online or print reviews that are widely read. Reviews like those here
By Dana Nuenighoff Do you ever get a book idea in your head but don’t know where it’s going? Do you find that you have
I recommend GIRLS OF PAPER AND FIRE not only as a compelling, gorgeously written YA novel, but also as an exceptional world building mentor text.
As Halloween approaches, author Josh Roberts talks with us about what makes for a great spooky middle grade novel.
I just *love* spooky middle grade novels, so when I was offered a chance to read THE GRAVE DIGGER by Rebecca Bischoff, I leapt at
THE JADE DRAGONBALL beautifully blends fantasy, various points of view and different times in history. Fast paced, entertaining, and well written, it’s kind of adventure
October has three more amazing debuts coming your way by New in Nineteen authors.
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Dawn, it is so lovely that you are a Writers’ Rumpus reader and reached out about your new books. You are such
When sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg says to adults, “Our house is on fire,” and “Our lives are in your hands,” we must listen. And act. How?
GUEST POST by Heather Gale Do you love reading how authors find their idea? I sure do, for inspiration and the gentle reminder that ideas
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For most of us writers, civilizations could rise and fall in the time between book launches. But with back-to-back book launches this week and next,
Of Fire and Stars, Of Ice and Shadows and Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst all take place in a long ago faraway kingdom with magic –
“‘Okay,’ I said.It didn’t feel totally okay, but I guessed there wasn’t much to be done. And like Jasper said, sometimes you couldn’t make the
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