The Audrey, Wait! video contest (Write and record a song and win $1K! Oh, and for inspiration, read the book. It looks fabulous.) (Votigo)

- Sweet, cute, cuddly... Iorek? (Check out Walmart's "The Golden Compass" DVD promotion. Makes you wonder, did the folks who created this even read the book?) (Educating Alice)

- 'You're an author? Me too.' (Interesting NY Times, reg. required, article about the rise of self-publishing.)

- Allie Finkle's new site (at Scholastic allows fans to create an avatar, join the community and make their own rules.)

- Inventing literary pen names (I think this would be really fun for teens. Mine would be Anne Barnaby Holden...not bad, but my favorite author changes all the time.) (Ecstatic Days)

- The case for information literacy (...and a useful graphic to boot.) (The Monkey Speaks)

- Help E. Lockhart write a book (Just take this simple test.)

- Art Spielgleman and Francoise Mouly (discuss their new comic series for children, "Toon Books.") (Bookreporter.com)

- 'Fine Lines' at Jezebel (A modern look at 1971's A Gift of Magic by Lois Duncan -- I totally read this!)

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