Indy Theatre Habit

I just got back from San Diego, California, where the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting was held this year.  I was there to meet with my eight colleagues on the Alex Award committee.  We had to determine this year’s winners in time for them to be announced at the annual Youth Media Awards press conference [...]

1/28/10 update: For the first time, you may also see the list of nominations for this award.  Each book on the “nom list” was nominated by a member of the Alex committee, which meant that she (everyone was a “she” this year) believed it to be a “wow” read, worthy of consideration for the Alex award, [...]

  Nick Hornby calls the Alex Award the “not boring” book award.  It is given to ten good books that were published in the previous year for adults but which have special appeal to teen readers as well.  If you could take only ten new books with you for recreational reading on a deserted island, [...]

I’ve been updating my syllabus for the graduate-level class on storytelling that I will teach for the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) on the Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus next semester.  I am excited because five students have already signed up.  I’m sure the university would like there to be more than five [...]