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Congratulations!
More great news for BIRD! The book is the winner (tied with another title) of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People (from The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College) in the Grades 4 to 6 category. The list isn’t online yet, but if you check out “Paterson Prize for Books for Young … Read more
…and then there were 7
Great news! Quilt #4 sold yesterday. It will be missed. There are seven other available silkscreened drawings looking for a nice home. In the spirit of reality television shows, reserve one now before your favorite is voted off ;-).
EJK Award Ceremony Highlights
The celebration has come and gone. We had a great turn out at the NYPL last night. My friends and family came out strong to share in my moment. Many thanks go to all committee members, the New York Public Library, and to the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation for such a wonderful honor. For those … Read more
Book Signing this Saturday
Come out and meet nine of the thirteen contributing artists for OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR! We will be signing this Saturday from noon until 2PM at Books of Wonder.
Congratulations Vanessa!
A huge CONGRATULATIONS goes out to the amazing and talented Vanessa Newton on completion of her first picturebook LET FREEDOM SING. The book will be available this fall through Blue Apple Books. Vanessa is the illustrator of Derrick Barnes‘s Scholastic series, RUBY AND THE BOOKER BOYS! Her work is so stylish and fresh just like … Read more
Alice Walker at Emory University
From Emory’s Web site… The first public exhibition of papers and other memorabilia from the extraordinary archives of Georgia-born Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker will open at Emory University Thursday, April 23. The university will celebrate the opening with a daylong symposium on the author’s art and life Friday, April 24, followed by a public … Read more
Spring News!
There are some very cool book events coming up, including an interview on C-SPAN for OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR. If you are not on the mailing list and would like to be, e-mail me at news@shadrastrickland.com.
Free Library Festival Philadelphia
Mark your calendars The city of brotherly love is hosting the Free Library Festival on April 18th. I’ll be signing copies of OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR at 1:30PM and BIRD at 4:00PM. If you’re in Philly stop by and say hello! There’s tons of literary royalty to be met that weekend. Hope to see you … Read more
The God of Small Things
I have been reading Arundhati Roy’s THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS for about two months now. The writing is so chock full of metaphor and whimsical details that after a few chapters I find I have to put the book down to digest what I’ve just read. Sadly, at the end with roughly four chapters … Read more