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2013 WNBA PANNELL AWARD NOMINEES
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR
2013 WNBA PANNELL AWARD
Since 1983, the Women’s National Book Association has awarded one of the most prestigious honors in children’s bookselling. Given annually at BookExpo America’s Children’s Book and Author Breakfast, the WNBA Pannell Award recognizes bookstores that enhance their communities by bringing exceptional creativity to foster a love of reading in their young patrons.
Every year a panel of publishing professionals selects two winners of the award—one a general bookstore and one a children’s specialty bookstore. The store nominations come from customers, sales reps, store personnel, or anyone who has been impressed with the work of a particular independent bookstore. This year’s nominees are:
General Bookstore Children’s Specialty Store
Avid Book Shop, Athens, GA Books and Cookies, Santa Monica, CA
Byrd’s Books, Bethel, CT 4 Kids Books & Toys, Zionsville, IN
Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor, MI Hooray for Books, Alexandria, VA
Newtonville Books, Newtonville, MA The Bookbug, Kalamazoo, MI
Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA The Voracious Reader, Larchmont, NY
Main Street Books, Davidson, NC Children’s Book World, Los Angeles, CA
Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC
The nominated store puts together an electronic submission with a description of activities, goals, or any contribution to the local community that involves young people and books. Photos, media coverage, letters from customers, or anything else that transmits the degree of contribution can be included in the submission. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2013.
The Pannell Award jurors for 2013 are:
Cheryl Willis Hudson, vice president and editorial director of Just Us Books
Andrew Karre, editorial director of Carolrhoda, an imprint of the Lerner Publishing Group
Lisa von Drasek, curator of Children’s Literature Research Collections, Univ. of Minnesota
Emma D. Dryden, children’s editorial and publishing consultant, Dryden Books
Kelli Chipponeri, executive editor/children’s, Chronicle Books
The jurors will make their decision by late April, and a phone call will notify the winners, as well as all stores sending submissions. Each of the two winners will receive a $1,000 check and a framed signed original piece of art by a children’s illustrator. The presentation of the award will be in New York at the BEA/ABA Children’s Book and Author Breakfast, which draws more than 1,000 attendees.
—————————————————————————————————————————————– Along with WNBA, Penguin Young Readers Group co-sponsors the award. Founded in 1917, WNBA is a national organization of women and men who promote the value to the written word by championing the role of women in the book community and by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information relating to the written word.
Leslie McGuirk Shares her #SIBA12 Experience
Posted by Wanda in Authors as Guest Bloggers, SIBA Trade Shows on October 1, 2012
Being on the panel at the SIBA trade show in Naples, FL gave me a rare perspective on the inner workings of other 
authors and illustrator of children’s books. Those of us in the profession rarely meet each other since our work involves a lot of isolated time in our studios. We got to share our delights and joys and ups and downs of our magical profession with an audience of our biggest appreciators, independent bookstore owners. It is rare to have an open dialogue with people who know and believe in the work we do. For sure we should have more exchanges like this in the future. I believe creative people have a lot to share. We are by nature isolated storytellers. I think anyone who owns a bookstore is a lover of tales . Perhaps meeting more of us in the creative trenches would add new ways to get buyers excited by books. After the panel discussion, I was truly touched by how many buyers came to my book signing and wanted to know more about my new book, The Moogees Move House. I think SIBA people are passionate about creativity and books and I was deeply appreciative of their enthusiasm.
Not Quite 20 Questions & more with Patti Callahan Henry
Posted by Wanda in Authors as Guest Bloggers on October 4, 2010
note from PCH in reference to #SIBA10: I know you will get a million wonderful notes, BUT I want to make sure I tell you what a fabulous weekend this was! I am grateful you include me and I”m honored to be part of the weekend.
My Gratitude. Patti Callahan Henry
Patti Callahan Henry, Driftwood Summer, SIBA Fiction Nominee is a NYT bestselling novelist of seven novels who doesn’t twitter because she can’t say anything in less than three hundred pages. She’s going to try though. Her latest book is a Fall Okra Pick.
Favorite book as a child?
The Narnia Chronicles with Nancy Drew coming in fast behind, and only because I was desperately in love with Ned Nickerson. Even his name is adorable.
What are you reading right now?
My children’s teacher updates and my Senior daughter’s college applications. Oh, you mean books? Emily Giffin’s Heart of the Matter
Share a favorite segment from your book:
Opening line to Driftwood Summer: Bookstore owner Riley Sheffield believed that even the most ordinary life was like a good novel, a tale to be told.
Why that title?
I titled this novel Driftwood Summer because the publishing house made me. Okay, not true. Well, sort of true, but no wholly true. I titled this book after the independent bookstore in the story called Driftwood Cottage.
Why independent bookstores matter?
Indies matter in the same way individuals matter: because if we take out the independent and individualistic soul of our writing and our book selling, we take out the heart. And how awful would that be? Very!
Favorite part of writing a book?
Asking “What if” and then letting it unfold into a story that will take me in wild directions. I get whiplash and wish I were an outliner. and then I discover magic and I’m in love with storytelling all over again.
Least favorite part of writing a book?
Editing; For me, editing is similar to taking a sharp object and poking it into my eyes while trying to read and concentrate jumping on one foot drunk.
Are you working on anything new?
Just finished a holiday novella, coming out October 12th. There’s nothing like writing during the month of July about garland, snow and angels . Sort of like wearing a parka to the pool; it feels wrong.
Do you have any superstitions, lucky charms, or rituals around your writing?
Music. Always music in the background.
Comment on the writing life…
The writing life is a charmed life full of magic and mystery I wouldn’t trade for any other life.
Hardest part of the creation to publication experience?
Marketing. I am not a natural business person; I live in the world of imagination and I like that world.
Why do you write?
Because I’m a ‘wonderer’, always and forever looking around asking, “I wonder what will happen next?” And because I was always a bit of a bookworm nerd.
When do you write?
Whenever I can. Mostly in the mornings when the three teenagers are asleep or at school.
When did you know you were a writer?
I knew when I was too young to remember my age, but I forgot what I knew and then came back to the innate write as a mother of three children.
What, or Who, will you dish on, as in gossip about?
Anything compatriots want to dish on. Well, almost anything.
What would make you a scintillating dinner guest?
I laugh at everyone’s jokes.
Who is your favorite new author?
Susan Rebecca White.
What is your drink of choice?
Depends on my mood. Chardonnay or Margarita — both on opposite sides of the mood spectrum.
What is your favorite food?
Spicy food. Something with a bit of fun in it.
Reader is Queen!
Posted by Wanda in Get in Bed Project, GiB Book Bloggers on June 22, 2010
Get in Bed with a Book Seller #1
Book Bloggers are Queen Readers
Why do book bloggers blog? Well, I hope they will let me know, but here is what I think: Book bloggers love books, love sharing about what they have read, and want to connect with other book lovers. Most book bloggers are something else as well, either full-time moms, librarians, booksellers, writers, students. But they are all readers and the reader is king in my business. (which led to my title, which led to my changing king to queen, which led to my putting this APB out for male book bloggers – please let me hear from you! )
Those of us in this industry of selling stories on street corners yearn to hear directly from “the reader”. Harry Potter, Nancy Drew, The Passage, The Stand, Stephanie Meyer, Sense & Sensibilities, James Patterson, James and the Giant Peach; oh, if you could only hear the conversations that go ’round and ’round about how to create buzz for a book, what causes a book to intersect with readers, what makes a book “fresh” or “a book club read”. And the book blogger is the new reader, and SIBA wants to find you and nurture you and bring you inside the circle. Partnering with an indie bookstore is your ticket to becoming an industry insider. We welcome you. It’s crazy in here but it is also where the stories are.
FOR WEEK ONE:
1. Watch this video, Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop (this will help you understand just what bookstores are facing and their value)
2. Find an independent bookstore near you (http://www.authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/bookstore.php OR http://bookweb.org/aba/members/browse.do) , if you haven’t already (learn who these fine folks are and that they love books just as much as you do)That’s it. Stop. Go post something. More next week.
Lady Banks Bookshelf
