Monthly Archives: November 2011
Window Gazing, NYC
She isn’t a mermaid, but she’s surrounded by enormous, silent fish made of blue and green glass, and her space behind the window could as easily be filled with ocean as with air. I like how the window displays of Bergdorf Goodman are simply not possible. How can a zebra be constructed of paper, or a polar bear consist of silk fringes? How can a powerful, confident girl fly in the sea?
I love that otherworldly views are given to us unexpectedly, without explanation. They do… Continue reading
Radio Girlfriends
The Cathie Hartnett Show
While I was in St. Paul this weekend, my friend Cathie Hartnett interviewed me by phone for her MyTalk radio show on 107.1 and we talked about the Birthmarked Trilogy. Cathie’s a blast. We grew up on the same block, five houses apart, and she was a cool, older, corrupting influence on me when I desperately needed one. I love whenever I have a chance to reconnect with her.
Talking to Cathie from Mom's house
The first half hour of the show… Continue reading
Hometown Girl at the Red Balloon
Attentive listeners at the Red Balloon, Friday, November 18, 2011
Visiting my hometown always gives me a kaleidoscopic feeling as new experiences are superimposed over old ones, and last Friday night I added another by returning to the Red Balloon Bookshop, in St. Paul, MN, a favorite spot place I’ve stopped into regularly since it opened in 1984. New co-owner Holly Weinkauf welcomed me with charismatic warmth and we were joined by my extended family, friends from my old neighborhood, girlhood buddies from the Visitation and SPA/SS, college friends,… Continue reading
Book Fair Notes
Heading into the Book Fair
A parade of families streamed into the 20th CT Children’s Book Fair this weekend to visit with authors and illustrators and slap high fours with The Cat in the Hat. Tomie dePaola, Mo Willems, and Jane Yolen all signed during the day Sunday when as many as 700 people per hour entered the Rome Ballroom on the UConn campus. It was packed, and interesting, and silly, too. Special thanks to Suzy Staubach and Terri Goldich for a smashing event.
I had… Continue reading
Dystopian Writers Unite at the CT Children’s Book Fair
I do believe the photo says it all.
Suzanne Weyn, Michael Northrop, Cat in the Hat, Caragh O'Brien, and Jeff Hirsch at the CT Children's Book Fair, November 13, 2011
Birthmarked Bannie en France and Prized in the U.K. and Australia
Je suis très contente que le deuxième roman de la série Birthmarked soit édité aujourd’hui en France. Merci beaucoup à Juliette Saumaude, qui a fait la traduction, et à mon editeur brillant, Sarah Millet à Fleurus Edition. J’espère que les lecteurs francais s’amuseront bien avec la suite de l’histoire de Gaia.
I’m delighted that Prized is out in the U.K. and Australia today from Simon & Schuster Children’s. Many thanks to my editor Jane Griffiths for her careful work with the project. I hope… Continue reading