Walter Dean Myers signs a multi-book contract with Egmont (and continues a long relationship with Egmont's new executive editor, Regina Griffin.) (The Examiner)

- Jezebel's Fine Lines: The Girl with the Silver Eyes (A break in my run….I've never read this one.)

- Cool story-writing contest at Spinebreakers (It's called Papercuts and it's sponsored by Penguin and the NSPCC. Kids 13-18 are invited to write "about what matters most to them.") (New Media Age)

- 'When Harry met sexism' (Bidisha asks, is JK Rowling dismissed as a serious writer because she's a woman?) (The Guardian)

- Schoalstic/Arthur Levine will publish an anniversary edition of the first Harry Potter book (The special edition will include bonus materials, natch, and will be in the US on September 23, 2008.)

- 'Have blogs been good for books' (Ultimately blogger Robert McCrum says yes…and I agree.) (The Guardian)

- Jonathan Stroud's has a new book coming out?! (Heroes of the Valley. Yay! I was a big fan of "The Bartimaeus Trilogy.") (educating alice)

- The Monkey comments (on the news from the UK's CLPE…that teachers don't know children's literature very well.) (The Monkey Speaks)

- Check out this book trailer for the tween western (The Adventures of Deadwood Jones…Fuse #8 thinks we can't know the impact of books trailers/teasers yet but I have high hopes.)

- More on book videos: 'This is the world we live in' (Please, please, for the love of god please, watch these two videos.) (Omnivoracious)

- Getting excited about Guys Lit Wire (Coming June 2nd. But first read Chasing Ray's comments about this book list for the "Essential Man's Library.")

P.S. The Declare Yourself Book is out…you can find Anastasia's essay right before…Adrienne Grenier, yes, the guy from "Entourage."

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